Gluten Brains: The Brain–Grain Connection

Headaches? Migraines? Convulsions?
Moody? Depressed? Psychotic? Exhausted?
Behavior or Learning problems? ADHD? Autism?
Tummy ache? Gastric reflux? Constipated? Tired?
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When your brain and nerves are damaged by gluten,
all of this can happen.
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Are you affected? Find out before it’s too late.
This ebook is the revised edition of the book – “Full of It: the shocking truth about gluten.”
Yes, brains and nerves get damaged by gluten. Medical research reveals that gluten commonly causes nerve damage, brain disease, mental disturbance, learning disorders, fatigue, and poor growth. But most sufferers from gluten-harm remain completely unaware of it! Read the stories of suffering and ‘miracle cures’ by quitting gluten. Are you and your family affected? Find out before it’s too late.
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This ebook goes on to tell you what to look for and how to make a diagnosis. Yes, you can feel well again! Gluten makes you sick and grumpy, it causes an amazing range of symptoms. It saps your energy and leaves you feeling exhausted. Families tell of years of unnecessary suffering, when simple blood tests can give a diagnosis. Going gluten-free can change your life
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Contents
Foreword: gluten-sensitivity a neurological disease
The hypothesis
The new ideas
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Chapter 1. Gluten – friend or foe?
The problem with gluten
Gluten – invading your food
Problem symptoms have been officially “hidden”
Autism
The gluten problem is huge
You can’t tell unless you test
More voices speaking out
Gluten is addictive
Gluteo-morphines
Leaky Gut
The zonulin story
Leaky gut problems
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Chapter 2. Gluten Syndrome
Gluten-related disorders
Recognize your symptoms
The 'Big List' of gluten-sensitive illness
Why so many symptoms?
Celiac Disease - the great masquerader
Is there an epidemic?
You cannot tell unless you test
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Chapter 3. Your tummy brain
What is your gut doing?
Oesophagus
Stomach
Small bowel
Large bowel
What is your brain doing?
How does your brain control your gut?
Autonomic nervous system
Gut feelings
Fight and flight
Worry tummy
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Chapter 4. Gluten can strike your brain
Symptom evidence
Gluten-brain connections
Neurological findings common
Poor response to gluten-free diets
Auto-antibody damage
Gluten causing inflammation
Excito-toxins
Interfering with neurotransmitters
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Chapter 5. Headaches and migraines
Medical evidence
Brain blood flow
People tell their stories
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Chapter 6. Nerve damage – stunted growth
Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy
Motor neuropathy
Developmental delay
Autonomic neuropathy
Ataxia
Gluten-driven brain inflammation
Neurological dysfunction of unknown cause
Epilepsy
Stunted growth
Growth hormone suppression
The growth hormone evidence
Gluten-sensitivity and poor growth
Test all short children
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Chapter 7. Mood and behavior
Lethargy, low energy
Angry
ADHD and learning problems
Autism
Depression
Bread madness
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Chapter 8. Tummy troubles
Gastro-intestinal motility disorder
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Constipation and soiling
Diarrhoea and abdominal pain
Abdominal migraine
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Chapter 9. Got it? Grain-brain connection
Grains and your brains
So ... have you got it?
The critics
The criticisms
More answers to your questions
The gluten-sensitive patients
The storytellers
tTG and gliadin antibody results
Dramatic responses to gluten-free diets
Last words
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Chapter 10. References
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Chapter 11. Web links and books
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About the author: Dr Rodney Ford