Is Soy Gluten-Free So Why Do I Respond To It

Wow! I learn so much from u. I learned from watching your PMDD video that I was misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder. Whenever i took antidepressants, i would feel better in 3 days and the docs kept telling me i was wrong and it doesn’t work like that. I was finally dx with PMDD last year and now i understand what those docs didn’t. I also used to suffer from eczema and AdHd and I used to get debilitating brain fog. I’ve had digestive issues since birth. I learned i was gluten intolerant in 2014 and it changed my life. No more eczema, fatigue, diarrhea, or brain fog. AdHd gone with this and avoiding most food additives. I also have hypoglycemia so…that contibutes to depression, anxiety, and AdHd symptoms… i went vegan and that completely changed. I used to suffer from random boughts of orthostatic hypotension and was told it was just my body. Going vegan changed that. I can jump up from lying down first thing in the morning now without collapsing. What a difference the right diet makes!

thanks 4 proving us your a fool and don’t know  anything comp to the rest

That boy @ 2:52 is either really into the speech or he digging that girl��

I love that you two made this video. I hear people speaking about it frequently with such misinformation that they heard from someone or read off the internet. Hopefully people will learn from this. ♥️

I am one of those rare people with a gluten allergy (I get hives). I am an adult (got my allergy to gluten at the age of 23). Oh and the best part is I HATE it! If I could eat gluten I would. On a gluten-free diet it is really hard to find a good 7-grain bread or a 12-grain bread and what I wouldn’t do to get a croissant (my life has never been complete since I gave these up)!
On the flip side of things, there are so many more things available to me now than there were when I first became allergic. And as much of a boon this fad has done for me having options, it also has become misleading. There are a few pizza places and restaurants that offer gluten-free options, but cook them in the same ovens and areas as gluten foods (causing contamination). Because gluten-free sells, more of these psudo gluten-free places are cropping up. it’s irritating.

I have diabetes and depression and stomach problem and asthma what diet I can use

For curiosity sake: You mention that diabetes can be linked to celiac disease, as well as folic and vit. D deficiency. What are your thoughts on the allegations that PCOS and insulin production therein could be affected by gluten? I was diagnosed with PCOS abt. a year ago, with insulin malfunctions and folic acid deficiencies (as well as a vit. D deficiency diagnosed several years prior) and a nurse at the time suggested I reduce or eliminate gluten from my diet to improve my insulin systems. I have never seen anything specifically saying that this /isn’t/ a thing, but also have yet to find a source that I really feel confident in that says it /is/ a thing.

Thanks for the video. I was bed bound. Completely debilitated. Sleeping 17 hours a night and being awake for 3 and needing to go back to sleep. Joint pain. The worst brain fog you could possibly imagine. I couldn’t even read. I went off gluten 5 weeks ago and it has completely changed my life. Add. Depression and every mentored symptom is now gone.

I can definitely attest to the fact that your allergy test cannot say how your body will react. When my allergy doctor did the nut test, I tested positive for a peanut allergy, but my body also reacted more severely than what my test stated I should react. I still remember how shocked my doctor was as I was going in and out of consciousness

Dwight Shrute: nodding intensifies
Doctor Mike: nodding intensifies

I tried this for a while. You’re right, it is not easy, but it did make a big difference in how I felt. I went mostly gluten free and was off antidepressants for 5 years and using supplements like D3 Bcomplex, Omega’s ect. It was just hard to keep up with it and it’s also expensive and not covered under insurance. I found if I fell off the wagon with it my depression would slip back in…I’d lose motivation to do all the work, exercise, nutrition…and back to square one. This last visit to the doctor, I started back up on the antidepressants. During my intake when I was asking for them. The nurse was asking me if I was still taking and she went through the list of supplements I was on. It occurred to me…I had been depressed since summer and that’s when I stopped. I don’t know what’s better because even the supplements have certain pros and cons. The biggest con was just price and my inability to keep it up. Antidepressants for a while to keep me steady and I will keep a log and report back. Honestly…I would like to understand the cause…is it gluten? diet? boredom? Past/unresolved issues? A curse? Lack of brain chemicals? PMDD? Perimenopause? Hereditary? Ancestral?

In the beginning of this episode where it says that type 1 diabetes people are more likely to have celiac dieses, well actually my brother is type 1 diabetic and he does not have this, so I’m assuming he is just one of the “lucky” ones that this didn’t happen to? Also when it talks about going on a gluten free diet (unless you are allergic or whatever) it is actually really bad for you. Carbohydrates are a macronutrient, in other words your body needs a lot of that nutrient to be healthy. Well when you stop eating gluten (a large carb source) your body will start “destroying” itself per say and break down vital nutrients so your body has enough of that nutrient. So unless you are allergic or intolerant, eat up!!

Now this is interesting, I never knew that a sensitivity to gluten and having depression can be related. I have a sensitivity to gluten where if I eat past a certain amount such as if I eat too much bread or rice in a day or it can be within a period of a few days, I will get extreme abdominal pain. Sometimes the abdominal pain can be so bad that in the past I have had to just lie in bed because I cannot move with the pain. And painkillers don’t get rid of the pain.I also suffer on and off from depression and I get headaches quite a lot. So maybe it could all be linked. I don’t always get the depression symptoms though if I eat too much gluten, but I do very often get the abdominal pain

I am a gluten intolerant for 9 months already and I know all of that you say. I decided to open my channel with my journey. I have lost 49 pounds. I feel awesome now.

docter am from pakistan and i suffered from dysthemia and then after one year of therapy i hit the full blown mania and now i am suffering from cyclothamia. i also suffer from ocd. but the major and genetic problem of mine is bipolar. i used sertraline hcl and antidepressent with anti pshycotic. but no good response. can you help me please.

From a person who’s health and life were ruined by pseudoscientific woowoo, I thank you for the time and energy you put into educating the population, Dr. Mike. You always produce high quality content, and make complex topics really entertaining and approachable to a wide audience. People don’t realize how particularly dangerous false information can be.

