Optimal Health Medical Blog

The Blog of Dr. Henry Sobo

Gluten Free Diet Improves Brain Fog In Celiac Disease and Depression in Others- New Studies

Gluten Free Diet Improves Brain Fog In Celiac Disease and  Depression in Others- New Studies

Celiac Disease is defined as a gastrointesinal disease based on sensitivity to gluten protein. Along with intestinal symptoms, patients often have cognitive impairment, with a lack of clarity sometimes described as “brain fog”. In just released research published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics it was shown that people with Celiac Disease who adhered to a gluten free diet cleared their cognitive impairment. This ads to accumulating research regarding the non-intestinal effects of gluten sensitivity. Senior research author Dr. Greg W. Yelland just recently published another of his research efforts regarding gluten sensitivity and depression.
The publishing title of that study was Gluten May Cause Depression in Subjects With Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity. This study’s subjects did not have Celiac Disease of the gastrointestinal tract but are shown to be gluten sensitive in another way. For many years Medicine essentially thought of gluten sensitivity as synonymous with Celiac disease.

Important research studies like those by Dr Yelland are shedding light on the fact that gluten sensitivity’s effects go far beyond the intestinal tract and may relate to a variety of neurologic and other problems. People who have mental/ emotional and other neurologic problems should consult a doctor familiar with food sensitivity issues to discover whether they may get significant benefit from such an evaluation.
.

Leave a Reply