CONTENTS

Foreword by Ron Harper .................................  7
About the author   ............................................. 13
Full of it!   .......................................................... 15
The hypothesis   ................................................ 17
So what is new?   .............................................. 17

               Gluten is it!

1. Gluten is it!  ..................................................  21
The problem with gluten   ................................... 23
Gluten – invading your food   .............................. 24
Problem symptoms have been officially “hidden”  26
How big is the problem?   .................................... 29
More voices in the wilderness ?   ......................... 30
Is it addictive?   ................................................... 32
Gluteomorphins   ................................................ 33
Leaky Gut   ........................................................... 35
The zonulin story   ................................................ 35
Leaky gut problems   ............................................ 37

2. What is gluten-sensitivity? ............................ 39
Gluten-sensitive problems   .................................  41
The ten target organs    ....................................... 42
You cannot tell unless  you test   ......................... 44
Coeliac disease history   ....................................... 45
The great masquerader   ...................................... 47
An explanation about blood tests    ...................... 50
Small bowel biopsy    ............................................. 56
Is there an epidemic?   .......................................... 57

3. Gluten grains   .................................................. 59
Hunter Gatherers    ................................................ 60
The origins of grains   ............................................. 60
Grasses and grains    .............................................. 61
Bread and fast-foods   ............................................ 62
The food pyramid    ................................................. 63
Acidophilus   ............................................................ 64
The shocking truth   ................................................ 64

         Struck by it!

4. Your tummy brain   ............................................ 65
What is your gut doing?   ........................................ 66
Oesophagus   .......................................................... 67
Stomach   ................................................................. 67
Small bowel   ............................................................ 70
Large bowel   ........................................................... 72
What is your brain doing?   ...................................... 74
How does your brain control your gut?   .................. 74
Autonomic nervous system   .................................... 76
Gut feelings   ............................................................ 80
Fight and flight   ....................................................... 82

5. Gluten strikes your brain   .................................. 83
Symptom evidence    ................................................. 85
Gluten-brain connection reports   ............................. 85
Neurological findings common    ................................ 87
Poor response to gluten-free diets    ........................ 87
Autoantibody damage    ............................................ 89
Gluten causing inflammation    .................................. 90
Excitotoxins     ........................................................... 91
Interfering with neurotransmitters     ........................ 92

6. Headaches and migraines   .................................. 93
Medical evidence   ...................................................... 94
Brain blood flow    ...................................................... 95
People tell their stories    ........................................... 96

7. Nerve damage and stunted growth   .................... 99
Neuropathy    .............................................................. 99
Peripheral neuropathy   .............................................. 101
Motor neuropathy   ..................................................... 101
Developmental delay    ............................................... 102
Autonomic neuropathy   .............................................. 105
Ataxia   ........................................................................ 106
Gluten-driven brain inflammation   ............................... 108
Neurological dysfunction of unknown cause   .............. 109
Epilepsy   ..................................................................... 110
Stunted growth   .......................................................... 111
Growth hormone suppression   .................................... 111
The growth hormone evidence   ................................... 112
Test all short children   ................................................. 114

8. Mood and behaviour   ............................................. 115
Lethargy, low energy    ................................................ 117
Angry   ......................................................................... 125
ADHD and learning problems   ..................................... 130
Autism    ....................................................................... 135
Depression   ................................................................. 136
Psychiatric disorders   ................................................... 140

9. Tummy troubles   ..................................................... 141
Gastro-intestinal motility disorder    .............................. 143
Gastro-oesophageal reflux   .......................................... 144
Constipation and soiling    ............................................. 146
Diarrhoea and abdominal pain   .................................... 152
Abdominal migraine   ..................................................... 156

         Got it!

10. Got it!   .................................................................... 157
Grains and your brains   ................................................. 158
Have you got it?   ........................................................... 158
The critics   ..................................................................... 159
The criticisms   ................................................................ 159
More answers to your questions   .................................. 163
The gluten-sensitive patients   ....................................... 172
The storytellers   ............................................................. 172
tTG results   .................................................................... 173
IgG-gliadin results   ........................................................ 174
IgA-gliadin results   ........................................................ 175
Fantastic responses to gluten-free diets   ...................... 176
Last words   .................................................................... 177
Natalie’s brown bread recipe   ........................................ 179

References   ................................................................... 181