Heart issues

[Ter K]

Informed that gluten free grains are missing important nutrients and are a culprit for heart disorders / heart disease?  My husband went on my very balanced gluten-free diet since 1998 but just had a complicated heart operation with complications afterwards.

[Scott Adams]

I am sorry to hear about your husband, and I hope his health improves.

It's true that gluten-free replacement bread products are not fortified with vitamins like wheat-based products are, and that many people with celiac disease need to replace the fiber that they got in their diets when eating wheat products, but I'm not sure you can attribute his heart issues directly with his gluten-free diet, especially if he's had a balanced diet.

It's certainly possible that he might be in the same position if he were on a regular gluten-containing diet, but would have been far less healthy in the meantime. Also, there are heart conditions that have been linked to untreated celiac disease, so it is possible that he developed heart issues before he went gluten-free, but this is just speculation on my part. Here are the study summaries on heart conditions that are related to celiac disease:

https://www.celiac.com/celiac-disease/celiac-disease-amp-related-diseases-and-disorders/heart-failure-and-celiac-disease/

 

 

[Ter K]

Thank you for the links.  I am the very damaged celiac (biopsies several times and confirmed) so I am determined to serve and eat healthy for all our meals (multi grain bread served if needed with meal.  FYI detailed supplement (vitamins etc) as required by my internist who tests my blood several times a year.  Lots of fruit and veggies with only baked or broiled meat, fish)