Carolyn,
I know all about gluten as I was dx with Celiac Spru desease about four years ago when I started loosing strength and muscle mass. I started the gluten free diet but after a period of time I came to the conclusion that there had to be something else. After several doctors and numerous tests I had the biopsy which confirmed IBM. I visited with the specialist in Pittsburgh, PA and he told me that he felt there was no connection. He said I just was unfortunate as to have a double whamy. There are numerous Celiac web sites you can go to but in a nut shell the desease means one is alergic to grains such as wheat, barley oats and rhy. Unless you are familiar with the GF diet, you would be in for a shock as 99% of the food in a normal grocery store has by products of grains. Especially wheat which is the main ingredient of MSG, modified food starch etc. Most sauces and a lot of dressings have these ingredients. You can't eat sandwiches,cake, pie, cookies, cerial and such. A lot of food in fast food restaurants have breading on it such as chicken breasts etc. Most fast food restaurants use the same cooking oil for breaded foods and also french frys which means the oil is cross contaminated. This means you can't even eat the frys. McDonalds and Wendys are two that use separate oil for their frys so they are ok. Believe me a GF diet is a real bummer. Oh, I forgot to mention you can't even drink beer either which makes tail gates a real drag. I hope my input helped. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Hud in Pennsylvania
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