Wheat and Weedkiller

Below please find my last four entries reprinted here from my NATURAL MEASURES, etc. tab above.  These link entries and accompanying notes appear in order of date of posting, with my most recently posted link (posted today, Feb. 25, 2014) on top:

"Glyphosate + Wheat linked to gluten intolerance, celiac disease, and irritable bowel syndrome" (gmo-awareness.com, February 25, 2014)

GMO Awareness - Be informed!

"Giving Up Gluten" (Living Without article by Christine Boyd, June/July 2010 Issue) - addresses the conditions presently known as "celiac disease" and "gluten sensitivity" in a daughter and her mother, respectively.  What is very clear, to me (Carolyn), is that the ingestion of gluten-containing foods in the U.S. apparently caused both this mother and this daughter severe distress and unwellness, as it also appears to do to me.  I, myself, was tested years ago and found to have a moderate level of antibodies to gliadin.  This meant, at the most fundamental level, that I was then advised to avoid gluten-containing foods.  I have not pursued a more specific diagnosis because I have questions about the genetic engineering of gluten-containing grains, themselves.  It is sufficient for me to be reasonably certain, in the meantime, that something in the gluten molecule here in the U.S. can directly cause internal abrasion of the intestinal lining, a "leaky gut," malabsorption, and subsequent nutritional deficiencies with attendant systemic inflammation.   

Identifying toxic fractions of wheat gluten and their effect on the jejunal mucosa in coeliac disease (GUT - An International Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1974, Dec.) - Fascinating study on three toxic fractions of wheat gluten, one of which was found to damage the intestinal mucosal lining in celiac subjects within six hours.  This toxic fraction (made up of small polypeptides) contained neither gluten nor gliadin.  This rapid damage to the mucosal lining was thought to be more characteristic of a direct action on the surface cells (by the toxic fraction) as opposed to an immunological response (p. 931).  This raises the question in my mind of, "Is this 'toxic fraction' actually a component engendered by mankind's tinkering with the genetics of the wheat/gluten grains?" (Carolyn)