Gluten challenge on a low carb diet

[TeresaSplash]

My grandson has recently been diagnosed with Celiac and my son and daughter are being tested due to symptoms. I’ve been eating very low carb for a few years so will need to add in gluten before testing. Instead of bread, can I just include some gluten baking powder in my diet everyday. How can I know how much I’d need? It would allow me to stick to my low carb way of life. 

[trents]

You can actually buy pure gluten in health food stores. Years ago, my wife used to add gluten power to the bread she baked to make it hold together better. One slice of wheat bread contains about 25 grams of gluten. Mayo Clinic recommends eating two slices of wheat bread (or the equivalent) daily for 6-8 weeks leading up to the testing.

[RMJ]

1 hour ago, trents said:

You can actually buy pure gluten in health food stores. Years ago, my wife used to add gluten power to the bread she baked to make it hold together better. One slice of wheat bread contains about 25 grams of gluten. Mayo Clinic recommends eating two slices of wheat bread (or the equivalent) daily for 6-8 weeks leading up to the testing.

Trents, a slice of bread has a lot less gluten than 25 grams!  It only has a few grams of protein per slice, I looked at a few labels online and a slice has approximately 2-4 grams of protein.  So two slices of bread would be 4-8 grams of protein.  Assuming all of the protein is gluten, 4-8 grams gluten per day should be plenty.

[trents]

My bad. Actually, it's about 5g per slice. One piece of bread weighs about 25g. At least according to this: http://celiacindia.org.in/gluten-free-beyond/gluten-free-diet/what-is-gluten-free/gluten-math/#:~:text=A slice of bread weighs,bread is approximately 5 grams

Thanks for catching my error, RMJ.

[Wheatwacked]

"Vital Wheat Gluten is a low FODMAP flour that is almost pure gluten...IYou would meet the requirements of a gluten challenge by eating approximately 8g of vital wheat gluten per day.   https://www.nutritionix.com/food/vital-wheat-gluten

[TeresaSplash]

8 hours ago, Wheatwacked said:

"Vital Wheat Gluten is a low FODMAP flour that is almost pure gluten...IYou would meet the requirements of a gluten challenge by eating approximately 8g of vital wheat gluten per day.   https://www.nutritionix.com/food/vital-wheat-gluten

Thank you!