Mental Health Disorders and Celiac Disease EP058
An estimated 50% of Americans are on some type of psychotropic drug. Half of the US population!
What is causing such widespread prevalence of mental health disorders? Prescription anti-depressants and sedatives don’t solve the underlying problem… So how do we get to the bottom of this?
The Gluten Free RN contends that there may be a connection between mental health and undiagnosed celiac disease. Today she explains how several disorders (anxiety, depression and paranoia, among others) have been linked to gluten, discussing how a leaky blood-brain barrier can lead to hypoxia, an inflammation of the brain.
Nadine walks us through the best research in mental health disorders and gluten sensitivity, sharing two landmark studies that emphasize the gut/brain connection and characterize celiac disease as primarily a neurological disorder. Nadine offers her insight around working with schizophrenic patients and the increasing number of children suffering from anxiety. Listen in to understand how gluten impacts your mental health, and learn how to eliminate brain fog, get off prescription meds, and enjoy a higher quality of life!
What’s Discussed:The connection between gluten and hypoxia
The shocking statistics around Americans and psychotropic drugs
The potential relationship between mental health disorders and undiagnosed celiac disease
The health consequences of undiagnosed celiac disease
The findings of the landmark Cooke study in 1966
The conclusion of an editorial published in Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
How a gluten-free diet can resolve gastrointestinal and psychiatric symptoms
Nadine’s experience with schizophrenia patients
The increasing number of children diagnosed with anxiety disorder
The concept of food as medicine
Resources:
‘Gluten Sensitivity as a Neurological Illness’ in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
‘Psychiatric Complications of Celiac Disease’ in the International Journal of Celiac Disease
‘Genetic Hypothesis of Idiopathic Schizophrenia: Its Exorphin Connection’ in Schizophrenia Bulletin
‘Markers of Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease in Bipolar Disorder’ in Bipolar Disorders
‘Neurologic and Psychiatric Manifestations of Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity’ in Psychiatric Quarterly
‘Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Celiac Disease’ in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
Connect with Nadine:Contact via Email
‘Your Skin on Gluten’ on YouTube
Melodies of the Danube Gluten-Free Cruise with Nadine
Books by Nadine:Dough Nation: A Nurse's Memoir of Celiac Disease from Missed Diagnosis to Food and Health Activism
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