Gluten Journal: Day 6-12

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Gluten Diary Day 6-12

I am always tired now, my skin is itchy, my joints hurt and I am having trouble thinking as fast as I am used to.  Also I have stated to retain more water than I would like.  These are constant throughout all the days.

Gluten in my beauty products? YEP!

After seeing a whole bunch of ads for Gluten free makeup I started wondering how many of my beauty products contain wheat or gluten.  I had to throw out some of my lip balms, some of my mineral makeup and a good portion of my lipsticks, even a few body lotions.  I started looking for a few key words in these products.  

Words To Look For:

Words to look for

Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour
Cyclodextrin
Dextrin
Dextrin Palmitate
Disodium Wheatgermamphodiacetate
Hydrolyzed Malt Extract
Hydrolyzed Oat Flour
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Hydrolyzed Wheat Flour
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer
Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch
Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Malt Extract
Maltodextrin
Phytosphingosine Extract (Barley)
Samino Peptide Complex (Barley)
Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Flour
Sodium C8-16 Isoalkylsuccinyl Wheat Protein Sulfonate
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Gluten
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Starch
Wheat Amino Acids
Wheat Germ Glycerides
Wheat Germamidopropalkonium Chloride
Wheat Protein
Wheatgermamidopropyl Ethyldimonium Ethosulfate
Yeast Extract

Contains Gluten, :(

If your products contain these words it might be time to start looking for other products 

Some of the items thrown away are my Dove hair products, My daily moisturizing lotion, a few lip balms, and what is pictured.  While it is a smaller portion of the makeup I own and use on a regular basis this is still sad for me.  Two of the items were favorites.  It is going to be hard to find Gluten free equivalents. 

On the up side I was able to keep a lot of my makeup.  The only thing I need to replace right away is my daily moisturizing lotion and my hair care products.  So I will get started on finding another type of lotion as well as a basic hair care products that I love and I am going to be taking a much closer look at each and every item I buy.  
I know that you do not put these items into your mouth and if you are ingesting them then you are doing something wrong.  However, things that goes on hands, on your lips or around your eyes can get inside of you. This can include hair care products if you often touch your hair.

Did Not contain Gluten! :

I found a lot of the above information from Gluten Free Insider they even have lists of what the companies have to say about their products and if they contain Gluten.  If you have questions about if your products Containing Gluten feel free to check it out.  Also take a good look at the ingredients of your own products if you think you might be reacting. 

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RYE
BARLEY

Corn may not be Gluten free!!!

The recent info on corn.

In February of this year a new study was done on those people with Celiac and how corn affected them.  The reason for this study was that some people who have Celiac are still not getting better.  Why is this happening?  It turns out that the gluten in corn is similar enough to the gluten in wheat, barley, and rye so create a reason in those celiac patients.  

One of the reasons this missed is because of the way we test for Celiac.  Since doctors measure blood for gluten reactions only certain reaction can be seen. The reaction to the gluten in Corn doesn't show up the same way.    

Celiac can come in a variety of forms

Since we are still learning so much about this issue we have a long way to go.  A good percentage of celiac patients are not getting better by eating a gluten free diet.  That means that something in the diet is still causing issues.  If this is the case I strongly suggest that you cut corn and all things containing corn or "Maze" from your diet.  This can be really hard since corn is in just about everything.  By trying to live Gluten and corn free this will very much narrow down what you can eat.  However, if it makes you feel better than it is worth it.  If cutting corn is not helping then you might need to go back to see your doctor to find out what is going on. 

 Source:

gluten free society

 

Transglutaminase Treatment of Wheat and Maize Prolamins of Bread Increases the Serum IgA Reactivity of Celiac Disease Patients