{"id":484,"date":"2013-03-12T15:31:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T20:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/?p=484"},"modified":"2013-03-12T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T20:32:11","slug":"what-is-gluten-and-why-is-it-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/what-is-gluten-and-why-is-it-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"What is gluten and why is it a problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-485 alignright\" alt=\"wheat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/wheat-300x285.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/wheat-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/wheat.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley, and for one out of every 133 people, consuming gluten is a major problem, namely celiac disease.\u00a0 Gluten has become a problem partly due to the genetic tampering of the kernel, rendering it easier for the farmer and food processor but harder for the human body to break down.\u00a0 Gluten can also be a problem when there is a compromised immune system.<\/p>\n<p>People diagnosed with celiac disease have the inability to break down or digest gluten, involving an autoimmune response.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Usually someone with celiac disease is aware that something is wrong due to digestive woes being experienced such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abdominal pain and swelling<\/li>\n<li>Indigestion<\/li>\n<li>Nausea\/vomiting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, quite a few people who have difficulty with gluten do not have celiac disease; rather, they are gluten sensitive.\u00a0 They may or may not experience digestive issues but have other symptoms that they may not have identified as being part of a gluten sensitivity such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anemia<\/li>\n<li>Brain fog<\/li>\n<li>Eczema<\/li>\n<li>Fatigue<\/li>\n<li>Thyroid disorder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once there is a diagnosis of celiac disease or with the positive antibodies associated with gluten intolerance, a person has to make dietary changes and learn to identify ingredients that contain gluten or are problematic such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein and modified food starch.<\/p>\n<p>For more research, visit:\u00a0 <a title=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.celiac.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Three Cheers for:\u00a0 Naturtint\u00ae<\/h3>\n<p>Although any hair color is not truly natural, those who want to freshen their hair color or cover gray hair might consider the colors formulated by Naturtint\u00ae.\u00a0 The products made by Naturtint\u00ae do not contain ammonia, parabens, silicones, paraffin, mineral oils, heavy metals, artificial fragrances, sodium laurel sulfate or formaldehyde derivatives.\u00a0 Naturtint\u00ae products involve green technologies and contain \u201cnaturally derived ingredients, approved and certified according to Natural and Organic standards.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For great prices on Naturtint\u00ae products, visit www.vitacost.com.<\/p>\n<h3>GIVE ME FIVE<\/h3>\n<p>Five stay-healthy foods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomato juice \u2013 rich in Vitamin C<\/li>\n<li>Sunflower seeds \u2013 rich in vitamin E<\/li>\n<li>Garlic \u2013 antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, <a title=\"http:\/\/www.kyolic.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kyolic.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.kyolic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Probiotics- www.ultimateflora.com<\/li>\n<li>Water-flush out toxins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley, and for one out of every 133 people, consuming gluten is a major problem, namely celiac disease.\u00a0 Gluten has become a problem partly due to the genetic tampering of the kernel, rendering it easier for the farmer and food processor but harder for the human &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/what-is-gluten-and-why-is-it-a-problem\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is gluten and why is it a problem?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tractsinc.com\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}