So is there a connection between gluten and canker sores? I stumbled onto a great little video from Dr. Vikki Petersen where she discusses the link between gluten and canker sores, as well as makes some other great points I’ll comment on after the jump.

2. Gluten and Canker
Sores

3. I have to start off this post by
saying that I’ve always been wary
of the gluten hysteria. It seems like
for the last 10 years or so since
the general public became aware
of gluten’s existence,

4. people have been blaming gluten
sensitivity for everything under
the sun. Suddenly everything can
be cured by cutting gluten out of
your diet.

5. It doesn’t help that food
companies have jumped in to meet
the demand of a populace
desperate for everything to be
gluten-free. Just the fact that there
are “gluten-free” products on the
shelf puts a seed in your mind that
there must be something bad
about it.

6. And you see it everywhere you
go now. Gluten-free bread,
gluten-free pasta, gluten-free
crackers… I’m pretty sure I saw
a sign for gluten-free gasoline
the other day.

7. Having said all that, gluten
sensitivity is a real thing, just
like lactose intolerance. And if
you’re prone to canker sores,
anything that upsets your
immune system is likely to
bring them on.

8. Not to mention that people who
are most sensitive to gluten –
those with Celiac Disease – have
much higher instances of canker
sores.

9. So is there a connection between
gluten and canker sores? I
stumbled onto a great little video
from Dr. Vikki Petersen where she
discusses the link between gluten
and canker sores, as well as
makes some other great points I’ll
comment on after the jump.

11. One of the things that stood out
to me from this is the thought
that the mouth is opening of the
digestive tract, and the way that
digestive issues can have an
effect in our mouths..

12. The thought of getting stomach
acid tests done was something
that had never really occurred
to me. I’d also be interested in
how many people out there
with canker sores would have
food sensitivities. It’s
something worth checking on.

13. Also, the PH level issue was one that
was new to me. She says that you
want your body to be less acidic and
more alkaline, which you can test by
urinating on PH strips.

14. Also interestingly, the foods
that help bring you to an
alkaline state are the foods we
normally associate with being
acidic, like oranges and other
citrus fruits.

15. Of course, my advice to anyone
who gets canker sores is rinse
very well after eating citrus.

16. Anyway, this is some new
information to me, so I may try
to test some of this out and
report back what I find.

17. Anybody else have any
experience with gluten
sensitivity and canker sores? Let
me know!

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