Gluten Brains: the brain–grain connection

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Nervous System & the Brain

• Author: Rodney Ford
• ISBN: 9780473214739
• Publisher: Rodney Ford
• Publication: May 13, 2012
• Imprint: Smashwords Edition
• Language: English

Headaches? Migraines? Convulsions?
Moody? Depressed? Psychotic? Exhausted?
Behavior or Learning problems? ADHD? Autism?
Tummy ache? Gastric reflux? Constipated? Tired?

When your brain and nerves are damaged by gluten,  
all of this can happen.  

Are you affected? Find out before it’s too late.
This ebook is the revised edition of the book – “Full of It: the shocking truth about gluten.”
Yes, brains and nerves get damaged by gluten. Medical research reveals that gluten commonly causes nerve damage, brain disease, mental disturbance, learning disorders, fatigue, and poor growth. But most sufferers from gluten-harm remain completely unaware of it! Read the stories of suffering and ‘miracle cures’ by quitting gluten. Are you and your family affected? Find out before it’s too late.

This ebook goes on to tell you what to look for and how to make a diagnosis. Yes, you can feel well again! Gluten makes you sick and grumpy, it causes an amazing range of symptoms. It saps your energy and leaves you feeling exhausted. Families tell of years of unnecessary suffering, when simple blood tests can give a diagnosis. Going gluten-free can change your life  
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Contents  
Foreword: gluten-sensitivity a neurological disease  
The hypothesis  
The new ideas  

Chapter 1. Gluten – friend or foe?
The problem with gluten
Gluten – invading your food
Problem symptoms have been officially “hidden”
Autism
The gluten problem is huge
You can’t tell unless you test
More voices speaking out
Gluten is addictive
Gluteo-morphines
Leaky Gut
The zonulin story
Leaky gut problems

Chapter 2. Gluten Syndrome  
Gluten-related disorders  
Recognize your symptoms  
The 'Big List' of gluten-sensitive illness  
Why so many symptoms?  
Celiac Disease - the great masquerader  
Is there an epidemic?  
You cannot tell unless you test  

Chapter 3. Your tummy brain
What is your gut doing?
Oesophagus
Stomach
Small bowel
Large bowel
What is your brain doing?
How does your brain control your gut?
Autonomic nervous system
Gut feelings
Fight and flight
Worry tummy

Chapter 4. Gluten can strike your brain  
Symptom evidence  
Gluten-brain connections  
Neurological findings common  
Poor response to gluten-free diets  
Auto-antibody damage  
Gluten causing inflammation  
Excito-toxins  
Interfering with neurotransmitters  

Chapter 5. Headaches and migraines
Medical evidence
Brain blood flow
People tell their stories

Chapter 6. Nerve damage – stunted growth  
Neuropathy  
Peripheral neuropathy  
Motor neuropathy  
Developmental delay  
Autonomic neuropathy  
Ataxia  
Gluten-driven brain inflammation  
Neurological dysfunction of unknown cause  
Epilepsy  
Stunted growth  
Growth hormone suppression  
The growth hormone evidence  
Gluten-sensitivity and poor growth  
Test all short children  

Chapter 7. Mood and behavior
Lethargy, low energy
Angry
ADHD and learning problems
Autism
Depression
Bread madness

Chapter 8. Tummy troubles  
Gastro-intestinal motility disorder  
Gastro-oesophageal reflux  
Constipation and soiling  
Diarrhoea and abdominal pain  
Abdominal migraine  

Chapter 9. Got it? Grain-brain connection
Grains and your brains
So ... have you got it?
The critics
The criticisms
More answers to your questions
You can use the eClinic
The gluten-sensitive patients
The storytellers
tTG and gliadin antibody results
Dramatic responses to gluten-free diets
Last words

Chapter 10. References  

Chapter 11. Web links and books
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