Gluten or Yeast?

[Achilles_Pain]

I went gluten free back in 2018 and there was an almost immediate improvement in the digestive issues I've had for getting on for 50 years but which had been getting worse since my thyroid went wonky 20+ years ago. However I knew there must be something else as I sometimes had the same issues when I knew I hadn't had any gluten.

I've since identified caffeine and chocolate as causes, but knew there was still something else. Recently I paid for one of those DNA tests to identify food intolerances. It came with a caveat that it wouldn't identify something if you'd already eliminated it from your diet, but when gluten came back with a score of 2 but yeast a score of 82 I wondered if it wasn't gluten after all. I tested it out by eating a packet of "normal" biscuits (at a fraction of the price of gluten free) and although they affected me, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as normal, so I'm thinking maybe I just need to eliminate bread and anything else containing yeast, but get back on normal biscuits etc, which don't. It also means I won't need to avoid condiments (chutneys etc) so long as they are yeast free but contain gluten?

Maybe that's the issue with beer too - it isn't the gluten, it's the yeast?

[Gilbo72]

For years I always had problems with what I thought was gluten, but I still had problems with oats and gluten free products. I am not coeliac. I have found I can tolerate home made bread much better. I have come to the conclusion it is processed food that is the issue, especially carb based processed food, so I just try to avoid day to day, and suffer when I fancy a treat or party! But you are right, beer does not agree with me either. I had not thought of yeast, I do ‘bubble’ a lot. LOL I just try to stick to meat, fish, veg and fruit. It tends to work .x

[Forestgarden]

It's funny you've started this post. I've been wondering the same. I tried going gluten free a couple years ago and noticed immediate improvements (brain fog, psoriasis in particular) however, I'd previously noticed that gut issues were variable depending on the particular product - eg pasta, brown pitta were fine.I didn't last gluten free. However, now trying again for past month. Again, massive improvements in the same areas, but its so subjective and difficult to pinpoint especially when going gluten free automatically leads to 'healthier' food choices. I'll be following this thread and very interested to hear others experiences

[Forestgarden]

Just to put another spanner in the works .... could it be high histamine? I'm currently trying to eat a lowish histamine diet, and certain things have definitely improved. For me, I guess the next step would be to continue a low histamine, healthy diet and maybe reintroduce the occasional pitta bread, and monitor. I'm also dairy free (several years), but that's another story.