Can People Who Are Gluten Sensitive Eat Gluten? (0:25)
If you are diagnosed with gluten sensitivity, you shouldn't eat gluten as you may experience harmful symptoms on a molecular level that you aren't even conscious of. Watch as functional medicine specialist Amy Myers, MD, explains this concept.
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So the research shows that every time you eat gluten, if you have a gluten sensitivity, it stimulates your immune system for up to three months, so if you're somebody for example with an autoimmune condition like Hashimoto's you can't feel when your antibodies are elevated. So you could be eating something that's harming you and not even know about it.
So it's never my recommendation if you've been diagnosed with gluten sensitivity to ever eat gluten.
Functional medicine specialist Amy Myers, MD, is a physician, author and teacher in Austin, Texas. She is a leader in functional medicine and helps people with chronic illness though her dietary based program, online books and courses.
