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Patient perspectives on Gluten Grain Intolerances and 

 Sensitivities including Celiac Disease,

and the risks of Gluten Challenges for Diagnostic Purposes

(Formerly GlutenSensitivity.net)

Toxins (chemicals, etc) in agriculture,

Toxins in processed food as additives and preservatives,  toxic processed fats, processed sugars and substitutes.

Heavy metals in smog, vaccines, dental amalgam fillings.,

Toxins and chlorine in water, toxic drugs.

Toxins in plastics, and  other materials in homes and offices.

 Stress, electromagnetic radiation,

toxic emotions,  unforgiveness.

Dr. Vojdani and many other researchers say they find that toxins (chemical injury) are NOT OK!!  They believe they've damaged our gut so badly we cannot digest our food safely.  They say they find that mainly the toxins, and also stress and infections (some believe infections follow toxins) are behind the gluten syndrome.

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Medical Diagrams

• The Healthy Gut

• Celiac Disease,

• Gluten Intolerance

       (also milk and other foods),

• Gluten Sensitivity (allergy)

Prepared by Dr. Aristo Vojdani, PH.D., M.T.

Immunosciences Laboratories, Beverly Hills, CA.

TheGlutenSyndrome.net gratefully acknowledges this valuable contribution to the gluten syndrome community. 

These copyrighted diagrams may be downloaded for doctor visits and non profit educational use.   Tests may be ordered at Neuroimmunology Labs. 

Test requisition form included in download is no longer current.    Contact info@neuroimmunologylabs.com  attn: Jama for  test instructions.

These medical diagrams are presented below twice. The first set, bordered in green, is presented without detailed explanation so the reader can easily compare between them. 

Beyond the green bordered diagrams is a second presentation of these diagrams with simple and detailed text explanations for further study.

A chart of test panels is included at the bottom of the page which highlights tests recommended by Dr. Vojdani based on his and other researchers' work. 

References are included with full text downloads.  This website/owner has no financial interest in any products or services mentioned on the site.

Normal Healthy Gut Response

to Minor Stress, Minor Chemical Injury (toxins) and Minor Infections

Early childhood exposure to bacteria aids normal suppression of immune response

                                                     Normal Healthy Gut Response  ~   Click here for text explanation   ~  Click here to download this diagram

References

Celiac Disease Gene Mediated Response to Stress, Chemical Injury (toxins) and Infections

Leads to widespread autoimmunity vulnerability.

                                                       Celiac Disease Gut Response  ~  Click here for text description  ~  Click here to download this diagram

References

Gluten Intolerance Reaction to Stress, Chemical Injury (toxins), and Infections

without Gene Involvement . 

Leads to widespread autoimmunity and other vulnerabilities.

                           Gluten and Casein (milk) Intolerance and other food intolerances      Click here for text description  ~  Click here to download this diagram

References

Gluten Sensitivity (IgE Allergy reaction) to toxins or strenuous exercise

This is an ALLERGIC reaction similar to a bee sting or peanut allergy.

Gluten Sensitivity/Allergy response  ~   Click here for text description  ~  Click here to download this diagram

References

Click here to download all four diagrams (without text explanations)

Click here to download all four diagrams (with text explanations)  (see below)

NOTE: Test requisition form in these downloads is no longer valid.  Contact Jama for current test requisition.  info@neuroimmunologylabs.com Attn: Jama

Healthy Gut response to gluten exposure (and similar substances) in the presence of

minor stress, minor chemical injury (toxins), and minor infections

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Notes to non medical viewers.  The important points to understand in this diagram are as follows. 

 A.  Stress, chemical injury (toxins) and infection are MINOR. (1)

 B.  Very few gluten molecules pass the healthy gut wall even in the presence of minor stress, toxins, and infection. (3)

 C.  Early childhood exposure to bacteria produces a protective mechanism (7) that suppresses (hinders) immune

      response (allergies and intolerances). (10).   This healthy process takes place with most foods that enter the normal gut.  