I have gluten sensitivity issues as well. I have been gluten free for 8 years now and it makes a huge difference. The last couple of years though I have been experiencing severe joint pain and all the other symptoms mentioned in your video. Turns out that corn is the new evil for me and it’s worse than gluten because corn is in everything. This includes medications (corn starch, sorbitol etc). I now have to get my medications compounded. Corn is hidden in foods (flavors, spices, maltodextrin, sorbitol etc.) There is no laws that require corn to be listed, therefore they can hide it.

For sure I am not about to test all those truths just mentioned in dichotomous thinking about my pincushion already done for me allergy testing results using only online info as a convenient excuse to go out and buy a pet dog after my real allergist told me not to..

To society: Just because someone doesn’t eat gluten it does not mean that they are “hipster” or “white” or whatever. Gluten can actually make someone really sick. Just like dairy or soy or meat. Some people have actual allergies to those foods.

Also, she’s a really good speaker! Her presentation skills are incredible for this age!

I have diabetes T1 and celiacs, got them both in 2010, 2 months apart. It was much more difficult to eat gf then, but now it is MUCH easier.
However, nothing is more annoying than a non-celiac miseducating people, when they eat something with gluten or don’t care about contamination and then lie and say it’s “gluten-free”. Sounds petty, but it can be disastrous for me when I am served food that isn’t gluten free because a non-ceoliac said it was.
Do what you want, but please THINK of those who actually suffer from gluten ��

have you ever heard of Gut Health? Clearly not. Is stool consistency not at least a small indicator of gut health? Diarrhea: bad. Constipation: bad. But runny or loose stools is cool? Especially when you may notice that your symptoms are directly related to gluten consumption. And please, stop complaining about how much money GF companies are making on their products. How much more money is made from gluten-containing products?  Ever thought about that?  And please don’t rely completely on doctors who have virtually no training on nutrition and gut health. They are taught to suppress symptoms with drugs and surgery.  Wake up America!

What if you feel like you’re dying when you eat wheat stuff. Like idk if I have celiac disease or wheat allergy. My blood pressure goes crazy and I get shaky and super thirsty. Went to the er 4 times and they said I was fine. So I just stay away from gluten until I get insured again and can be diagnosed

My 2 youngest children and my husband all have food and environmental allergies. It’s the worst. My 3 yr old has gone into anaphylaxis 3 times and his first allergic reaction happened when he was an infant still nursing. He reacted to dairy I had consumed. My 11 month old reacted to an egg I ate.
I dont need to eat dairy anyway because I get crazy mucus in my throat and my eyes get puffy. I keep doing it though -_
Cooking for my family is so frustrating. The wrong ingredient leads to vomiting, rash, eczema, anyphalatic reaction.
I cried giving an epi to my baby when he was only one. ��

What a bunch of clickbait. 3:40 the celiac foundation website states that those with gluten intolerance (non-celiac) are diagnosed based on rechallenge/dechallenge from eating gluten. A health care professional isn’t going to provide any test to confirm this. Sensitivity has also been estimated with prevalence of 1%.

I have a huge belly after consuming gluten every time I comeback normal on my blood results but yet my son is wheat sensitive, I feel tired after consuming gluten after a sandwich I will feel super bloated and immediately fall asleep not even walks help I need to be strong and learn to say no especially at family dinners I no longer care if others get offended if I say no it’s my body I choose what I eat and don’t eat.its been like this for years I always look pregnant,,,,let’s be strong �� and say no to what no longer serves us!

This is a life changing video for me. After working out and eating very clean, I noticed that my stomach was always huge, bloated and in mild pain, no matter what. Then by chance I wondered if my constant bloated belly might be related to gluten(not just dairy), after observing someone avoiding gluten. I’m almost a week gluten free and I’ve felt a huge difference. I’ve almost got a flat stomach which is rare even though I’m slim already. Hearing that depression and adhd symptoms are related to gluten sensitivity made me realise gluten may have been the culprit all along!! I have adhd symptoms and depression so I’m looking forward to see where I am in 6 weeks!:)

I had an allergy test done for various factors and turns out, I’m allergic to pretty much everything outside the house (cat, dog, cows, horses, every tree they test for, and nature in general) but I don’t know if I should say I’m allergic to the sun, or intolerant to the sun. I mean, 15 minutes is enough to get my skin red and blotchy, but I still can go outside without dying. Dr. Mike, how would you categorize my reaction?

Dr. Mike, can you do something on odd allergies, like allergies to cold. I seemed to have gotten a generalized cold allergy several years back, also flared up when sweating or swimming, that seems to have resolved itself, or mostly did, after several years. I’m trying to understand what happened and if I should still be concerned. It didn’t respond to an ice cube test, but I would just generalized hives (usually not itchy), on my hands primarily if out in the cold, but if sweating or in water also on my body. One day i was outside when it was cool and drizzly, and I got redness and intense itching on my thighs, but no actual hives that day. Anyways, it’s just the weirdest thing how this came out of nowhere, then seemed to fade away after around 7 or so years of it.

And now its time for actual facts. This is a TED event after all, even if its just TEDx.. Gluten is proven to not be bad for you if you do not have Celiac disease. This used to be common knowledge you know.. When we figured out that we used something called the scientific method, and its the only way we can make out general truth. What you are doing is what we call inductive reasoning. Where you observe a thing, and presume that is a truth that applies universally. So its about as good as me seeing a blue car, and then stating that all cars must therefore be blue. You knowing a person that got better health after not eating gluten does not provide any evidence that its true that gluten is bad for people. Because we already know that its not bad for people. Where are your parents? they should have told you this before letting you on that stage.

The only thing I like about being gluten free is that I have my own little shelf of foods and sometimes some gluten free sweets and that shelf is all mine since I’m the only one in my family who’s currently gluten free and my younger brothers can’t eat any of it

Why on earth do we humans even eat gluten? do you people know that we have polluted the entire planet with crops that are genetically modified and that have 10 times more gluten instead of planting other crops that are gluten free….. gluten is as dangerous and as addictive as tobacco… it has 0 nutritional values and the body hates it and attacks every gluten protein that we eat… gluten is the source of brain fog and mental illness, it contributes to poor decision making and causes pain in the body

We’re the people in the study tested for Celiacs or Wheat Allergies before they were accepted in the study? I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease about two years ago. When I look back I see the possibility that I had silent Celiac Disease for years, perhaps decades. I would get canker sores and pains in my sides and back for years. Only when the classic symptoms and weight loss kick in did I start to suspect something. The blood test and endoscop confirmed it. So after going GF and getting the weight loss and intestinal damage under control, I noticed that I no longer get canker sores or those odd pains in my back and sides.

