Great email and video by Dr. Tom O'Bryan

Hello Everyone! If you have not visited www.thedr.com I encourage you to do it. It's the webstite for Dr. Tom O'Bryan, who is a HUGE advocate for individuals who need to be gluten free. The video in this email I'm pasting below is well worth the three-minute watch. A good reminder to us that optimal health requires diligence (and sometimes detective work). Wonderful holidays to all!

Janet

Remember: No gluten! Not even a crumb!

 

In this religious week of Easter and Passover around the globe, it's important for those with a gluten-related disorder to remember a phrase I often use, "You can't be a little bit pregnant, and you can't have a little gluten." Your immune system does not forget how to react to gluten! But, there are options.

 

First, for those celebrating Passover or the commemoration of liberation from slavery in Egypt over 3300 years ago, gluten-free matzah is readily available.

 

And for those celebrating Easter, I'd like to remind you of a case study I often reference often about a 34-year old woman who was not healing from a gluten-free diet for over 2 years. Her specialists couldn't figure out why her symptoms remained despite her change in diet. Turned out she was a nun in street clothes regularly accepting communion. In other words, though on a gluten-free diet she was still consuming the wheat found in the communion wafer, and that was the possible reason for her continued symptoms.

 

When I was a boy, nuns often wore what's called a "habit." In Catholicism today, these religious garments aren't as prevalent outside of the church as they once were, so most of her doctors didn't realize she was of a religious order.

 

In Catholicism, the wafer signifies the body of Christ. According to Canon Law (the official rules of the Catholic Church), the "Bread of Life" must contain wheat in order to be valid. No substitutions allowed.

 

You've all heard me say it, "NO GLUTEN! NOT EVEN A CRUMB!"

 

Watch this short, informative video about why

even a milligram of gluten can be bad for you!

 

Now, for those celebrating Easter, ask your church if it has low-gluten communion. Even my sister was embarrassed to ask her church, but then read about the new offering in the church bulletin! If communion has been the hindrance to your gluten-free diet and you have access to a low-gluten wafer, mark Easter as the resurrection of your savior and, possibly, your health!
 

So, to all of you working hard to learn how to be healthy, Happy Easter! Chag Same'ach (Joyous Festival)!

 

Sincerely,

Dr. Tom O'Bryan