All the medical tests I had came out negative for gluten intolerance/celiac disease, how come I still get sick when I eat it?
I’m not sure what tests you have had, but as I’ve said in several articles, there are only 2 tests that might give a definite yes, and none can give a definite no to the question “Am I gluten intolerant”: • There’s a special genetic test for celiac. This can show that you might get celiac at some point, but not whether or not you have it. • There’s a biopsy of the intestine. This can show celiac disease, if you have it, but only if you are eating a lot of gluten for several weeks before the test. Other types of gluten intolerance won’t show up in either of these tests. The only way to detect these is by an exclusion diet followed by a challenge with gluten. Even celiac disease can’t always be detected, as there is a “silent” form – this makes me laugh, as the way to detect the silent form is that the patient has all the expected symptoms, but the tests come up negative. If gluten makes you sick when you eat it, my advice is to stop eating it, regardless of whether you have negative tes