The point I want to make here is that some of you with a gluten sensitivity may actually have silent Celiacs Disease! Ask your doctor to do the blood test to make sure. If your doctor doesn’t think it’s necessary, then you can get it done yourself through an online lab. The full Celiac Panel is generally under $200. I get the transglutaminase IGA test done to check how well I’m holding to a gluten free diet and it only cost about $80. So if you want peace of mind, get tested, then follow up every five to ten years. I wish I would have known to do this earlier, but now I’m making sure my adult children are getting tested, and I will remind them to do so ever few years.

Did you consider doing an at home gluten intolerance test and which one would you use.

Have all of it. Much more difficult than it may seem. Quinoa isn’t good, nor is millet…

Bruh I’ve been gluten free for about 2 years now and I don’t feel any better (or worse when I eat it (I tried a breaded item a few months ago)) and in fact over the past 2 years my depression has been worsening

Have to get tested soon. I have some symptoms, and it getting worse. I ate 5 fishsticks and my stomach I felt bad for hours.

Fad diets are dumb. I don’t need anyone telling me what to eat unless they’re a real doctor and I have a real health problem.

I don’t like pizza cuz I’m lactose intolerant.if I eat dairy I will get sick and throw up and get a really bad stomach ache

My parent is on bulletproof etc and only buys gluten free stuff and so she also forces me to eat this way. Which means I can’t have sugar or bread. I can’t wait untill I’m an adult…
(Yes I talked about it with my parent but I still have to eat this way). My life sucks ��

After years of my sister having digestive issues as a child she was finally diagnosed with a gluten sensitivity, a gluten free diet wasn’t particulary popular back then so every week my mother would make her bread and cakes from scratch so she wouldn’t have to feel left out at school. Years later I found out I had a gluten and a refined sugar sensitivity when I was around 10 or so and I’ve been gluten and sugar free now for 5 years. My symptoms were always terrible, I got shaky, nauseous, weak, tired, achy and my anxiety gets 100000x times worse. It’s funny how it affects people so differently. I’m also vegan now so I have to get so creative in the kitchen but gluten free and vegan diets are becoming more and more popular, heck I went to lunch with a friend and got a gluten free vegan pizza! The market is truly expanding rapidly. Go Sophia though, she did absolutely brilliantly, so well spoken for her age! ♡

I understand that a lot of people need to be on this diet and that it was developed in order to help people with the Celiac disease. It is so annoying though when people go on gluten free diets just as a “health nut” concern. Most of them don’t even know what gluten does for you. Sometimes it just seems like they want to be gluten free so they can say it, but then their diet suggests that they obviously don’t understand what has gluten: beer, pasta, or even pickles. If you think you need a gluten free diet then go to the doctor first so you aren’t excluding this from your diet in vain.

Why is Stukus places so much lower than Mike? It’s a bit weird visually.

How about this Health triage, stop telling people what does and does not bother them.
I can not stand know it all so called health experts who do not know it all.

Is it true that gluten is an inflammatory? I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and in hopes that I could get rid of some inflammation, I cut out gluten. Are you telling me that I could have been drinking beer and eating delicious pasta this whole time? Asking for a friend.

Люблю твой канал. Смотрю и убиваю сразу двух зайцев: 1. Учу английский от носителя, 2. Получаю полезную инфу. Подскажи, please what I have to do with my allergie. У меня аллергия на холод, при чем даже летом, если хоть немножко прохладно, покрываюсь красными пятнами, которые очень чешутся. Спасибо:)

Thank you really much for the video! I have since 2 month this strange general malaise and I have sometimes stomach ache and some strange spasm, I feel also very tired and a bit sad and depressed and I really don’t know what it is. The doctor told me I have a bad vitamin d deficiency and a bit of Candida but now that I listen to this it may be this… isn’t it?

It is important to say the world number one specialist on gluten Alessio Fasano says gluten is a protein that cant be digested completely by human, cause gut leakiness in every body and is toxic for everybody long term, funny how gluten is the latin word for glue, enjoy eating glue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te577-ssRr8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFb621LpaIU

When I went to the GP with coeliac they immediately tried to push anti depresents on me instead of a blood test

Thank you for being so willing to share you knowelage and get others to do the same however I’d like to point out that many migraine suffers have food sensitivities, like I have to avoid steva because like 2 mouthfuls of a drink/food containing the stuff means I’m laid up for a week with intense migraines.

I get deathly ill from eating gluten. I sweat profusely, throw up, my stomach goes into extreme pain and more. I was recently diagnosed with gluten sensitivity but was told that blood test the doctor took is often wrong with patients who have true celiac. I’m still natively new to the GF thing. I have dystonia, a neurological disorder, but since I’ve stopped eating gluten most of the involuntary tics I had have from the dystonia subsided. I’m wondering if gluten can cause extensive hair loss because my hair was hair started coming out in handfuls and my doctor had no idea what was causing it. Recently my pizza was cross contaminated in a restaurant and their reply to my complain was so insensitive. One of my doctors says he thinks the reason for so many gluten allergies and people getting deathly ill when they eat gluten is the genetic engineering with our wheat (and other grains). I have several friends who don’t eat gluten for health sake though they aren’t allergic and don’t have a sensitivity issue with it. Since the cross contamination incident I’m very leery about eating restaurants.

This guy’s a joke! He rants about the prices of the moronic gluten-free diet craze, but look at the hideous costs of his own profession!

Me? My shopping is limited to the outside walls of the food store where least processed foods are displayed

Unnecessary, sure. But hell, if it doesn’t hurt people, and it makes them feel better, I got no problem with it. Like acupuncture. Doesn’t hurt people, makes people feel better, go for it.

Unless of course you use either in replace of actual treatment. In which case, I’ma smack you, fool.