      Simply put,  children NEED some normal common sense exposure to dirt and bacteria to build their immunities.

References

Download this diagram

Click to download all four diagrams (without text explanation)

Click here to download all four diagrams (with text explanations) 

NOTE: Test requisition form in these downloads is no longer valid.  Contact Jama for current test requisition.  info@neuroimmunologylabs.com Attn: Jama

Celiac Disease (villi damage)

Gene Mediated Response to Stress, Chemical Injury (toxins) and Infections

Leads to widespread autoimmune, malabsorptive, inflammatory  and other vulnerabilities.

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Notes to non medical viewers. The important points to understand in this diagram are as follows.

A.  Stress, chemical injury (toxins) and/or infections are significant. (1)

B.  Gut damage is significant and more gluten molecules pass the gut wall. (2) A common term for this condition is "leaky gut".  This activates antibodies to form in the blood stream against one or more gluten/gliadin/wheat related molecules.

C.  Specific genes (5) contribute to this particular reaction pathway, making it easier for antibodies to be formed.  The antibodies bind to many substances including body tissues that "look similar" to gluten (10).  The antibodies then attract "killer cells" (8) to the substances with which they bind including body tissues.  This damages the tissues, and is called an autoimmune reaction.  (5)

D.  Formation of antibodies to various products of this process cross react with many tissues to produce autoimmunity. (10)  Note the "T" in red denotes "tissues".  In simple terms these "T" tissues are body tissues such as organ, brain, nerve, and many more.

References

Download this diagram

Click to download all four diagrams (without text explanation)

Click here to download all four diagrams (with text explanations) 

NOTE: Test requisition form in these downloads is no longer valid.  Contact Jama for current test requisition.  info@neuroimmunologylabs.com Attn: Jama

Gluten Intolerance

(also milk and multiple food intolerances)

Gluten Intolerance Reaction to Stress, Chemical Injury (toxins), and Infections

without Gene Involvement . 

Leads to widespread autoimmune vulnerability.

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Notes to non medical viewers. The important points in this diagram to understand are as follows.

A. The infections listed (1) are simply the agents observed in research studies. (1)  They are not necessarily the only infections that may contribute to this type of reaction. 

B.  Stress, chemical injury (toxins) and/or infections contribute to significantly to gut wall damage. 

C.  The gut wall is very badly damaged (8) and "leaky" (4).  This allows many large food peptides (pieces) to cross the gut wall before sufficient digestion can appropriately break them into very tiny pieces. These pieces enter the cell, (6), are rejected and pushed back to the cell surface to be recognized and destroyed by killer cells (7).  This is only one of several destructive reactions. 

D.  This reaction can happen to anyone!  This gluten/other food intolerance pathway does NOT require a predisposing gene.

E.  This pathway produces antibodies (symbolized by Y) which then "stick to" or "tag" many body or organ tissues like dunce caps.  This marks that tissue for autoimmune destruction by various killer cells.  Please carefully examine (13).  Note that the human figure is covered with "Y" (antibody) symbols.  The list of known affected body tissues and organs is not complete in this diagram.

F.  Since this pathway involves cross reactions with many body/organ tissues and eventually with multiple foods, testing is recommended for a number of gluten related antibodies, AND milk and other  problematic food proteins PLUS several susceptible organs and other related markers.  (See Celiac Neuroautoimmune Panel, Immunosciences Laboratories, below).  This blood panel contains many tests for gluten reactivity, other foods that cross react with gluten, and for multiple organ/tissue damage.

References

Download this diagram

Click to download all four diagrams (without text explanation)

Click here to download all four diagrams (with text explanations) 

NOTE: Test requisition form in these downloads is no longer valid.  Contact Jama for current test requisition.  info@neuroimmunologylabs.com Attn: Jama

Gluten Sensitivity (Allergy)

Gluten Sensitivity (IgE Allergy reaction) to toxins or strenuous exercise

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Notes to non medical viewers. The important points in this diagram to understand are as follows.

