Kate, The only relationship going gluten free has with my MG is that I have Celiac Disease (reticulin antibodies). Often a person has more than one autoimmune disease.

There are those who have a gluten sensitivity and don't have outright antibodies. Many doctors believe gluten issues are on a spectrum from being sensitive to having CD.

If you get sick when you eat gluten (wheat, barley, rye and oats), then you should see either your primary doctor or a gastroenterologist. Some people with CD have dermatitis herpetiformis, a skin eruption associated with celiac disease.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1062640-overview

Going gluten free won't help your MG! If you have a gluten sensitivity or outright CD, then going gluten free will aid your immune system in general. Make sense?

Celiac disease is the only autoimmune disease that has an obvious "cause and effect" where you can stop the autoimmune process by not eating gluten.

However, eating well helps your health just as eating crap food with little or no nutrients can cause you to be sick (i.e., scurvy).

Annie