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Celiac Disease And High Blood Pressure...

Sheryl in NJ
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tormentrix Newbie
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I'm so glad you asked this. I just started too  3 days ago and I  already feel less weighed down and  less fatigued and my mood has improved significantly. I was wondering if it would improve my high blood pressure as well. After reading the comments, I believe it will. I also haven't have heartburn in 2 days which is  a record for me lol. Who woulda thunk it? wheat?  ..but I digress, thank you for asking this and now I'm off to find  gluten-free booze ^.^

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I think in my case it shows a connection between gluten free vduet and hypertension. 

I got on captopril 6 months ago, because of evening spikes of diastolic blood pressure. 

I also had many Celiac  like symptoms:  weight loss, gas bloating.. Last month I started a gluten free diet without being tested for Celiac sensitive. And it seems like my stomach symptoms improved, but also the spikes of high blood pressure became less severe.. I am still taking the medication for high blood pressure but having better blood pressure readings.

This week, just to see what happens, I reintroduced gluten, and first bloating came back, now after three days of gluten, also blood pressure gone up..

Thank God I see the relation to the gluten free diet. I am going to stop gluten immediately.

Actually, after a couple of weeks on gluten free diet, I noticed it is not that difficult to quit gluten.. There are so many other options food wise. And big supermarkets have lots of gluten free products, including those to indulge yourself on some lazy days: pizzas and cookies..

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MarNar Newbie
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I had been on BP meds for 13 years!!! Eating super healthy, gym 5 times a week, etc etc, I had seen about 13 internists and my BP as 100% uncontrolled no matter what. I had given up! Last time at the dr taking double dose of my BP meds, I was at 210/115!!!! Really had given up hope. Thank God my stomach started giving trouble and 5 days ago I decided to go 100% gluten free for the stomach issues, I had no idea my BP would normalize with GFD!!! My BP has been 104/66 and around there for the last 4 days!!!! Whaaaat!!???? It’s nothing short of a miracle. I am taking half a pill now!! Insane!!! Drs should try to check food allergies before anything!!! 

plumbago Experienced
plumbago
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Quite extraordinary @MarNar. I would have suggested you see a nephrologist, but quick.

Glad things normalized for you. Celiac is an intolerance, not an allergy, to gluten, but your point admonishing doctors to test such things is well taken.

Congratulations.

Russ H Community Regular
Russ H
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23 hours ago, MarNar said:

I had been on BP meds for 13 years!!! Eating super healthy, gym 5 times a week, etc etc, I had seen about 13 internists and my BP as 100% uncontrolled no matter what. I had given up! Last time at the dr taking double dose of my BP meds, I was at 210/115!!!! Really had given up hope. Thank God my stomach started giving trouble and 5 days ago I decided to go 100% gluten free for the stomach issues, I had no idea my BP would normalize with GFD!!! My BP has been 104/66 and around there for the last 4 days!!!! Whaaaat!!???? It’s nothing short of a miracle. I am taking half a pill now!! Insane!!! Drs should try to check food allergies before anything!!! 

It is not unheard of.

https://www.nature.com/articles/1001404

MarNar Newbie
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22 hours ago, plumbago said:

Quite extraordinary @MarNar. I would have suggested you see a nephrologist, but quick.

Glad things normalized for you. Celiac is an intolerance, not an allergy, to gluten, but your point admonishing doctors to test such things is well taken.

Congratulations.

Thank you so much. I truly feel like I have been given  new life!!! Thank you also for the clarification about gluten intolerance. 

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MaryAnn2 Newbie
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Absolutely!  I was in a gluten-free diet for two years and decided maybe I had healed my gut and could begin to slip sometimes.  Things started falling apart!  Hair felt like straw, was falling out and many other thyroid issues.  So went to dr who tested thyroid yet said your blood pressure is way up.  We need to put you on something.  I said let’s wait for thyroid testing first.  Came back fine and showed no vitamin deficiency.  Blood pressure still growing higher daily as I was checking at home too.  I said give me a week or two to go back off gluten and see if that has any effect.  Within two days back off, bp was finally dropping.  By 7 days, it was back to normal bp.  I can’t go off the gluten-free diet again, as I’m now a believer it will kill me ir my health to do so. 

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On 2/23/2016 at 8:07 AM, tormentrix said:

Who woulda thunk it? wheat?

Yep.

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