A.  This reaction is commonly recognized as an "allergic" reaction.

B.  This reaction pathway can be triggered by alcohol, chemical toxins found in food along with gluten, several classes of

     medications including aspirin, and also strenuous exercise.

C.  The gut is quite "leaky".

D.  Continued exposure to gluten under the above conditions causes "bubbles" or "balloons" full of chemicals to burst and flood

     the body with histamines and other substances.This may trigger hives, respiratory distress, and other symptoms which need

     immediate treatment.   Patients may carry Epinephrin/Epi-pens for such emergencies.   This reaction is similar to a bee sting

     or peanut allergy reaction.

E.  These reactions are usually tested with IgE "scratch tests" called RAST tests.

References

Download this diagram

Click to download all four diagrams (without text explanation)

Click here to download all four diagrams (with text explanations) 

NOTE: Test requisition form in these downloads is no longer valid.  Contact Jama for current test requisition.  info@neuroimmunologylabs.com Attn: Jama

Neuroimmunology Labs no longer accepts specimens. 

New facilities and panels are in progress.  Watch for further developments this winter.

Test information is left here in the interim for educational and planning purposes.

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 Dr. Aristo Vojdani Ph.D., M.T., of Immunosciences Laboratories

Immunosciences Laboratories is a research lab

Video clips of Dr. Vojdani

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Questions?  email info@neuroimmunologylabs.com  attn: Jama

Phone:  (310)-657-2684           Fax  (310) 657-1053

       Research articles available at www.immunoscienceslab.com 

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These are Gluten Syndrome, Cross Reactive Foods, and Tissue Damage Panels

A gluten (or other food) containing diet is required for the food antibody tests. 

 Dr. Script required.  See www.thedr.com

                                                  NEW! Gluten Sensitivity Screen 1 - Saliva Home Test

                                                    Tests deamidated gliadin - IgA, IgM, and tTG - IgA, IgM (4 tests)

                                                        Price:  $125.00 Patients may order test and script here

Some patients try the saliva screener first and then move to a more complete antibody panel if the screener is negative.  If the patient makes these tested antibodies, this test is claimed to have a 96% sensitivity. (This means out of 100 positive samples it will accurately pick up 96 of them).

NOTE: The tests above will be negative if patient has other gluten related antibodies besides the ones tested, or they are in a different system or medium such as stool, blood.  Dr. Vojdani believes tTG is not elevated in all cases of the gluten syndrome.  See the gluten intolerance diagram on the Medical Diagrams page. 

Questions?  email info@neuroimmunologylabs.com  attn: Jama

     ** Cross Reactions with foods , toxins, infections, and other tissues? 

• Immune response to dietary proteins, gliadin and cerebellar peptides in children  with autism.   Nutr Neurosci. 2004 Jun;7(3):151-61.Vojdani A, O'Bryan T, Green JA, Mccandless J, Woeller KN, Vojdani E, Nourian AA, Cooper EL.    Section of Neuroimmunology, Immunosciences Lab., Inc., 8693 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 200, Beverly Hills, California 90211, USA. drari@msn.com       Full text here
   

• Infections, toxic chemicals and dietary peptides binding to lymphocyte receptors and tissue enzymes are major instigators of autoimmunity in autism. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2003 Sep-Dec;16(3):189-99  Vojdani A, Pangborn JB, Vojdani E, Cooper EL  Lab. Comparative Immunology, Dept. Neurobiology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. DrAri@msn.com  Full Text here

• In Celiac Disease, A Subst of Autoantibodies against Transglutaminase Binds Toll-Like Receptor 4 and Induces Activation of Monocytes  Published Sept 19, 2006                 Giovanna Zonomi¹, Niccardo Navone², Claudio Lunardi², Giuseppe Tidente¹, Carerina Bason², Simona Sivori³, Buggero Beri² Marzia Dolcino⁴, Enrico Valletta⁵, Roberto Corrocher², Antonio Puccetti^3,4  Click for abstract and full text