The Coeliac Disease of Mental Illness .
Although often referred to as
"wheat allergy," Coeliac Disease is not an "allergy"
but rather an intolerance to the protein in gluten, a substance found in wheat and other grains.
For susceptible people, gluten injures the small intestinal lining (called “villi”) that takes in nourishment.
The mental disorders that Coeliac brings to a child and adult
are due to both the malnutrition caused
by the damage to the small intestine and to the by-products of gluten metabolism. .
The change in appreciation of glial cells’ importance is a bit like
“not seeing the forest for the trees.” Consider the brain’s neurons are like the trees in a forest,
they have received the bulk of research over the years.
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The other entities in the forest (the underbrush, the ferns, the ground-cover plants)
were harder to see and had more subtle effects on the total system.
(Actually, glial cells did not take the early stains well and were much more difficult to see and to study.) .
Today we are more sensitive to the challenge of understanding the complexities of the brain as an ecosystem. .
Read the complete article: .
http://www.drkaslow.com/html/gluten-brain_connection_.html .
Best Regards,
David
