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I picked up the book “Wheat Belly Diet” a few months ago. Since the author mentioned the connection with wheat-intolerance (or full-blown celiac) and autoimmune diseases, it really caught my interest. My husband has rheumatoid arthritis and the author mentioned the connection between RA and wheat many, many times. Then suddenly, there it was – references in the book to connections between alopecia and wheat-intolerance!
My husband and I made a concerted effort to go wheat-free for 3 months. And with only a few inadvertent (and one very deliberate) slip-up, we were essentially wheat-free. I didn’t go completely “wheat-free.” Incidental wheat flour (like in a salad dressing or a soup) I ignored. I only gave up the apparent wheat products like backed goods, crackers, wheat-based cereals.
My bald patches were all growing back in nicely. Then the holidays hit and I went back to eating wheat: turkey stuffing, cookies, sandwiches, Christmas breads. Last week a big (BIG) patch showed up on the back of my head. I have gone off wheat again to see if that wards off further damage.
Just mentioning this, as there very well may be a connection.
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