

The most important action of bile salts is that of an emulsifier. Instead, bile salts aid the actions of digestive enzymes and enhance the absorption of fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins. Bile salts are not the same as digestive enzymes (which are produced by the cells that line the stomach and by the pancreas). Bile salts are the only components of bile that actually have a digestive function. release bile into the small intestine when there’s food that needs to be digestedīile is composed of water, bile salts, bile pigments (products of red blood cell breakdown that are normally excreted in the bile), cholesterol, and various electrolytes.store bile (which is produced by the liver) between meals.The gallbladder is a little pear-shaped sac, nestled toward the front and a little underneath of the liver. Let’s take a step backward and first talk about what exactly a gallbladder is. Because so many people are unaware that their gallbladder problems might be linked to gluten in their diets, it seemed like a good idea to write a post about this topic! One such health issue is gallbladder disease, although the link between gallbladder disease and gluten sensitivity/celiac disease has not permeated through the public knowledge. This is a positive development in medical research because it is starting to bring more focus on how detrimental these grain proteins are in the human diet. Genetic tests (HLA-DQ, DR, etc.) exist but it is still unknown if current genetic tests accurately identify all individuals who are gluten sensitive 4.Ī wider and wider range of health issues are being linked to gluten sensitivity and/or celiac disease. There are no estimates of the percentage of people who are sensitive to gluten in other ways. Gluten intolerance (where antibodies are formed against gluten) is thought to affect upwards of 20-40% of the general population 3-4. The same is not so true of gluten sensitivity, which includes immune reactions that are currently tested for (IgE, IgG or IgA antibody formation against gluten), immune reactions that are not currently tested for (IgM antibody formation, T-cell activation and/or immune complex formation), and non-immune reactions (increased zonulin production and/or gut dysbiosis resulting from deficiency of appropriate digestive enzymes). However, the recognition and understanding of celiac disease is improving and more and more people with the disease are receiving positive diagnoses.

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In fact, more often, celiac disease presents as a collection of symptoms that many physicians don’t associate with the disease (irritability or depression, anemia, stomach upset, joint pain, muscle cramps, skin rash, mouth sores, dental and bone disorders such as osteoporosis, neuropathy, and/or micronutrient deficiency) 2. This is, in part, because celiac disease often doesn’t present with what are thought of as the classic symptoms (abdominal pain, bloating, intermittent diarrhea, weight loss).


(Created as a guest post for Paleo Parents.)Ĭeliac disease is estimated to affect approximately 1 in every 100 people, but only 5% of these people receive a positive diagnosis 1.
