Gluten Sensitivity And Fibromyalgia – Is There A Connection?

Published: // Updated: March 14, 2021

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Gluten sensitivity has been associated with several symptoms characteristic of fibromyalgia. Gluten is a complex protein found mainly in wheat, barley, and rye. It can be found in oats and other grains due to cross-contamination.

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Gluten is also found in bread, cakes, cookies, pies, bagels, cereals, sauces and gravies, frozen dinners, pasta, boxed rice mixes, soy sauce, beer – just to name a few.

New evidence suggests that as many as 1 in 7 people are gluten sensitive, or gluten intolerant. Eating gluten, when you are intolerant to it causes inflammation in the intestines. The body thinks gluten is an enemy and will send out antibodies to destroy it. Those antibodies destroy the lining of the stomach and intestines. The inflammation can present itself in any part of the body.

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The New England Journal of Medicine listed 55 diseases that can be caused by eating gluten. These include osteoporosis, irritable bowel disease, inflammatory bowel disease, anemia, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and almost all other autoimmune diseases. It is not a leap to consider that fibromyalgia could be one of them.

According to Dr. William Davis, Cardiologist and Author of Wheat Belly, modern wheat is not the same as wheat produced a few decades ago. The genetically manipulated wheat we have today has the capacity to raise blood sugar at an alarming rate. Research has shown that consumption of modern wheat is the first step in triggering autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.

Symptoms of Gluten Sensitivity

Here are just a few of the symptoms that are linked to a gluten sensitivity:

If you have fibromyalgia, you will find these symptoms incredibly familiar. Removing gluten from your diet may be the key to help reduce inflammation, alleviate pain and improve your symptoms.

Have you gone gluten-free, if so has it helped relieve some of your fibromyalgia symptoms?

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2 thoughts on “Gluten Sensitivity And Fibromyalgia – Is There A Connection?”

  1. Hi Sue,

    This one really caught my eye because beer, whether it be alcoholic or alcohol free (I’ve stopped drinking all types now) can give me a horrendous flare-up even after just half a bottle, but yet I feel fine after bread, pasta, bagels etc.

    Maybe it’s another ingredient such as malted barley for me that causes the pain to start raging across my shoulders and down my arms. Still, at least I know it’s one less thing to worry about now I’ve ruled it out.

    Do you have sensitivity to gluten?

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    • I am not sure if I am sensitive to gluten or not. I don’t show any outward signs that I am sensitive to gluten and I have very few digestive issues. I have thought of going gluten-free just to see if it helps with pain and fatigue. I don’t eat bread, bagels, or things like that very often. I do love pasta but I only eat that once or twice a month. I don’t eat processed foods either so although I haven’t given up gluten I am not eating much of it. The majority of my diet includes whole anti-inflammatory foods. Alcohol of any type including beer always gave me a migraine and made me nauseous so I gave up trying to drink a long time ago.

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