Celiac cure?

[Guest guest]

Well, the article looks interesting, but I am not sure that a digetive enzyme

will be the whole answer to CD. And if the gluten protein is degraded before it

reaches the small intestine, doesn't that mean it's not available for digestion

and there the nutrition is removed anyway - so why eat it?

 

BL

Shalom uv'racha b'Yeshua HaMashiach

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ingestion of an effective gluten enzyme supplement makes accidental reactions

much less likely. Enzyme supplements can be taken with a meal, even when no

gluten is " knowingly " eaten. *If* there is any gluten in the meal, the person

may be saved what would have formerely been a puzzling reaction. I've always

found accidental exposure particularly annoying because I will have done my best

to get a safe meal.

 

Under normal conditions, we produce digestive enzymes in our bodies to take

apart protein chains. It's a normal, necessary component of healthy digestion.

Gluten intolerance occurs when the persons body fails to produce the enzyme to

take the gluten chain apart, resulting in intact protein chains entering the

blood stream where they trigger immune reaction. Proteins are long chains of

amino acids. Specific enzymes dismantle each type of protein. This is

necessary for the amino acids to be absorbed. Taking an effective supplemental

gluten enzyme would mean that a gluten-intolerant person would be able to digest

and utilize the amino acids in the gluten protein chain.

 

If this enzyme supplement proves to be effective, we may have a whole new range

of freedom in our lives!

 

Deborah

 

 

Well, the article looks interesting, but I am not sure that a digetive enzyme

will be the whole answer to CD. And if the gluten protein is degraded before it

reaches the small intestine, doesn't that mean it's not available for digestion

and there the nutrition is removed anyway - so why eat it?

 

BL

Shalom uv'racha b'Yeshua HaMashiach

 

 

[Guest guest]

Except that this isn't the natural enzyme that we produce to deal with gluten

and privious trials of such a synthetic enzyme proved ineffective since the

previous possibilities couldn't survive in the environment of the acidic

stomach. I know that some enzyme therapy is effective, but I am afraid this may

fall into the category of believing there is a pill to cure everything and will

encourage people to be less vigilant of their health.

 

Also, I am not sure that such an enzyme would be helpful to those who are not

CD, but would mislead them into believing they could just use a pill instead of

the diet.

 

BL

Shalom uv'racha b'Yeshua HaMashiach