Most people (doctors included) connect gluten with intestinal symptoms and therefore, fail to understand the far reaching effects that gluten can have on different individuals. The discovery of the protein zonulin has identified yet another way that gluten can create problems for those ingesting it. It is thought that zonulin disrupts the epithelial barriers (such as found in the gut, brain, kidney, blood vessels, etc).
The disruption of the blood brain barrier could lead to a battery of different neurological and mental symptoms as this barrier is designed to keep toxic compounds out of the brain’s blood supply. We have already linked gluten induced damage to a multitude of neurological problems including:
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar disease
- Seizure disorders
- Facial Palsies (i.e Bell’s)
- Neuropathy
- Nerve pain syndromes
- Depression
- ADD/ADHD
- Autism and other developmental disease
If you or anyone you love suffers with any of the above, they may be gluten sensitive and they may have “Leaky BRAIN Syndrome”.
Want to learn more? http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/gluten-free-society-blog/leaky-brain-syndrome-and-gluten/
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