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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information Since 1995 at Celiac.com - Comments for article: Can a Gluten-free Diet Damage Gut Bacteria?]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.celiac.com]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>scott@celiac.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:45 PST</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3896</link><description><![CDATA[I had to comment on this, I have been a celiac 17 years, 7 years ago, I started fighting the biggest battle in my life, unknown to me then! I have 'Candida Albicans' I have done most the research on the gluten-free prebiotic diet and probiotics, I am getting ready to test this week once again to see if I have any bad bacteria and how bad the yeast still is in my gut! It has made me a very ill person, I went into malabsorption 3 years ago and got down to a very unhealthy 95 pounds and hospitalized over and over for dehydration. I take a regiment of probiotics and a very strict prebiotic diet. I have helped many celiacs in the Myspace community get the same diagnoses from their doctors, if I had ever known the danger of this illness, I would have started probiotics years ago and watched my diet intake much better, I never dreamed what this does to a person, now I know 1st hand! My immune system is very weak and I suffer through many flu viruses, this community needs to know the facts about 'Candida Albicans.' How in the world is this called a study testing 10 people? This article just made me very upset! I live it 1st hand everyday!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Jan at 8:28 pm, Tue 9th Jun 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Jan)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:09 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3899</link><description><![CDATA[This is what Elaine Gottschall explains on her book Breaking the vicious cycle.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Ignacio Abel at 6:02 am, Wed 10th Jun 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Ignacio Abel)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:02:52 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #3]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3904</link><description><![CDATA[I fully agree with you. When I watched this article before yours, I thought that there must be some error, as you said, maybe the diet they took when they went gluten-free was not good enough. I don't believe gluten-free people, even if not celiac, are not healthier.
From my experience, even if only my daughter is celiac, all the rest of the family has large improved our health: no more infectious in her sister, no more gastroenterites for anybody, and more.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by natrummur at 12:18 pm, Wed 10th Jun 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (natrummur)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:18:51 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #4]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3905</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks, Jefferson - I saw the article that came over celiac.com yesterday referencing this study and was very skeptical.  Thanks for shedding some light on the size and duration of the study.  Very informative!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Jody J at 12:30 pm, Wed 10th Jun 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Jody J)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:30:03 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #5]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3908</link><description><![CDATA[This is very interesting, because I have had many problems with overgrowth of bad bacteria in my gut since being diagnosed with Celiac over three years ago. It had gotten so bad at one point that I had diarrhea for eight months straight that was almost as bad as my undiagnosed Celiac. It was like all of my symptoms were coming back again. Antibiotics have helped me several times when falling into this overgrowth of bad bacteria. Now I know!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Jaime R. at 9:04 pm, Wed 10th Jun 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Jaime R.)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:04:42 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #6]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3909</link><description><![CDATA[Quote study: 'Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium longum counts decreased (P = 0·020, P = 0·001 and P = 0·017, respectively), while Enterobacteriaceae and Escherichia coli counts increased (P = 0·005 and P = 0·003) after the GFD assessed by qPCR. TNF-α, interferon-γ, IL-10 and IL-8 production by PBMC stimulated with faecal samples was also reduced (P = 0·021, P = 0·037, P = 0·002 and P = 0·007, respectively) after the diet.'


If the markers of immune stimulation decrease while using gluten free diet like - TNF-alpha, interferon-gamma, interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL-8, the other possible explanation would be that the changing flora in fact is less immune triggering,  rather that that the body's ability of immune reaction is decreased.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by nm gds at 10:37 pm, Wed 10th Jun 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (nm gds)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:37:39 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #7]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3925</link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to comment to Jan.  This is just my speculation, but I don't believe, in my opinion, that a gluten-free diet in and of itself causes yeast overgrowth in the gut.  It may be due to having an abundance of starch and sugar consumption.  Yeast especially feeds off sugar.  I read in Dr. James Braly's book, 'Dangerous Grains' that our far back ancestors were not farmers, but hunters and lived a healthier life than we do today and they were grain-free of all kinds as there was a point in history where we did not consume grains.  Definitely, though, a good probiotic every day should help with this problem.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Fran at 3:19 pm, Thu 11th Jun 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Fran)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:19:52 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment3925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #8]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment4044</link><description><![CDATA[I would have to agree with Jan.  I have had huge problems with Candida and suspect that it is indeed due to increased starch intake.  My own gut healing took well over 2 years after starting a gluten-free diet because of Candida.  Gluten free baking is full of starches which act like sugar in the blood stream. I often wonder if anyone has done any research on what a healthy diet looks like for the celiac.  Maybe those of us struggling with Candida need to just give up the idea of finding substitutes for bread and cakes and do without.  And if Jamie is reading this...antibiotics make the Candida overgrowth even worse because it kills the good bacteria that control the yeast.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Mary Ellen at 3:10 pm, Tue 7th Jul 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Mary Ellen)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:10:50 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21827/1/Can-a-Gluten-free-Diet-Damage-Gut-Bacteria/Page1.html#Comment4044</guid></item></channel></rss>