 Posted 01/02/2012 20:09:24
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I have had some Kinesiology this afternoon and have been diagnosed with a Gluten Allergy and Candida which appears to be taking the calcium out of my bones. Has anyone had a similar experience that Gluten can have this effect on the bones? My PH was very acid even though I have been very carefully eating the right things for the past 6 weeks (it was only at that time that I read about this all on here)
There is no OP in my family, in fact my sister is 4 years older than me and was told that she has bones of a 30 year old.
Well, at least my fractures seem to be healing, albeit very slowly but the pain is not quite so horrible anymore and I am able to walk a little.
Regards
Sieglinde
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Posted 02/02/2012 07:28:26
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Hi Sieglinde,
Grains, many of which have gluten in them, are very acid forming and that means calcium could be taken from your bones to try and balance the acidity. Maybe that's what the person you saw means ? Gluten allergy (coeliac) can also damage the lining of the gut so you don't absorb minerals such as calcium - you can get a test for coeliac from your GP to see if you do have a gluten allergy. I haven't eaten any grain foods for nearly six years now and I'm much better for that, no tummy problems that I used to get, my ph is always alkaline, and it helps my diabetes too since grain foods are all high carb which raises my blood glucose.
I don't know about the candida and calcium - it's a yeast type of infection.
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 100mcg/d, K2 MK-4 5mg/d. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10
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Posted 02/02/2012 08:30:59
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Thanks Anne for your reply. That is more or less what the chap actually said that the Gluten Allergy stops my body from absorbing vits and mins as does the Candida which is acid forming and my body is very acid and seems to have been so for years (looking back on old blood tests). I have always said to my previous Doctor that there has to be a reason for the OP as I do eat a good diet and very little sweets or junk ever.
Anne, I wonder if you know if I can have 1 cup of proper coffee per day, or is that also a nono? This is totally new to me and I have no idea what I can still eat. I guess there is another round of research coming up. It will really change my life, as I love Pizza and Pasta :-( and we go eating out a lot - grrrrr
Regards
Sieglinde
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Posted 02/02/2012 09:05:01
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I have always wondered about the coffee too, Sieglinde, as I do like a cup of real coffee. Sometimes I get worried about it and don't have any, other times I think that basically my diet is very alkaline forming so one cup of coffee a day shouldn't do any harm.
These disorders certainly change our lives ! I can never eat pizza or pasta because of my diabetes but they would be acid forming too so sometimes I think that what's bad for one disorder is also bad for another ! What people consider is a 'healthy' diet is what I've found I've had to question because, in fact, the traditional 'healthy' diet of high complex carbs at every meal isn't healthy for diabetics or people with osteoporosis ! But try telling that to your doctor or NHS dietician and you'll be told otherwise - when I was first diagnosed with diabetes the NHS dietician told me to eat lots of complex, starchy, carbs at every meal, just the things that raised my blood glucose ! She hadn't a clue, yet she was the kind of professional that most people turn to and trust  We all have to find out for ourselves what is healthy for us as individuals.
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 100mcg/d, K2 MK-4 5mg/d. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10
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Posted 02/02/2012 10:28:04
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| Just for the record: coeliac disease isn't an allergy, it's an auto-immune disease. Gluten allergy is something else entirely. People with coeliacs do have an increased risk of osteoporosis because while it is undiagnosed and untreated the damaged villi of the intestines can't absorb calcium the way they should. Diagnosis is by endoscopy and the only treatment and complete cure is by eliminating all gluten from the body. The villi then recover and are perfectly efficient. But of course many people aren't diagnosed till later in life by which time damage to their bones might have happened. Sorry to be pedantic, but my OH has coeliacs and I can't help being reasonably knowledgeable about it!
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Posted 02/02/2012 15:22:36
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Thank you Anne and Suzy - I am obviously just at the start of another lerning curve. Meanwhile whatever I eat, I have to watch really carefully what is in everything. If this is the reason for my OP, hopefully I can improve things fairly well. Just a shame that noone told me this earlier as it probably been with me for some years.
Regards
Sieglinde
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Posted 02/02/2012 16:24:16
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Hi Sieglinde,
You can have a blood test via your GP to test for coeliac - if that is positive then they go on to do endoscopy and biopsy. For the blood test you have to have a gluten rich diet for the previous six weeks or the test is invalid. I had already been gluten free for nearly a year when I had the test so it was invalid but my endocrinologist thinks it's highly probable I am coeliac. A gluten free diet is very easy - just no grains or anything made with them and you will be certain not to eat any gluten. Lots of ready made foods contain gluten but I personally don't eat ready made things so there's no chance that I would inadvertently ingest some gluten.
I don't bother with gluten free breads, cakes, biscuits etc because they are bad for my diabetes and you'll find they are just as acid forming as their counterparts with gluten and not particularly healthy foods - here's a good article from a cardiologist whose blog I follow: www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/2011/06/gluten-free-is-going-down
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 100mcg/d, K2 MK-4 5mg/d. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10
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Posted 13/02/2012 20:14:21
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| I know a couple of people (both men) who are coeliac and suffer from osteoporosis. I think because the gut is messed up, calcium and other vits and minerals are not absorbed properly. I have Parkinsons and as a result have lost a lot of weight and I don't absorb properly, hence the osteoporosis.
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