Strong Link Between Asthma and Celiac Disease

I have gluten intolerance and also a casein allergy (along with soy intolerance and intolerances to about 21 other foods).

Once I quit eating cow dairy (I can eat goat or sheep products) and cut out all the other foods that were having inflammatory responses within my body, I was able to go off Advair. I'd been on Advair since about 2003 and went off it in April 2010. Haven't had any wheezing--even during the winter--and haven't had to use any emergency inhalers, nor anything having to do with asthma control. My asthma...just went away.

So yes, I firmly believe that if you control the aspects of ill health that need controlling--quit eating gluten, quit eating cow milk, quit eating soy, quit eating whatever it is that is making your body inflamed and causing issues--that you could very well get rid of your asthma and off the asthma pharma drugs. Probably other allergies as well, as many of mine have also gone away.

I also went off all the pharma drugs I'd been on, started eating organic food and quit eating processed stuff, and take specific supplements/nutriceuticals that my body is lacking, as well as drinking reverse-osmosis water. I think doing a multitude of good, clean living items--to include detoxifying and cleaning up the body--definitely helps the body repair itself and get healthy.

I have gluten intolerance and also a casein allergy (along with soy intolerance and intolerances to about 21 other foods).

 

Once I quit eating cow dairy (I can eat goat or sheep products) and cut out all the other foods that were having inflammatory responses within my body, I was able to go off Advair. I'd been on Advair since about 2003 and went off it in April 2010. Haven't had any wheezing--even during the winter--and haven't had to use any emergency inhalers, nor anything having to do with asthma control. My asthma...just went away.

 

So yes, I firmly believe that if you control the aspects of ill health that need controlling--quit eating gluten, quit eating cow milk, quit eating soy, quit eating whatever it is that is making your body inflamed and causing issues--that you could very well get rid of your asthma and off the asthma pharma drugs. Probably other allergies as well, as many of mine have also gone away.

 

I also went off all the pharma drugs I'd been on, started eating organic food and quit eating processed stuff, and take specific supplements/nutriceuticals that my body is lacking, as well as drinking reverse-osmosis water. I think doing a multitude of good, clean living items--to include detoxifying and cleaning up the body--definitely helps the body repair itself and get healthy.

Certainly glad to hear this, ACurtis.

I've recently been diagnosed with celiac disease. Before that, I had two bouts with asthma that were warded off by a low-glycemic cleansing diet prescribed by my doctor. I discovered that cow milk brought my asthma back instantly. In retrospect, it's clear that I only addressed part of the problem. 6 months ago, I had asthma onset strong and hard, and have desperately been trying to understand the sudden decline in my health. I've started a gluten-free diet, and have been free from the aforementioned refined sugars and foods for a long, long time now. My diet consists of more than 50% fruits and vegetables, some organic, some not, always raw. Asthma was getting worse steadily to the point of near-hospitalization, to the point where no combination of Prednasone, Advair, Dulera, nor Singular could make me feel better. Recently, my asthma has made a turn for the better. I fear the winter the most, as that's when my previous asthma symptoms onset. Hopefully I can experience a similar recovery as you have.

10 days on a gluten-free diet have made my asthma inhaler obsolete. I think they have found the tip of an iceberg here. An AgA blood test came in at a high "normal" and thus negative for celiac, but the gluten-free diet has helped me immensely. I am also noticing a huge improvement in my sinuses. My childhood included unexplained outbreaks of eczema, and what I thought was a spastic colon. These seemed benign compared to suffocating asthma. I am no doctor but my hunch is that there is an issue of magnesium malabsorption in celiac disease, which may prevent smooth lung tissue from relaxing in asthmatics (probably a stretch, but who knows). Perhaps in twenty years dietitians and gastroenterologists will be the real asthma experts.

On 4/11/2011 at 5:55 AM, Guest ACurtis said:

I have gluten intolerance and also a casein allergy (along with soy intolerance and intolerances to about 21 other foods).

 

Once I quit eating cow dairy (I can eat goat or sheep products) and cut out all the other foods that were having inflammatory responses within my body, I was able to go off Advair. I'd been on Advair since about 2003 and went off it in April 2010. Haven't had any wheezing--even during the winter--and haven't had to use any emergency inhalers, nor anything having to do with asthma control. My asthma...just went away.

 

So yes, I firmly believe that if you control the aspects of ill health that need controlling--quit eating gluten, quit eating cow milk, quit eating soy, quit eating whatever it is that is making your body inflamed and causing issues--that you could very well get rid of your asthma and off the asthma pharma drugs. Probably other allergies as well, as many of mine have also gone away.

 

I also went off all the pharma drugs I'd been on, started eating organic food and quit eating processed stuff, and take specific supplements/nutriceuticals that my body is lacking, as well as drinking reverse-osmosis water. I think doing a multitude of good, clean living items--to include detoxifying and cleaning up the body--definitely helps the body repair itself and get healthy.

I was diagnosed celiac at 45 years old. . I have had severe allergies and asthma my entire life. I was on Advair diskus 250, Singulair, and a xopenex inhaler for bronchospasm. I had reactions to even low pollen days, particulates,  cold air, dry air, all year. I wore an N95, anytime working out outdoors. 

After I started the gluten free diet,  it was a short week later, I realized, I was not having symptoms,  and I continued exercising without the mask. I began to cut out first Singulair.  I stopped taking the inhaler before workouts. Over a month later, stopped taking even my Allegra! When I ran out of Advair,  I kept forgetting to refill the prescription. In over 21 months of gluten free diet, I have only needed the inhaler 2x, during extremely high pollen days. I no longer cough after meals, wheeze, at any time. First time in my life, I can actually run outdoors without any fear of asthma. I am off all medications for asthma. My skin is clearing of scars left by an itchy, burning rash, and lower extremity edema. Some of the allergens I was positive for allergic reactions to, I am no longer having reactions. I believe celiac, caused my immune system to be overreacting to everything. My allergies, seem to only be from ingesting gluten, alone. My only reaction to milk protein seems to be bloating, and lactose was severe diarrhea.  However, even a little lactose, no longer bothers me.