Allergies to gluten is typically diagnosed
for kids, not for older people. A gluten
allergy is genetically determined and
manifests during the first years of life.
Kids with gluten allergies (caliacia)
experience diarrhea, bloated abdomen and
grow slowly. Slow growth is due to the
malnutrition where many nutrients are not
absorbed by the intestines but expelled
through the stool.
In your case, malnutrition and other
symptoms seem to be due to the gastric
bypass surgery not to a food allergy. In
fact, malnutrition is the main goal of the
surgery, to reduce the number of absorbed
calories. But the problem is that beside
caloric nutrients there are also some very
important non-caloric nutrients (vitamins
and minerals) that are less absorbed, too.
A deficiency of those non-caloric
nutrients can cause serious health
disorders. To prevent a deficiency, you
might have to supplement your diet with
non-caloric nutrients.
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