Okay then. What about the tests reactions to various foods? Are those legitimate? I don’t even know the tests are called, and I know that makes it difficult to say. Some family members have been tested and come up positive for things. Have you heard of crossover grains? Lest you think I’m challenging you, I would love to just eat wheat instead of the gluten free diet my family went on together. I’ll still support the local dedicated gluten free bakery though.

But getting a Dr to actually LISTEN and try to find the ROOT cause of daily joint pain and digestive issues is difficult.

My friend’s wife has celiacs disease and she regularly mocks this new diet fad where people avoid gluten unnecessarily. She has to avoid it by necessity; these people shouldn’t act like they have to.

As my partner almost certainly has celiac (has had multiple diagnostic tests), I’m on board with more people eating gluten free, because even at the current volume, the food is brutally expensive.

Interesting Ive been so critical of the GF movement up until now. I’ve struggled with major depression and anxiety since I was about 11 years old, but as an adult (31), I really really suffer with mood swings, adhd symptoms, brain fog, fatigue, as well as physical symptoms even when I don’t feel like I’m in a full blown depressive state. I wondered if I needed to be re-diagnosed but I don’t have access to therapy right now. Now I’m wondering maybe gluten is the culprit that makes my depression worse, not further comorbidities… thank you Doc!

I have colitis does this mean I have a higher chance of having celiac disease

Thank you for this simple and excellent video. The best I have found so far.

What if your physician is your typical British GP that doen’t give a f$&K of you are telling him and send you away with paracetamol?

You should bring an RD on to the channel to discuss low FODMAP and it’s effects on IBS. This is specific foods that can be irritants to IBS and helps find trigger foods and thresholds that can be consumed. Lactose is a FODMAP but so are polyols (sugar alcohols), fructoligosaccharides (fructans), galactoligiosaccharides, fructose, etc. It is very interesting and Monash University does a lot of research on it. Definitely look into it if you are unsure.

Today, I bought a bottle of water(I know tap water is fine, but the water from the tap at hand was cloudy, so I was a little uncertain) only to notice a gluten free label on it when I was outside the supermarket. Glutenfree bloody WATER!

It’s weird how I can agree with everything this man says and still find his tone of voice unbelievably pateonizing. I dont WANT to agree with him, but I do because I have a pretty okay understanding of biology and the stats used in these studies. But if I came in here disagreeing with him? He would never convince me in a million years.
There has got to be a way of explaining these concepts without sounding like you think everyone is an idiot except for you…

Celiac disease is very real. And no one’s denying that, but it is pretty rare. Gluten is not going to hurt you if you don’t have celiac disease. If you haven’t realized it yet, gluten free products in the gluten free section of the grocery store is extremely overpriced. Companies are using this fad to get your money. It’s ridiculous how quickly health fads blow up. There is a healthy way to eat gluten free but most people don’t focus on fruits and vegetables, they just consume processed foods that don’t contain gluten. If you want to eat healthier, focus on good carbohydrates (don’t even get me started on no carb diet fads), lots of vegetables, and a good amount of fruits and proteins. Carbs are essential to your body in order to function and produce energy, and if you completely cut them out because you want to eat gluten free, you will come in contact with a host of other health issues. So in all seriousness, please just eat the gluten. You aren’t getting healthier by removing it from your diet.

First off I want to say I love this video! I was diagnosed with Celiac seven years ago. My father told me I could not have it because I was too fat (I wasn’t even fat, I was a normal 7th grader.) He said everyone with Celiac was super skinny from malnutrition so that couldn’t be me. He tried convincing me that I didn’t need to be on a gluten free diet (him and my step mom didn’t want to pay for the extra cost of gluten free foods.) However, every time I ate gluten I would get a rash on my legs and I would throw up. Needless to say I still stayed on the diet and only ate lettuce or eggs when I was at his house. When my stepmom made dinner she would sometimes put gluten in my food because she was too lazy to make me something else, but would tell me it was gluten free and I would still end up getting sick later that night. I ended up cooking a lot of the family meals to avoid this.
This gluten free fad is both a good thing and a bad thing. It is good because there are so many options of gluten free products now that people with Celiac can eat. It is bad because it is people don’t take the disease seriously. If I go out to eat restaurants will claim they have gluten free foods, but are actually contaminating them with foods with gluten. This is fine for someone who is doing the diet for the heck of it, but not for us with Celiac. There have also been many times where people have given me crap for being one of those “gluten free dieters.” Once I explain that I am in fact going to get sick if I eat gluten, they lighten up, but it is still really annoying to always have to explain myself to everyone. I agree that you should not be on a gluten free diet unless you need it because you are ruing it for the rest of us.

I had an allergist put different foods on bandages and left them on my skin for a day or two. Supersize supersize the boy with sensitive skin broke out to all of them. I left that office being told I was allergic to basically everything. they told me to try a diet to “feel even better” I’m sorry but I still tell every doctor I’m only allergic to paper tape.

I have coeliac disease. (can’t eat any traces of gluten)
When I go out to eat and ask if they have anything gluten free, they usually say no but we do have these vegan options…
Me ��️����️

Great video. I’m a coeliac and hate the gluten free diet. I don’t think just cause it says gluten free it is healthy. Most of the good gluten free food is full of junk normal people wouldn’t eat if they actually read labels. The day I can stop eating gluten free will be the best day of my life.

As someone who was unaware of what celiac disease was prior the up rise of a gluten free society fad, I am internally troubled by what has spiraled out of this movement. As for people who live with celiac disease, that cannot be enjoyable, although I am happy for you that now supermarkets are bursting at the seams with food for you to eat. Unfortunately this has a flip side, and that side is the complete neglect people in the general public have for facts or the medical research. Considering the initial study that started the idea of ‘gluten intolerance’ only contained 34 people and was scraping the barrel for conclusive results that alone should be a warning that the results are not definitive. Not only was the initial study rather inconclusive, the head researcher set up a more in-depth, more scientific study to reexamine his results, although at this time, he reported no significant results. (Wait, actually nothing? Yep, nothing.) I get it, people want to be their own doctor and diagnose themselves and all of their friends with varying degrees of gluten intolerance. Although there is a minor problem, most members of the general public are not physicians. If you think there is something wrong with your GI tract, you should visit a doctor. There really is a reason some humans go to school for 12 years after high school. Furthermore, when the issue of the placebo effect is mentioned, everyone turns into anecdotal Annie who happens to have her PhD in psychology. Just because you think not eating gluten alleviated all of your stomach upset, does not mean that is scientific, and frankly, it doesn’t really mean that any pain was alleviated at all. It really is mind blowing how many people will conform to the masses and then openly refute not only trained professionals such as physicians, but also the science those professionals use to explain their reasoning. That is truly what worries me, not the consistency of someone’s stool while not eating gluten, but rather the metaphorical stool that comes forth from their mouths.

