Fiber and Celiac Disease

I noticed in the article that the Bean O enzyme was suggested for gas. Has Bean O removed wheat from their product or is this just referring to the enzyme that Bean O uses? I haven't read the ingredients on Bean O in years.

Beano is gluten-free: Open Original Shared Link

In addition to foods listed above in your article. I find using chia seeds flax seeds, and psyllium husk in baking are also helpful for those who tolerate them. I also incorporate chia into water for drinking, smoothies, jams, and chia puddings as well . They are versatile seeds.

Most Americans in general need more fiber in their diet. In addition to some of the excellent suggestions above, I like to add a high fiber hemp protein to my smoothies. I use one by Nutiva that's 12 grams of fiber, which for women gets you to almost half of your daily fiber requirement. Hemp hearts are also high in fiber. For those who get gassy from beans, try soaking them overnight. Doing so helps to reduce the anti-nutrients, such as phytates and lectins, which are harmful to our sensitive guts. I soak all raw nuts as well for the same reason. One word of caution though when increasing your fiber intake is to drink lots of water so your digestive system doesn't block up! 64 ounces a day is my goal. 

13 hours ago, SheriWetherell said:

Most Americans in general need more fiber in their diet. In addition to some of the excellent suggestions above, I like to add a high fiber hemp protein to my smoothies. I use one by Nutiva that's 12 grams of fiber, which for women gets you to almost half of your daily fiber requirement. Hemp hearts are also high in fiber. For those who get gassy from beans, try soaking them overnight. Doing so helps to reduce the anti-nutrients, such as phytates and lectins, which are harmful to our sensitive guts. I soak all raw nuts as well for the same reason. One word of caution though when increasing your fiber intake is to drink lots of water so your digestive system doesn't block up! 64 ounces a day is my goal. 

Do batch test your containers of Hemp protein, hemp is often grown in rotation with wheat and farmers use some of the same equipment for harvesting and transport. This means that contaminated batches are very common. I got glutened by Hemp several years ago, I got a positive test on nima. and even had it tested and came back at 18ppm gluten. While below the 20ppm legal requirements it still caused me some less severe reactions. I moved to Just Hemp and even then half the containers got postive on the Nima. THE only help I have never had issues with was MyGerbs whole seeds and even then I always sorted them on butcher paper checking for errant grains (never found any) just to be sure.

Beano is NOT gluten free unless they have changed their ingredients

Beano is gluten-free: Open Original Shared Link

Any suggestions for those of us that celiac has left also lectin intolerant?  I am also allergic to latex which limits many other high fiber foods...

So I have noticed since following a nutritionists advice of eating beans daily, that my ongoing celiac symptoms went away finally after years of ongoing persistent symptoms. And nothing light it was pretty intense. Even with an elimination diet I could hardly add in other foods without suffering. The more beans I incorporated the less my symptoms became! I’m at a point that I can now eat all gluten-free foods without issue! Which is a huge milestone as for years I was down to just a handful of foods. I had to start low and slow with the beans. As with anything you introduce you have to incrementally increase your intake to build tolerance. I started with 1 tbsp of beans each meal and worked up a tbsp until I worked up to one cup over the course of a couple weeks. It took about 3 months before I saw dramatic results. I followed The Bean Protocol and it really helped me. It then had me wondering if eating a diet high in legumes and fiber could help prevent the onset of celiac disease and then came upon this post. Really has me wondering about beans and celiac in the prevention and maybe even remission.