If I have a positive result for wheat, does that mean I have Coeliac Disease?
Coeliac disease is a lifelong intolerance to gluten that is found in wheat, rye and barley. In the Lab 21 test gluten has to be isolated from the grains that contain it using alcohol extraction. The wheat extract does not contain gluten but includes other proteins found in wheat that can be extracted using an aqueous solution. Therefore, a positive wheat result does not diagnose coeliac disease.