I completely agree with this video. My best friend has celiacs disease. She is on a fully gluten-free diet, as she should be. However, I have three other close friends who do not have celiacs and claim to be “gluten intolerant.” While I let them run with the idea, I do not think that the self-diagnosed gluten intolerance is reasonable, but rather a way of fitting in with the current trend.My friends even eat gluten in social settings quite often for someone with an intolerance. A few weeks after three of my friends diagnosed themselves, more of my friends did the same. I agree that if you have celiacs disease or are allergic to wheat, by all means please do not eat gluten. On the other hand, I think “gluten intolerant” people need to either be diagnosed or admit they are just trying to fit in with the fad diet.

Obviously this girl is a genius public speaker. I have seen adult talks be less interesting. What a great mind and talent! I just want to add, that when I was 17 I was diagnosed with IBS, and tests ruled against celiac. As such doctors gave me no advice for diet, other than increase fiber and or try a bland diet. I find that I have a very small tolerance to even all grains (white rice and buckwheat are the only semi tolerable grains for me), and unfortunately many gluten free flour breads also cause symptoms. I can eat some sourdough gluten free bread from a higher end bakery and I am fine with that…so I basically am on a Keto diet, meats, some fruits and lots of veggies. It just sucks how bad my symptoms were for decades, until I finally bit the bullet and became very strict with my dietary habitsto see if it would help long term. I also follow or try to follow the GAPS diet, or the SIBO diet, or the FODMAPS diet. ( I also don’t eat sugars, dairy, soy, and a very long list of things). Aside from many distressing symptoms that were a constant over the years, my gut hurt a lot and I always looked about 6 months pregnant because of balloating. I remember being mortified when I was 19, because a guy I had a crush on asked me if I was pregnant, and when I said I wasn’t, he basically called me a liar:( Nowdays, for the first time in my life, I some days have no balloating, and some days just a bit of it…and the daily pain has drastically reduced…so having a super strict diet can be life changing, and liberating…Just try it for 3 weeks, if you notice a vast improvement, follow the restricted diet indefinitely…and heal the gut!

Try eating a few slices of sourdough bread. It has 3 ingredients, unlike processed breads with 20+, this difference is more likely to cause health issues than gluten.

My goodness, I’m having all these symptoms mainly joints inflammation, headaches and depression. Even though I love bread and baking I have no choice but to try a gluten free diet. How long does it take to have the joint inflammation symptoms gone after starting this diet?

Is there any new data out there for you to review. I really enjoy your perspective, and this video seemed to get a lot of traction, Please make another!

How the heck does she remember all of this?! I want to know. Amazing memory and very well spoken.

My mother has always had issues with her stomach, its been confirmed to not be irritable bowel nor celiac or any allergy. It seems to be stress related and she is to be frank a drama-queen. She decided to go gluten-free a few months ago and has claimed feeling better, I’m thinking this is probably placebo as my mother still manages to eat non-loaf breads, gluten-rich brown bread, and brown rice and somehow believe she is on a gluten-free diet.

Which is the study being referred to at 7:04? I can’t find it in the references.

I never knew what gluten-free was until I took a nutrition class my sophomore year of college. I learned how in people with celiac disease, the gluten destroys the hairlike fibers in your intestine causing absorption of nutrients to lessen or stop all together. I know many people with celiac disease who are gluten-free, I have a sorority sister who has a severe sensitivity to gluten and I’ve heard of gluten allergies. There’s not a doubt in my mind that gluten-free options need to be available. But my absolute, hands-down biggest pet peeve is when people who don’t have these dietary issues say they are gluten-free and when I ask them why, it never fails that I get the response of “gluten is bad for you”. No, its not. It’s only unhealthy for people who have celiac, gluten sensitivities or an allergy. In the nutrition class I mentioned earlier, we watched a documentary about a man who went out into New York and found people who were on this fad diet and asked them all the same question, “What is gluten?” Not a single person knew what gluten was, yet they were on this diet. It just shows how uneducated people are on health these days. Quite honestly, I find people who go on this diet because they “heard gluten is bad for you” are idiots. This brings me to the saying your mom would mention when your reasoning was because so and so did it. “If so-and-so jumped off a bridge, would you?” I feel so strongly about this because this shows people could potentially make bad decisions for their health just because of word of mouth and not because of factual evidence. I actually didn’t talk to a roommate of mine for a week after talking about going on a gluten-free diet because I was disgusted by the fact that a health major who was in a nutrition class fell into the trap of a fad diet.

I still don’t understand. Am I allergic or what? I discovered each time I have soy I get filled up like lead is in my stomach,I get flushed and vomit violently. Is that intolerance? I can not eat again for the rest of the day even if soy issue was in morning. I figured it was soy today. I’m vegan had an impossible whopper few weeks ago,same symptoms as above,had another one a week ago,same reaction. Today i had vegan cream cheese on a cucumber with fake bacon crumble,2 hrs later flushed,migraine,fatigue and vomiting. I put 2 &2 together.. The “vegan” whoppers -soy. The fake bacon crumble-soy.

Obviously this guy is not gluten intolerant, if he was then he, like many of us who suffer, would know the effects on our digestive system. I know what gluten does to me, and the health benefits of avoiding it. I note he doesn’t talk about the differing types of gluten, the prevalence of high gluten in commercially grown wheat and the low gluten strains such as spelt. Could it be that the exceptionally high volume of gluten in modern diets is a contributing factor? Our hunter / gatherer digestive systems has not fully adapted to modern gluten rich diet perhaps? Calling it a fad when there’s obviously way more research to be done is a naive viewpoint, more science than opinion please.

