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Wheat-Free for Life with ADHD: A Summary of the Gluten Summit

In this summary of the Gluten Summit, discover the impact of wheat on the body, the involvement of wheat in cardiovascular diseases and ADHD, and the connection between wheat and cholesterol. Learn about the history of wheat, its genetic modification, and the implications it has on our health. Understand the differences between Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity and the importance of going off wheat for treatment.

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Wheat-Free for Life with ADHD: A Summary of the Gluten Summit

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  1. Wheat Free for Life with ADHDA Summary of the Gluten SummitNovember, 2013theglutensummit@thedr.com • by Maureen Nolan • Your Attention Coach • www.yourattentioncoach.com • maureen@yourattentioncoach.com

  2. Wheat is Pretty • …and it is pretty hard to eat. Our ancestors saw the deer and cows eating wheat and thought…

  3. Can I Eat Wheat? • Our paleo-ancestors were hungry and looking for new food sources.

  4. Wheat is a Grass • What other grasses do humans eat?

  5. Nature’s Perfect Design • Three Ways that Plants Reproduce • 1. Nuts have a hard shell to protect it while safely planting itself in the ground • 11. Fruits have a tasty treat for the animal to eat first and swallow the seed or spit it out. Either way it is returned to implant in the ground. • 111. Grains/grasses aren’t meant to be eaten by humans. Eating the seed irritates the gut lining, causing inflammation and toxicity to spread in the gut and eventually throughout the body. The human doesn’t feel well and expels the grain so it is implanted and reproduces.

  6. Cows Have Four Stomach Chambers • Wheat is digested again and again and again • in the cow’s four chambers. • Wheat is never fully digested in the one human gut. • It contains silica and wears down human teeth. • Cows teeth grow continually to replace • worn down tooth surfaces.

  7. Wheat is the seed of the modern health crisis. “I do not see heart attacks in my (wheat-free) patients anymore.” –William Davis, M.D., Cardiologist Author of Wheat Belly The Gluten Summit, 2013

  8. Wheat and Your Body • Wheat has shown involvement in • Cardiovascular Disease • Irritable Bowel Syndrome • Cholesterol abnormalities • tooth decay • ADHD

  9. Cardiovascular Impact of Eating Wheat • Dyslipidemia is an abnormality in blood lipids that is the correct body response to wheat toxins. Grain toxins are designed to get past the GI barrier and in to the blood stream. It is perfectly suited for the havoc it wreaks on human digestion. • An abnormality of cardiovascular disease is that the small low density lipid (LDL) particles adhere and linger • The accumulating LDL particles require more oxidation • Increased LDL causes heart disease • Good fats do not cause heart disease • Decrease wheat and decrease heart attack risk

  10. What Does Cholesterol Have to Do With Wheat? • There is a new protocol when it comes to understanding high cholesterol. • Dr. Vodjani • An increase in good cholesterol (HDL) does not mean what it used to mean. The new protocol is to discover if the HDL works. Total cholesterol is not a complete picture. • Ask your health care provider to use an advance lipid test, an MPO (myeloporoxidase) to test white cell function. This will determine if the HDL works. • Low serum HDL has shown in the research to be a precursor to Celiac Disease

  11. “Good Gut for Good Cardiovascular Health.” –Ari Vodjani, M.D., Immunologist The Gluten Summit November, 2013

  12. Wheat Then and Now • Ancestral wheat is not the 21st century wheat • All wheat eaten today is genetically modified • Modern wheat has 42 chromosomes • Wheat in the Bible had 26 chromosomes • The original wheat, Eincorn had 14 chromosomes • In an effort to stave off world starvation in the 1960’s a genetically modified and high-yield wheat was designed

  13. The creator of the new high yield wheat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his research. his name was Norman Borlaug, and a U.S. Agronomist

  14. Science Backfires • Wheat is found in everything from ketchup to shampoo • Wheat is presently the main source of carbohydrates in human diets

  15. Wheat is Easily Commodotized • GMO Wheat is easy to store and ship to other countries • Profits from wheat are at the cost of our health

  16. Gluten Dilutes the Nutrient Density of Our Diet • Wheat interferes with the absorption of Vitamin D • Wheat has zero nutrient/protein value • Wheat is an appetite filler product

  17. Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten SensitivityUmberto Volta, M.D.Inventor of the standard Celiac Test, ca. 1970’s • Both Celiac Disease and NCGS challenges exhibit some of the same symptoms • Both conditions are treated by going off of wheat

  18. Celiac Disease • Celiac Disease occurs when the body cannot manage any gluten at all. The sufferer can no longer eat any wheat. • Commonly diagnosed in adults around age 35 • Occurs when adult gut compensation crosses threshold from gluten intolerance into inflammation and disease • It is not possible to ever eat gluten again without threat of hospitalization • 2/1 celiac sufferers female/male

