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Wheat or Gluten???
by fraserjean, Feb 29, 2008 08:14AM
Is a wheat allergy and gluten/celiacs disease much the same???? and are the symptoms the same??? Please someone let me know if the treatment is the same diet etc, Im so mixed up with it all and find it really difficult to get information here in Scotland... I dont know what to eat and what not to eat!! ............Can I eat oats??? for example............... Thank you ........... fraserjean
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Celiacs is an autoimmune response more than an allergy; your body sees gluten as foreign and attacks it.
They do not have the same response and they can have different symptoms.