Posted on 05/04/2009 7:31:49 PM PDT by MetaThought
Scottish scientists believe that gluten-rich foods could help trigger schizophrenia in people with a genetic predisposition to the condition.
The researchers at the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) are looking at the links between schizophrenia and diabetes.
The two studies undertaken by geneticist Dr Jun Wei and his team in Inverness are to be funded by £300,000 from the Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain.
The first project is to explore the links between schizophrenia and diabetes, while the second project focuses on the role of gluten in schizophrenia and diabetes.
Gluten is the protein commonly found in rye, wheat and barley, and it is already recognised as a trigger for serious diseases related to the gut, most notably coeliac disease.
It is now emerging that gluten might also be associated with other auto-immune diseases including schizophrenia and type 1 diabetes.
Professor Ian Megson, head of the UHI Department of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Science, said in a statement: "The reason that gluten might provide a link between these apparently quite different diseases is that, in people with a particular genetic make-up that results in their bodies' inability to handle gluten in the normal way, the immune system becomes unusually active.
"In this way, cells in the blood that are designed to combat infections begin to target healthy tissue, which can lead to impaired function of affected organs (gut, brain or pancreas) and disease."
He added: "This research is at an early stage, but if the theory is correct and those at risk are identified very early in life, a simple change in diet might prevent these diseases developing in some individuals."
Dr Wei said: "An individual's inherited genes, together with factors from the environment in which they have lived, are now considered to be central to development of both schizophrenia and diabetes.
"Gluten is one such environmental factor. More than 30% of schizophrenia sufferers have high levels of antibodies against wheat gluten in their body so a gluten-free diet might help to reduce the symptoms of this mental condition.
"We are also investigating if gluten acts as a trigger for schizophrenia in people who have a genetic predisposition to it."
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Low grade allergies have a lot of effect on the behavior of some people, hives, nose problems, and stomach upset.
Celiac disease can cause diarrhea and change the bowel lining.
I recently heard a lecture where one doc discussed that newer tests are finding a lot of mild celiac disease.
Milk is another problem. Non western Europeans have lactose deficiency, and can get bowel problems. But many "white" Americans may not realize a Cherokee great grandmom or a Hungarian ancestor that makes them unable to eat a lot of milk products.
And again, milk can also cause allergies (and so can soy, alas).
There is a relationship between low grade allergies and behavior, and giving a person a good diet often makes them behave better. But it is not true for everyone.
A lot of people with mild mental illness get obsessed with one idea. Sometimes this idea is a diet. But since schizophrenia is a description of symptoms not a disease, it may be years to find whether or not there is a link.
For example, pellegra can cause mental disease (low vitamin B) and thirty years ago people would treat schizophrenia with high dose vitamin B...and some would respond. But the number who got better with the vitamin wasn't higher than the number of normal remissions with no treatment at all.
although some people have allergies, they don't affect everyone.
One more note: Those with American Indian ancestry often get a sun allergy rash that can be quite bad. So if you get a dry itchy ecsema type rash in the summer, check your geneology. Most docs don't recognize it.
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I think the perfect diet is meat, fish, and vegetables, with some fruit and nuts thrown in.
‘Corn’ in King James English refers to wheat. The English refer to what we call ‘corn’ as maize. Maize/corn is a New World crop, unknown to the Hebrews.
The Primal Blueprint. :)
I’m a Gluten for pun-ishment. ;)
Yeah and Hannity had no idea what a "gluten free diet" means. He quipped with a straight face, "I should probably look into that I've been putting on a few pounds" and she just stared at him.
“I only like LIQUID bread.”
Our County Fair, this year, is advertising “deep fried beer”. Haven’t been to the fair in over a decade. I just might go this year.
Me too. None better.
Eat Dead animal!!!!
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