I have to agree with many points in this video, and also disagree with one. There are many members of my family that were diagnosed with IBS for years. It was not until one of them had a colonoscopy, and was diagnosed with Celiac Disease that the rest of them also found out that they too had Celiac Disease. I believe it is something that is commonly misdiagnosed, a lot of the reason beinga majority of people do not want a diagnostic test done. While certain inflammatory markers from lab draws may suggest Celiac Disease, Gastro’s typically will only give a solid diagnosis by biopsy.

With this being said, I can understand the frustrating point about people “jumping on the bandwagon” and entering this “gluten-free” fad. But who are you to say that this doesn’t work for a lot of these individuals? While some of them may be doing it for ridiculous reasons, a lot of people actually FEEL BETTER limiting foods that contain gluten. Whether that is due to gluten intolerance, or an un-diagnosed gluten allergy or Celiac Diseasewho knows. Do I believe the food industry is taking advantage of this? Absolutely. But I also believe that the majority of consumers that participate in this diet are getting some sort of positive outcome from this. There absolutely needs to be more research done on this issue. The general public could also use a lesson on gluten, and common bowel disorders.

let me share my story some may relate to. im 40, ive been eatting regular american foods since childhood. in my teens i started getting canker sores and headaches. these followed me all the way through my 20s and upper 30s. fast foward to 30s. sore joints,hadaches(bad ones), brain fog, tired,depressed, wanted to be alone, not interested in doing stuff.( not all the time, but most) Then, randomly, usually at night, i would get excrutiating pains under my right rib. a quick ZAP pain. only lasted a second, but it would make me jump, or even fall to the floor. scary! scary enough to cause an onset of anxiety waiting and anticipating the next strike of pain to hit… lost weeks of sleep. it only happened a few times a year. Then one night it happened 2 times back to back. I had a friend over and they were like” yo what the fuck? you ok?” after that, i had this constant never ending dull tooth ache pain under my right lower rib. i dealt with it for months. ( all the time i was eatting regualar food) i still got headaches, my joints felt horrible all the time. but i blamed that on weight lifting. anyway i finally went to the doctor. im stubborn as hell. endoscopy showed some inflammation in my doudendum and a small ulcer and esphogal varices. ( swelling of the vessels in the esphogus). ultrasound showed nothing on the liver,kidney,pancreas,gallblader etc. bloodwork came back ok except SKY HIGH antibodies for gluten.. So doctor said “oh, stop eatting gluten” honestly the way i felt i was hoping they woulda found something more than that, cause that sharp zap pain is terrifying. I went gluten free for a year. ( headaches 99% gone, canker sores gone, pain under my right rib gone, although i do still feel little blips in the area….. Now, recently with this whole covid 19 thing and being laid off I have been eatting like shit.. compleltey lost my way. eatting mcdonalds, dunkin sandwichs, pizza you name it… what do you know…. slowly but surely, migraine came back where i threw up, joints feel horrible, and the pain in my rib is acting up again and i did get a little zap which has set my anxiety and depression on fire…. Please stay away from gluten. its fucking poison

The fad has helped me get my life back. Liver is doing good now and I’m growing some hair I lost back. I can still eat certain fast foods as long as I’m careful. I’m just waiting to see if the nerve damage will heal or not. Was diagnosed with suspected gluten sensitivity from my GI specialist. I’m not sure if I am celiac and the blood test was just not accurate (I heard it’s not). I haven’t gotten an endoscopy yet, but he strongly suspects gluten sensitivity.

Twenty years ago my dad, who was a dentist, got allergic to acrylic plastics that you use in teeth fillings. A few years ago he died with no lung capacity left. It really scares me that nail salons use basically that same acrylic, but only lower quality and with poorer protective measures.

Thank you so much for sharing your story and providing constructive information!
Stopped eating gluten for a day (!) today (being vegan already),and for the first time the “eternal bloating” has disappeared ever since.M-A-G-I-C!
Health and happiness to everyone!

I had a friend come to me who was angry about this gluten free diet thing, he can’t have gluten because it gets him sick and stuff, he stated that the food with gluten was more tasty and its frustrating not having an option. While others are just doing it out of a fad.

found out I had celiac disease 2 years ago. Can you please do a full video on it. It would help a lot

Really great video. Dr Rukus really knew what he was talking about and everything was informative. But Jesus Christ was the very start cringy, with that smile

What about people who say they are allergic to food coloring? True of false?

I have celiac, and this talk was very good and informative. I lovedit.

My first skin test, as a child, positive to every single prick. My doctor told my mom if you have a 100%reaction to it then you aren’t allergic but have something else going on like an infection or something. So 100% reaction equals negative for allergies.??? Move on to adulthood. I have asthma, severe seasonal allergies, and a laundry list of other symptoms. On more than one occasion I had severe reactions to something unknown. These included hives, severe asthma, acute diarrhea and coming close to passing out. None of my doctors suggested food allergies. One even told me that it was so rare in adults that it was a waste of money to test for it. Five years ago I went to a new doctor and she decided to do IGE and skin prick tests. Yup! Several food allergies. We did an elimination diet and then the challenge. Super scary! I have been prescribed an epi pen now. Just in case I accidentally eat something I shouldn’t. I find it interesting that my seasonal allergies are much less of a problem now that my food allergies are under control. I’m not sure why that is but I’m thankful.

Sophia did an awesome job, presenting the case for eating gluten free. Great stage presence, eye contact, and gestures. A confident presenter. Of course, grandfathers are not at all biased. But if you agree, let her know. Performing is a passion for her and your encouragement will help her for the future.

I had no idea about the soy sauce!! Im currently pregnant and was having really sore knees and a LOT of uncomfortable bloating and fatigue. I cut out gluten and felt great after about a week. I ate some sushi(cooked) with soy sauce and had a stomach ache right after.

Hi Doctor,

I believe I have gluten sensitivity because it does cause me gastrointestinal issues like bloating and constipation. I have been diagnosed with anxiety, depression and adhd.

I am on my 6th week of fluoxetine and I am feeling full of energy. I want to do things -so far just cleaning, ironing, laundry… I have so much to catch up with.

My question is: The depression you are addressing in this video, is it a mild depression? Because I don’t think that gluten sensitivity can cause suicidal thoughts. Is that right?