  19. Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity • Living with NCGS means the body can still compensate for the inflammatory process caused by eating wheat/gluten. The sufferer will experience symptoms similar to Celiac Disease. • Brain fog is more common in NCGS • Commonly diagnosed in adults around age 45 • Twice as common as Celiac Disease • Prevalence in Europe is 0.6% general population • Prevalence in U.S.A. is .6% general population • 4/1 with NCGS female/male

  20. Gluten Increases Gut Permeability • Wheat Germ Agglutin (WGA) - Increases Gut Permeability. That means toxins are able to go between or through cells in the gut wall and the blood stream. • WGA binds like superglue - Cells in our gut are glued together causing Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis. • The ensuing damage is inflammation as the body fights the foreign bodies.

  21. Gluten on the Brain • Gluten is a Glue that Binds

  22. “Gluten Chaos Leads to Gluten Blues.” –Jacqui Karr, Nutritionist

  23. A Healthy Gut Means a Healthy Brain

  24. “The gut sends more signals to the brain than there are signals sent by the brain to the gut.”

  25. ADHD and WheatWhat is the Connection? • From The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders: • Celiac disease is markedly overrepresented among patients presenting with ADHD. A gluten-free diet significantly improved ADHD symptoms in patients with celiac disease in this study. The results further suggest that celiac disease should be included in the ADHD symptom checklist. • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977364

  26. Withdrawing from GlutenNatasha Campbell-McBride, MDwww.gaps.meThe Gluten SummitNovember, 2013 • When you decide it is time to be gluten free, prepare for 3-5 days of discomfort and an addictive desire to eat wheat! • use 500 mcg of iodine per day • take high quality probiotics for 8 weeks • stay hydrated • use sea salt instead of table salt. It has more minerals. • take magnesium malate twice a day

  27. Hang In There • It takes a few days for you to feel better after removing wheat from your diet • There is a world of wheat-free food for you to eat • It takes the gluten antibodies three to six months to entirely clear from the body

  28. Eat Fermented Food • Fermented food (from sauerkraut to miso) • teaming with beneficial gut microbes • strengthens and heals the gut through greater nutrient bio-availability • is predigested by good bacteria and release vitamin c and other nutrients • Beneficial microbes drive out pathogens • Vegetables, fruits, dairy, meat, and beans can all be fermented

  29. The Human Gut is Like a Soil • The Roots of Our Health Sit in the Gut Flora

  30. “The roots of our gut impact our brain health.” –Natasha Campbell McBride, M.D. GUTS Protocol The Gluten Summit November, 2013

  31. Power Up Your Day • Tips on Living Gluten Free • Jacqui Karr • Sports Nutritionist • The Gluten Summit, 2013

  32. If You Can’t Say It Don’t Eat It • Raw food for body fuel • Benefits enzyme absorption • Eat 50% of your meal raw, for example: • spinach • tomatoes • cucumber • nuts in the hand and in nut flours • almonds, walnuts, cashews • oregano • sprouts (carry oxygen to the brain)

  33. Brain Health • David Perlmutter, M.D. • Author of Grain Brain • The Gluten Summit, November, 2013

  34. “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind.” –Louis Pasteur

  35. Brain Inflammation Caused by Gluten • Treat Neurodegenerative Inflammation and • Prevent Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis • Alzheimer’s is Diabetes Type III • ADHD and Gluten are related

  36. Ideal Diet • Low carbohydrates and high fat are the best diet • Fat is a structural component of the body and of the cell membranes • Fat is used for energy • Brain cells are constructed by the fats • Don’t be afraid of good fats

  37. Why Write About Gluten?Why Stop Eating Wheat Now? • The author Maureen Nolan attended the Gluten Summit the week before she stopped eating wheat/gluten. She tried to convince herself she did not need to do so. • Maureen was recently diagnosed with asthma and wanted to get her breath back. She also has suffered from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, had depression, lives with ADHD, and in general wanted a new lease on life at age 60. • Maureen wrote this presentation while going through her own gluten withdrawal. She decided that the best way for her to release the gluten foods she was used to eating was to write about why they were not a healthy choice in her life. • Maureen’s mother would only eat margarine and very little oil because she was afraid of gaining weight. She died of congestive heart failure and cardiomyopathy. She was very dry. Her father died of Pick’s Disease, an inflammatory disease of the brain similar to Alzheimer’s Disease and of cardiac disease. He loved cookies.

  38. Now It’s Your TurnWill You Gain Better Health Now and Let the Cows Chew on Grains? • For More Information on Choosing a Gluten-Free Life: • The Gluten Summit, www.theglutensummit.com

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