Gluten Challenge- Vital Wheat Gluten

[CGorman]

Hey,

I am in the middle of my gluten challenge now. It is awful. I forgot how bad I actually feel eating gluten everyday. I am usually paleo but will eat gluten free oats and brown rice here and there. I always eat clean and healthy. I am getting sick of eating bread. 

I thought I read in a study that doctors used vital wheat gluten in a shake during a clinical trial? 

Has anyone ever just added Vital Wheat Gluten to a shake or smoothie during the "gluten challenge?" They sell it at whole foods, I bought some but wanted to see if anyone else has tried this. 

I figured this would be okay since it is straight gluten. I know most people say 2-4 slices a bread a day. The past few weeks that is what I have been doing. 

I appreciate any feedback. Thank you!

[Ennis-TX]

We had another member that did this for a gluten challenger, will work great and even eliminate any chances of anything else causing a reaction....Side thoughts, just take the stuff by the spoon. This way you avoid CCing your gluten free house/kitchen/appliances...this method would ensure no crumbs, residue etc. get around your food prep area for when this challenge is done. god forbid you cook with the stuff or use it in a expensive blender and it gets in the seals....and CCs everything you cook for the next few months.
Personally if I could and had to take a gluten challenge ....and it did not hospitalize me. I would opt to go out to eat all all kinds of restaurants and do a bucket list tour of foods.

[CGorman]

Ennis thank you for the reply!! Really glad I reached out to this site. The posts are really helpful. 

[Feeneyja]

I used vital wheat gluten for my challenge. I wanted to know if I was reacting to gluten or FODMAPS. Clearly gluten was the problem. I can’t quite remember how much I took, but I think 1 Tablespoon equals 1 slice of bread. You might want to do a search on that to confirm. 

I second what Ennis said. Be careful about contaminating your gluten-free  kitchen. It is a super fine powder that gets everywhere. I when I did my challenge I measured it out and drank it mixed in water. I always did this outside with disposable cups and spoons and washed my hands well outside. My daughter is also very gluten intolerant and her symptoms are primarily neurological. I did not want to inadvertently get her sick. 

I ended up only tolerating a little over a month for my challenge. Had a negative biopsy and doctor wouldn’t run blood work. When my GP finally got around to running the blood work it was over a week later an didn’t run the full panel. So it’s hard to know if my results were accurate. But it took me over 6 months to recover from it. 

Good luck!