The Gluten-Mental Health Connection

A hundred years ago, schizophrenia was known as "wheat-madness", yet today - most are surprised that there is a connection between gluten/wheat and mental health. I am not an expert, but witnessed a transformation in my husband when my son was diagnosed with celiac and we all went gluten free. Yes, it turned out that celiac/gluten was his problems too... but the mental health connection - that blew us away.  And so the research began and it became evident that gluten plays a role for many living with mental illness. Here is a collection of findings and professional articles - note the gluten connection to schitzophrenia has been documented/studied for some time, while the connection to bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, adhd, etc is "newer" with less evidence. Celiac disease is often referenced but note that the newly accepted Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity shares common symptoms but is more difficult to diagnose.

Markers of Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease in Bipolar Disorder

Markers of gluten sensitivity in acute mania: A longitudinal study

PLOS ONE: Anti-Gluten Immune Response following Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Mice

Neurologic and psychiatric manifestatio - PubMed Mobile

Examining how microbes may affect mental health | Scope Blog

Maternal Antibodies to Gluten Linked to Schizophrenia Risk in Children | Children's Hospital at Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, Maryland

The Case For Going Gluten Free + Medical Journal References | Evolvify

Is Gluten Making You Depressed? | Psychology Today

Evolutionary Psychiatry: Wheat and Serious Mental Illness

Evolutionary Psychiatry: Gluten and Schizophrenia Again (with an added splash of Toxo!)

Can Eating Wheat Cause Psychiatric Problems?

Is Bread Affecting Your Brain

The Hidden Link Between Gluten Grains and Schizophrenia

Studies show gluten sensitivity in people labeled with schizophrenia and bipolar (and how gluten can effect a lot of us regardless of dx) | Beyond Meds

Prevalence of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity in the United States clinical antipsychotic trials of intervention effectiveness study population.

Gluten Sensitivity Presenting as a Neuropsychiatric Disorder

Why So Sensitive? The Effects of Gluten On The Mind

Developmental Disorders and Dairy Products, Grains, Gluten and Other Proteins

Personal Stories

 http://m.anchoragepress.com/news/the-gluten-made-her-do-it-how-going-gluten-free/article_39e2478e-4585-11e2-a80c-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm#.UqyWmUuYGjs.twitter

http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/topic/88740-gluten-and-violence/

http://glutenfreegirl.com/2013/02/on-why-i-am-so-happy-now/

http://azarherdmanagement.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-going-gluten-free-combats-my.html?m=1


http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/can-what-you-eat-affect-your-mental-health-new-research-links-diet-and-the-mind/2014/03/24/c6b40876-abc0-11e3-af5f-4c56b834c4bf_story.html

http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/gluten-free-society-blog/are-food-allergies-affecting-your-brain-part-1/?utm_content=bufferdf114&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer


http://dineaware.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/gluten-makes-me-sad/

http://www.phoenixhelix.com/2013/12/01/angies-story/

http://nourishedkitchen.com/nutrition-mental-illness-chronic-pain/

http://glutensensitivity.net/cases.htm

Related Issues

Violence, Aggression, Conduct Disorder

http://feingold.org/violence.php#.UqyYDZ8o7qA

Crime Times- linking brain dysfunction to disordered/ criminal/ psychopathic behavior

http://www.crimetimes.org/98c/w98cp5.htm