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 Non-Celiac Gluten/Wheat Sensitivity

NCGWS is the catch-all term for the fact that gluten and/or wheat is causing disruption in the body. NCGWS simply means the characteristic trait of late stage celiac disease (villous atrophy (severe mucosal injury)) has not happened yet.
Some cases of NCGWS may progress into celiac disease.

The reason Acumen exists is to help identify what type of disruption is happening AND to help you successfully heal before villous atrophy occurs.

For example, wheat proteins cause inflammation (and side effects like migraines), but the carbohydrates in wheat are responsible for symptoms like bloating, gas, constipation or diarrhea. Knowing which you're struggling with can help you to get healthy faster.



Every body has some degree of an immune and inflammation reaction to wheat because it is one of very few foods that cannot be completely broken down and molecularly looks similar to pathogens, which the body then attacks.

The inflammation caused by wheat creates varying degrees of leaky gut (intestinal permeability) and this allows wheat peptides and other macromolecules to go through the gut and into the bloodstream (when they shouldn't). This is how some food sensitivities form — food molecules that shouldn't be in the bloodstream are, so the body attacks them.

Understand what wheat and gluten are doing to you.

Start the journey of putting your health concerns to bed.

At Acumen, we have functional health practitioners on staff ready to help you if your results feel a little too confusing or overwhelming. After your initial test results are delivered, you can talk to a practitioner and even get a list of health recommendations personalized to you.

Answers in 2-3 weeks.
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Insight from Data

Get certainty around your body's reaction to gluten and wheat. Catch gluten induced autoimmune. Or use the test for continue monitoring.

Knowledge to Thrive

Become equipped at caring for your gluten and/or wheat sensitive body. Have the data to educate those around you who are part of your life. 

Health Improvement

Stop your various symptoms. Or put your autoimmune disease into remission with help from our team. And avoid further disease development.

Testimonials 

My doctor tested me for celiac and said I was in the clear. He stopped there. But this test showed me I have NCGS.

NCGS was the source of my high liver markers, food sensitivity, joint pain, inflammation, headaches, and numb toes. Connecting these dots has made a world of difference for my health.

Chantelle R.

I don't have the two main celiac genes, but I do have both gluten and wheat sensitivity so much so that I have both para and intracellular leaky gut from it, and early gluten induced autoimmunity. As someone with NCGS, I got a lot of answers by working with Gluten Acumen and don't know where I'd be without this company as a resource.

Samantha S.

This test helped me figure out my problem...I was avoiding gluten but not wheat. And, it turns out I'm wheat sensitive, not gluten sensitive. Who would have known!? Now I know to be a little more discrening and I'm able to avoid inflammation, bloating, and stomach pain – my classic old IBS symptoms.

Tina L.

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