Gluten causes
depression anxiety. If you have
depression anxiety, you should eliminate gluten from your diet, to achieve
recovery. This article explains what is gluten and how gluten causes depression
anxiety. What
Is Gluten? Gluten
is a composite protein, gliadin and glutenin, which is conjoined with starch in
wheat related grasses. Gluten makes dough elastic, helps it rise, and gives
breads and pastas their chewy texture.
Gluten
is found in all wheat related products, bread, cakes, cookies, bagels, cereal,
pasta, beer, even soy sauce, ice cream, and ketchup have gluten added to them. Corn and rice, although technically not gluten products, have similar proteins
and should also be eliminated or restricted on the Depression Anxiety Diet. How Gluten Causes Depression Anxiety Although
allergy to gluten, and allergies in general can cause depression anxiety,
allergy to gluten is not how gluten causes
depression anxiety, or the many
other gluten related autoimmune conditions, for most individuals. An immediate
and direct allergy to gluten is rare, affecting only 1% of the population, and
usually found in individuals with celiac disease. How
gluten causes
depression anxiety is by producing
inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract, triggering an autoimmune response to
the gluten protein which releases cytokines, which then enter the brain and
produce inflammation in the brain, leading to depression anxiety. Gluten
causes gut inflammation in at least 80% of the population and another 30% of the
population develops antibodies against gluten proteins in the gut. Furthermore,
99% of the population has the genetic potential to develop antibodies against
gluten. This
gluten autoimmune cytokine response can affect other organs besides the brain,
including joints, lungs, kidneys, pancreas, heart, and more. Which is why
gluten is associated with a whole host of conditions including, asthma,
arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, and brain related autism, alzheimers
and depression anxiety. Breads
and pastas, which contain gluten, also contain a lot of sugar, which can cause
inflammation and depression anxiety. Gluten wheat, rice and corn, also cause
depression anxiety by feeding harmful bacteria such as H. Pylori, which crowds
out good probiotic bacteria necessary for vitamin absorption and gut
health. Learn
More: How Sugar Causes Depression Anxiety There
is no scientific doubt that gluten can cause depression anxiety. A study done
over 60 years ago, found that rates of schizophrenia during World War II went
down, as wheat was rationed in the general population. Report.
A
1984 study found only 2 cases of schizophrenia, out of a population of 65,000
pre-Westernized South Pacific residents who did not consume wheat products, and
once westernized with a wheat diet saw their rates climb to western levels. Learn
More: Gluten
is not the only cause of depression anxiety, many different things from
antibiotics, alcohol, stress, GMO food, sugar, pollution, and more can damage your gut and/or create
cytokines which produce brain inflammation and depression anxiety. However,
once your gut is damaged from gluten or one of the other many causes of
depression anxiety, gluten will continue to enter your bloodstream and invoke an
autoimmune response producing depression anxiety. How
to Eliminate Gluten from Your Diet Eliminating
gluten from your diet is not easy. For the past 10,000 years, even before the
ancient Egyptians, Mediterranean and Western civilization has depended on wheat
containing gluten as a main source of food and cheap energy to fuel the body.
Asian civilization has depended gluten related starchy rice, and American
civilizations have depended on gluten related starchy corn and maize. Learn
More: Mediterranean Diet for Depression Anxiety The
human body developed hundreds of
thousands of years ago, was not designed to consume processed grains, such as
wheat, corn and rice, cultivated and consumed starting only ten thousand years
ago. Since
gluten is such an “ingrained” part of our diet, removing gluten related food
products from your diet is a real challenge, but a challenge worth taking if you
wish to recover from depression anxiety. Beware
of gluten free foods. The gluten free food industry is booming due to
the growing awareness of the harmful impact gluten can have on health. Tons of
new gluten free foods are appearing on store shelves everyday. Avoid them.
Gluten
free packaged and processed foods can still be bad for your health and can cause
depression anxiety. In many of these processed foods, wheat gluten is replaced
with corn or rice, which have gluten like proteins that have the same negative
effect as wheat gluten. they also contain a lot of sugar, salt, inflammatory
oils, and additives and preservatives which can cause depression anxiety. View
Our: Depression Anxiety Diet Shopping List The
Depression Anxiety Diet Plan eliminates wheat gluten completely from the diet,
and uses brown rice only in our Breakfast Cereal and Vegetarian Stir Fry Recipe, and gluten free red Quinoa in
our Sockeye Salmon Recipe. View
All Our: Depression Anxiety
Recipes Some
of the negative impacts of gluten related proteins found in rice and quinoa,
especially the high sugar content, is mitigated by fiber found in brown rice and
red quinoa, but does not eliminate the inflammatory properties of gluten.
Although brown rice and red quinoa appears to be less harmful than wheat, brown
rice and quinoa are eliminated in the Depression Anxiety Detox Diet Plan for individuals with gut conditions. Summary: Gluten is a protein found in wheat products such as bread, pastas, and beer. How gluten causes depression anxiety, and many other serious health conditions, is by producing inflammation in the body and brain. Gluten should be eliminated from the diet to achieve depression anxiety recovery. Gluten free foods are generally unhealthy and should be avoided. |