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Is it possible to be glutened by heavy smoke from wildfires??


Kg100

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Hi! I have been feeling super weak, fatigued and just not right lately and it feels like I’m being glutened, but I’m 100% positive it’s nothing I’ve done or eaten recently. In my area we have heavy smoke and have been for a week or so and I’m just curious does anyone know if it’s possible to be inhaling anything that could be causing me to be glutened? We have a lot of farmers and land that is on fire so I was honestly just curious like if wheat or barley is burning would that effect someone with celiac disease?


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Nick Cheruka Contributor
On 9/1/2023 at 5:39 PM, Kg100 said:

Hi! I have been feeling super weak, fatigued and just not right lately and it feels like I’m being glutened, but I’m 100% positive it’s nothing I’ve done or eaten recently. In my area we have heavy smoke and have been for a week or so and I’m just curious does anyone know if it’s possible to be inhaling anything that could be causing me to be glutened? We have a lot of farmers and land that is on fire so I was honestly just curious like if wheat or barley is burning would that effect someone with celiac disease?

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Nick Cheruka Contributor

Hi, I hope this helps! I would imagine ingesting the burning wheat and or barley have the same effects on celiacs as if you were to breath in airborn wheat or barley! I found these but couldn’t upload the whole story! If you google does burning wheat smoke or burnt barley smoke affects celiacs! Good Luck☘️

Scott Adams Grand Master

While I can understand the idea that you could get wheat contamination from working around wheat fields, I am not sure if the same thing would happen if the wheat burned and you breathed in the smoke. I suppose it would need to be studies, and I've never heard of such a study.

I live in an area in Northern California where there have been severe wildfires, but we don't have any gluten grains growing nearby, and I've experienced symptoms of tiredness, headaches, breathing issues, etc., just by breathing in the smoke for extended periods of time, so if possible consider ordering N95 masks and masking up.

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