Posted by Larry Hoover on September 28, 2009, at 16:10:10
In reply to UltraMind Solution...dairy / gluten allergies?, posted by uncouth on September 26, 2009, at 20:38:03
A true allergy would give allergic symptoms. They're probably talking about sensitivity to the digestive products of those proteins. There are small protein fragments that can remain from partial digestion of e.g. the milk protein called casein, and the cereal protein gluten, that have bioactivity. Many of them have opioid-binding activity, and likely other hormone-like effects as well. There is no standard nomenclature for these protein fragments, but many of the milk protein fragments are known as casomorphins, and some gluten fragments are known as exorphins. Sometimes exorphin is used to broadly describe the whole category of similar peptides. For example, spinach yields an opioid active peptide called rubiscolin, and some call it an exorphin.
Individual production of these varies significantly, and so does sensitivity to them. Here's a page I found very quickly, to give some idea of how some people are describing the effects. I'm not endorsing the message, but providing a thinking point. Only you can determine if an elimination diet makes sense or not. And only you can learn to manage your food intake if you decide that it matters.
http://www.nutramed.com/eatingdisorders/addictivefoods.htm
Lar
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