What is the difference between WHEAT intolerance and GLUTEN intolerence?
It is usually a wheat ALLERGY, not intolerance. Allergies are histamine mediated and you can react to any part of the wheat plant itself, not just the protein, which is what gluten in wheat is. That means you react to wheat sugars and starches as well as the gluten. Gluten intolerance or celiac disease is an autoimmune reaction to the sticky protein that is found in the grain/seed of all members of the tribe Triticeae. This includes wheat, barley, rye, spelt, triticale, durhum, seminola,etc. Go here for more info on that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triticeae In theory, a person with gluten intolerance should be able to eat any part of the wheat plant that does not contain the grain, such as the stalk and leaves since all they react to is the protein. A food product that is gluten free may not necessarily be wheat free. Some countries allow non-gluten containing portions of plants to be used in gluten free foods. An e
