If you are avoiding gluten, should you also be avoiding dairy?

If you are avoiding gluten, should you also be avoiding dairy? There are several reasons you may be avoiding gluten. You have: 1. Gluten allergy – an inappropriate response to gluten by part of your immune system. 2. Present gluten antibodies – positive testing on blood labs having a wide-range of effects across all organ systems including your brain, heart, joints, digestive tract, and more. 3. Gluten intolerance- you do not have the digestive enzymes to break down gluten. 4. Diagnosed with Celiac Disease – tissue transglutaminase antibodies. By failing to identify gluten sensitivity and celiac disease, we create needless suffering and death. Health problems caused by gluten sensitivity cannot be treated with better medication. It can only be resolved by eliminating 100 percent of the gluten from your diet. A gluten free diet is certainly becoming an easier lifestyle as the accessibility to gluten free packaged foods, gluten free cookbooks and gluten free menus at restaurants have increased.Many patients who have gone gluten free feel much better but can hit a plateau in their healing.  When you have an immune reaction to gluten the antibodies your body makes bind to the gluten. The immune system can mistake other foods as gluten and react in the same way. To your immune system, the “cross-reacting” food is the same thing as eating gluten. Why Go Gluten And Dairy Free? So if you’re on a gluten-free diet BUT also consuming dairy, dairy is a known cross-reactor. Therefore, your immune system is still going to create the antibodies as it would if you were still eating gluten.Cyrex Labs, a new laboratory dedicated to gluten sensitivity, autoimmune disorders, and the overall topic of...