Gluten Awareness

Gluten is a protein, not good for health. Those, who have no or less physical activity in their daily life, gluten presence in their food is not good for them. If you have months and years of stomach mal-functioning, stomach ache, Constipation, Diahorrea, Bloating while eating food, Vomiting, Brain fog, Fatigue, Head ache and Achy legs – your body is not digesting gluten properly. More of, if you have Cramps, Rashes, Itchy Blisters – your body is gluten sensitive and allergic to gluten. Children are also highly affected from Celiac Diseases (gluten related diseases).

Gluten is a major part of wheat, we eat daily in shape of bread, baked items, pizza dough etc. It is also found in some other grains like rye etc.

Question: Human is eating wheat since centuries and millenniums, from where this gluten thing came in 20^th century till today?

Answer: Life was hard. It was full of exercise and physical activities till 19^th century and till half of 20^th century. Everything eaten used to be digested in the body. Our lifestyle changed and our bodies developed digestion problems. Medical researchers had to figure out the problem and it is found, in-digestion of ‘gluten presence’ in our food.

How to confirm, you have Gluten Problem?

If you have symptoms mentioned above and they are of long period of time, there are chances, your body is sensitive towards gluten. May be, your physician does not ask you but you need to insist about gluten test recommendation from your physician. This is a blood test, it may be named as test for gluten, test for celiac diseases in different labs. You will be asked to eat gluten rich food for 1-2 days before going for this test. Labs and Hospitals in Pakistan which have facility for this test, are:

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