I absolutely loooooove all your videos and ���� them. I am so thankful for them.

Dr. Mike, what is your opinion? My daughter is a year old. She ate peanut butter for the first time yesterday. Within 10 minutes she had welts on her face, her eyes were puffy and red, and her face was puffy and swollen. She had no breathing issues. I gave her 2 MLS of benadryl. She took a nap and then projectile vomited on me. Her face was not getting better, so I took her to the er, since urgent care refused to see her and her pediatrician office was closed. They gave her prednisone and then put on her paper work: NEVER EAT PEANUTS OR PEANUT BUTTER Again. Just like that in all caps. I have an appointment with her doctor on Monday for allergy testing. I’m a new mom, and I am just concerned about her. Will this be something she outgrows or will she have to carry an epipen for the rest of her life? My mom was allergic to peanuts when she was little, but as an adult is not allergic to them.

Thanks for the video! I have removed gluten out of my diet completely and I feel amazing, no more battling inflammation and depression.

Sorry but everything is data. If people are avoiding gluten-containing products and saying it makes them feel better, that’s data. I suspect it’s not so much the gluten but how wheat is grown and how flour is produced. The result barely resembles food. More study is required on this.

Been having problems with this most of my life dealing with Celiac’s. People assume it’s like lactose intolerance, or a mild allergy, not that big of a deal… meanwhile I’m over here having the next 2-3 weeks of my life f*cked up because someone handled bread and then made my food. At least mine doesn’t come with anaphylaxis.

Amazing I just found your channel and I love it! Thumbs up and subscribing!! Please don’t stop making the videos!

https://nypost.com/2020/05/21/scientists-believe-cannabis-could-help-prevent-treat-coronavirus/

Is this true?

I’m literally intolerant to anything high fodmap so I have to live on an extremely restricted low fodmap diet & it’s so boring ��

Allergy to bee stings runs in my family. I’ve been stung by wasps/hornets in the past with only normal sting reactions. Is it possible I could still be allergic to bee stings? Is there a way to test?

Your production team has done sometthng different, every time you move back from a straight upright or forward leaning position you go out of focus. Please fix this, it makes you very hard to watch.

he purportedly sets out to clear up the facts on gluten and try and distinguish the craze surrounding gluten free from the scientific evidence which set it off in many ways a good cause: there are probably people who are needlessly limiting their diets when they might be better off trying other approaches to resolving their health problems. However, his wording, whilst factually correct, reeks of cynisism towards anecdotal evidence, and rigid adherence to the medical system which, although fantastic in many ways, is not as accurate nor as knowledgeable as we like to believe. The complex workings of the gut in particular is an extremely cutting edge science, and is unfortunately far from accurate. Rejection of anecdotal evidence blinds doctors and patients to vast stores of knowledge and experience. Although the wheat hasn’t been sifted from the chaff when it comes to verifying claims, and suspicion regarding reliability is therefore justified, testimonies from people trying gluten free simply cannot be unanimously rejected as suspicious or caused by placebo purely on the basis that they haven’t been ‘officially’ verified by doctors. To deny a person’s experience purely on the basis that it hasn’t (yet) been explained by doctors is blind, patronising, and unfortunately potentially quite harmful. So I take issue with this guy’s attempt to brush over anecdotal evidence, and persuade viewers that they ‘shouldn’t be on that gluten free diet’. The facts are important, and obviously the title is click bait as well. But choosing to accept only the facts with the official stamp of approval from the medical community is blinkered and harmful. It should be remembered that it is often anecdotal evidence that prompts research and discoveries in the first place. If millions of people claim to feel better on a gluten free diet, the task is not to criticise and scoff, but to ask why.

How about allergic rhinitis?? Dust?? Nasal Spray?? Any explanation?? Or recomendation?

So if I develop those symptoms (gluten and dairy pain) after trauma from an antibiotic, what’s the healing protocol? All I know is that a healthy 37 year old guy shouldn’t have these happen out of nowhere.

I sympathize with those with a true diagnosis of Celiac’s disease. Working in a restaurant has made the gluten fad extremely annoying. People are constantly ordering gluten free items but then still eating the bread or order dessert so I know they are not true Celiac sufferers. We are extremely careful in the preparation of gluten free entrees and sides. Everything is cooked in a separate area with different utensils to avoid cross-contamination. If you don’t truly have a problem with gluten then this is a very time consuming process. This fad I think has made it easier for actual sufferers because now they have more selection of food items in restaurants and grocery stores. This i think makes their life feel more normal. I have intestinal issues and was put on a gluten free diet; it was extremely expensive and I felt little difference. I do believe more people are having issues with wheat because we consume so much of it. American wheat has been altered so much and our bodies aren’t meant to digest that much. I’d rather pay for organic and still get to enjoy my non-quinoa pasta.

Amen! It’s wonderful to see someone providing a voice of reason these days.

I have celiac disease and I loved this I made me feel so much better about myself because I fell like I’m the only one

Is it possible to have serious respiratory issues for the first 2 years of your life (I was on an old-school inhaler and had a personal caretaker at home), be diagnosed officially as having gotten over it, but then to have asthma-like reactions whenever you have hay-fever or whenever you’re around smoke / humid air for the rest of your life. I’m now 33 yrs old and hay-fever hits me hard every year, no matter where I’m living at the time.
This is not the first time someone’s said that milk thing is a myth though it always seems like my cold/hayfever intensifies after having cow’s milk. I am perfectly having having coconut milk & yoghurt but I still want ice-cream hehe Yet after having a bowl of ice cream a few weeks back, I found within a few hours my chest was tighter and I was wheezing a little. It goes away after a few days, no danger just discomfort. Yesterday I had some tiramisu; within a few hours I could feel that tightness in my chest again and wheezing. I found coughing would take away the wheezing. I woke up in the early hours of the next day with a very tight chest, struggling to breath so I got up and took acc200 and sat up for some time. It calmed down and I went back to sleep. I can have cheese, with no apparent issues. Just how severe can a lactose intolerance get and does a prior/pre-existing respiratory issue increase the chances of such things happening? I hope this is not in my head, but at the same time I do because then maybe I can get over this.

