[badleyr]

I'm celiac and was having bad days for the last 10 months. However I started to take glutenease by enzymedica with my meals at home as well as eating out. The enyzme works really great for me, I have n't been brave enough to delibrately try wheat bread instead of gluten-free bread. I took a trip to New Orleans during the mardi-gra and I ate fried shrimp with no problems at all.

[oceangirl]

badleyr, on Mar 12 2007, 11:30 AM, said:

I'm celiac and was having bad days for the last 10 months. However I started to take glutenease by enzymedica with my meals at home as well as eating out. The enyzme works really great for me, I have n't been brave enough to delibrately try wheat bread instead of gluten-free bread. I took a trip to New Orleans during the mardi-gra and I ate fried shrimp with no problems at all.

Hi.
If you're celiac, I can't help but ask- Why in the world would you try wheat bread? Yikes. If you are diagnosed you can NEVER eat wheat products again- they damage your intestine. Maybe I misunderstood what you wrote. I take those enzymes sometimes as well, not sure of my body's response to them.

lisa

[tarnalberry]

Unless you've got documentation stating exactly where in the peptide chain the gluten protein is being broken down - and it occurs somewhere pretty close to the middle of the 33-mer that kicks off the autoimmune reaction in the intestines - the enzyme will *not* reduce damage to your intestines. Celiac is NOT an enzyme deficiency like lactose intolerance, it is an autoimmune response.