Article: Gluten-restricted diets may ease allergies

Imagine a sandwich without bread, hamburger without bun, pasta salad without pasta or pizza without crust. Such are the choices of many on gluten-restricted diets.

Such diets are the treatment of choice for people with celiac disease, nontropical sprue or gluten-induced enteropathy, a malabsorption syndrome caused by sensitivity to gliadin. Gliadin is a protein fraction of gluten found in wheat, rye, barley, oats and their derivatives.

Eating the offending food causes diarrhea, weight loss, irritability and other symptoms. The disease is caused by a genetic disorder, with symptoms sometimes beginning early or appearing later.

Treatment means life-long adherence to a gluten-free diet, ...

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