Can Some Celiac Patients Drink Regular Beer?

Is this article a snarky plant from the brewing industry??

Is this article a snarky plant from the brewing industry??

I doubt it.

All I can say is that many gluten free people have beers of some sort and the topic is definitely hot. When I was diagnosed in UK in the 1970s we were told that gluten is too heavy to pass thru the distillation process. I do drink light beers and have specifically asked for a test a year ago for evidence for contamination in my diet and there were no signs in the blood of gluten antibodies. I have long wanted someone to assess barley gluten and see if there is some way it is seen in the body as different from wheat and rye (which give me reaction by just inhaling the dust from putting an open packet down on the counter!). They did find that oats are gluten free which they were not considered gluten-free for many years.

What would be considered a pathological threshold for the antibodies?

I have had celiac disease for years and switched from beer to rum and coke for a while. I have a niece who went to commissary school in Vancouver and they spent a week on gluten free cooking. She said that beer has gluten in it but there are also"chemicals" in beer that counter act the gluten. I tried a couple of beers without any problems. I stay away from beers listed as wheat beers and have had no problems since. It is nice to be able to drink beer that doesn't cost over $9 a six pack.

I seem to have no issue with non-wheat beers. I stay away from German and Belgian beers. Lagers, pale ales, red ales, IPAs, stouts - I don't exhibit symptoms from drinking them.

I read somewhere that gluten was "theoretically" removed from beer during the distillation process. It would be interesting to have this beer drinking man with celiac disease be monitored as he ate or drank other items that have gluten.

Is this article a snarky plant from the brewing industry??

I can drink up to 32 oz. of beer, if I go over that I get sick.

I read somewhere that gluten was "theoretically" removed from beer during the distillation process. It would be interesting to have this beer drinking man with celiac disease be monitored as he ate or drank other items that have gluten.

Beer is brewed and fermented, rather than distilled, but this process does remove most gluten.

I was diagnosed with celiac several years ago and was quite shocked, as I consumed beer, bread, and all the other wonderful things like pizza at a rate probably exceeding the average and never had any noticeable symptoms. I protested but the doctor said it was a triple confirmed diagnosis (visual scallops, biopsy, and blood work, in that order). I gave up real beer and haven't found any really good gluten-free beers but occasionally "cheat" with pizza or cake, and do not notice any change. If it wasn't for the increased risk of colon cancer and lymphoma I'd probably go back to eating a normal diet. Does anybody else not really have any symptoms despite a firm diagnosis of celiac?

I find this article interesting. I am celiac but would love to enjoy a beer once in a while. I would love to see more research on this topic. For now I'm afraid to try any beers as I'm very sensitive to gluten.

I am diagnosed celiac. I cannot eat gluten containing food, without severe pain, cramping, and diarrhea.One or two cookies or crackers, or one slice of bread, is all it takes.Yet I can handle beer fine. I only started a few months ago, I was afraid to try beer, but I was so tempted by all the flavored craft beers out there. My theory is that drinking beer may not be the same as ingesting food, because beer is drunk, rather than eaten, it might bypass the gut.