Old video so I doubt this will get seen. People with increased gut permeability (which is often manifested as IBS, but can be manifested as other ailments (arthritis, anxiety)) MAY benefit from a gluten free diet.

Also, the way we diagnose celiac disease only tests for a full blown longstanding immune response resulting in an essentially atrophic small intestine. However, we are now finding that a person can be “pre-celiac” (symptoms vary from none to IBS to mental health) and can respond very well to a gluten free diet.

For the trendiness of a gluten free dietit’s not going to dramatically change the lives of the majority. Gluten is a small (large for some) part of a diet that can cause inflammation in the body. So if you’re replacing processed glutinous crappy bread/carb heavy foods with processed gluten free clones of these foods, you’re probably not going to notice anything other than the placebo effect.

Healthcare Triage, please look up the hormone zonulin and its relationship to celiac disease (CD) and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS).

Look up the drug larazotide acetate. It’s expected to go into clinical trial level 3 in the year 2018, expected to complete level 3 in 3 years, and expected to go into level 4 after that. Level 4 is when pharmaceutical companies will turn the drug over to doctors to be able to prescribe to all patients with CD and NCGS, and drug companies will be able to start making money by selling the drug. When that happens, expect pharmaceutical companies to bombard us with ads to get checked for CD and NCGS and to have a test for NCGS. The NCGS test will probably be one that measures the zonulin level in our blood.

People who eat gluten-free include people:
(1) with CD
(2) with NCGS
(3) who can’t digest FODMAPs easily
(4) with wheat allergies.

Thank u I ate a box of pizza with my daughter and I’m in the restroom I feel like crap major fatigue I can’t stand it

It’s good to see you someone doing something on allergies and intolerance. I wish more people would know about this I often have to explain to people about my issue because they think it’s not a big deal.
I’m alcohol intolerant and I can’t tell you how many times people just say I don’t like to drink. when I was dating my husband we went to a lot of bars and people would try to buy me drinks and I would turn them down because it would make me sick and people would never believe me, call me a party pooper and a joy kill. That I should try drinking it slowly and see what happens. And believe me I tried almost everything before I found out I was intolerant of alcohol. Put this in perspective, after drinking one 12% alcohol beer I would get nauseous, flushed in the face, my asthma will start acting up, and I get dizzy if I get up to fast. If I try to continue I always throw up. And obviously it’s just gets worse if I try stronger alcohol. I don’t go to bars anymore, and if we go to a party with friends I always make sure to bring a non-alcoholic beverage just in case all the beverages are alcoholic. That way I’m not stuck drinking water all night if they even have it.

I started eating healthier a year ago and have a hard time with it because I keep running into foods I’m allergic too. I get hives and my throat and tongue itch and sometimes swell a bit from things like soy and spinach. Kale gave me the worst reaction. It makes it scary to try anything new.

Ate gluten free pizza once by mistake. I was not prepared for the cardboard in my mouth and thought I was eating display piece. Holy crap was it terrible.

I have had celiac disease sense I was 2. Except I had to be put in e hospital for a month, lost all my hair and couldn’t walk. And I still throw up everytime I eat it. But now I’m a verrrry tall person who is very healthy. Yay for you!

Thank you for this video and increasing understanding of this issue. Thank you for pointing out that the IgE test can have false positives. Many people jump to the conclusion that a positive test result is a true positive. (I have one allergy confirmed via IgE and food diary/oral tolerance test and one false positive from the same IgE test ruled out by the food diary/oral tolerance.) As my allergy developed around 30 yrs and are not anaphylactic, I often struggle with people understanding the seriousness. The response is often “oh so it won’t kill you”.

Hey Dr Mike I don’t appreciate the clickbait splash screen where you’re trying to make it sound like allergies are all fake. Lots of people are getting hurt by other people (parents, friends, restaurant servers, etc) who refuse to believe allergies are real or the result of “weak will” and ignore the person saying they’re allergic. People seeing your splash screen and not watching your video will see that as confirmation that they’re right about all allergies being fake.

My friend had gluten sensitivity.  He was working with his doctor to escape his gluten-free diet for a normal diet and to tolerate gluten.

Back in 5th grade I found out I was allergic to gluten and dairy (through blood work). I can say this, my oh my have the food options expanded heaps. I am so grateful they have too. Tapioca bread was the only gluten free thing they sold in my small town for the longest time. Nasty stuff.

i have celiac and have been gf for 11 yearsplease keep buying gf food!!! i just paid $3 for a gluten free microwave hot pocket!!! wow!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!!! This explains so much of all my symptoms and I’ve been searching for a reason for so long!!

Yo Mikly your guest have evil eye. He reminds me of the guy that stole my virginity. Pretty accurate.

6:07
Did anybody else hear “Rather than rest on his yannys though”???

I had allergy tests in early 90s, in two phases. One was the skin prick test mentioned here, and the allergists (Kaiser-Permanente) had a fun reading it; I even had a reaction to the plain water “control”. The 2nd test was a patch test with these little pads of various oils in little button size thingummies that were attached to my back in strips. This included things like lanolin, cinnamon oil, peanut, etc, etc, etc… I didn’t see this type mentioned in this vid.

I loved this video overall, but the thing about anxiety because of allergies iffed me a bit. I understand if the person doesn’t have that strong of an allergy or if the fear is irrational, but as someone with an extreme food allergy, I get anxiety because the ‘what ifs’ that you mentioned have actually happened plenty of times to me, and many of the fears I told myself were irrational actually ended up happening. I am usually okay with my allergies but I do feel anxious, and many times that actually saved my life.

I went to multi allergist with decades experience. I dont have reactions like stomach aches, I have were I get rashes, itching, mouth feeling cut up, tongue hurting, lips feeling weird, other stuff he did testing nothing showed up. But he saw results when I came in. He told me go by my results. Because allergy testing can only test for certain enzymes. So after going to so many doctors over years im frustrated. I really dont know what to do anymore. An my kids have allergies too, but they do show up on tests.

I used to have a milk allergy from age 1-3 I would throw up for 3days if I had it. I am allergic to latex now, get hives all over my body and allergy to bananas really bad pain in mouth and swollen lips. I have others but they are main ones.