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    A gluten-free diet avoids gluten, a mixture of proteins found in wheat, rye, oats, triticale and barley. It is medically necessary for those with celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis to avoid gluten, as it can damage the small intestine. Some research suggests a gluten-free diet may help with autism symptoms by reducing opioid peptides absorbed from a leaky gut, but it can compromise nutrition if not done correctly. It has also been recommended to help multiple sclerosis in limited cases.

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    A gluten-free diet avoids gluten, a mixture of proteins found in wheat, rye, oats, triticale and barley. It is medically necessary for those with celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis to avoid gluten, as it can damage the small intestine. Some research suggests a gluten-free diet may help with autism symptoms by reducing opioid peptides absorbed from a leaky gut, but it can compromise nutrition if not done correctly. It has also been recommended to help multiple sclerosis in limited cases.

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    Gluten-Free Diet

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    A gluten-free diet avoids gluten, a mixture of proteins found in wheat, rye, oats, triticale and barley. It is medically necessary for those with celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis to avoid gluten, as it can damage the small intestine. Some research suggests a gluten-free diet may help with autism symptoms by reducing opioid peptides absorbed from a leaky gut, but it can compromise nutrition if not done correctly. It has also been recommended to help multiple sclerosis in limited cases.

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    Gluten- Free diet

    • Gluten is a mixture of proteins found in wheat, rye, oats,


    triticale and barley and its derivatives.

    • Gluten- free diet is not the same as wheat -free diet.

    • Used for celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis (a


    gluten- induced skin sensitivity) are the only two
    diseases where this diet is medically needed.

    • Based on the “opioid excess theory” by Reichelt, et. al.


    in 1990 that children with ASD have a leaky gut, which
    lead to the absorption of biologically active casein and
    gluten-derived peptides causing opiate behavior.

    • May result in compromised nutritional status and


    impaired growth of the child.

    • Recommended by some for persons with multiple


    sclerosis using very limited dairy products, refined
    sugar and saturated fats. Possibility that patients with
    multiple sclerosis have neurologic complications of
    undiagnosed celiac disease.
    Ann Weidenbenner, MS, RD, LD
    Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps
    Ohio Department of Health
    6/2002

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