Why Everyone is Speaking of Gluten…How Gluten and Dairy Affect Our Genes

Gluten free…science fiction or science?

I’ve written several articles on why gluten may not be
a great idea for overall health. For example, last month I wrote about a
researcher’s theory that a pesticide was causing an increase in celiac
disease and gluten sensitivity. Now, a new
study using cell cultures provides another possible mechanism behind how gluten
and dairy mess with our genes by modulating DNA methylation.

This study demonstrated that when the milk protein,
casein and the wheat-derived protein, gluten were broken down, their resulting
peptides had opioid activity. This created an effect on cysteine (an amino
acid) …read more