Interesting study here on the possible causal link of early antibiotic use and coeliac disease. As we have said many times there seems to be a trigger that 'switches on' the gluten genes and that may well be a drug or change in the so-called 'microbiome', the internal gut environment. I have found that, …
Worldwide Geography of #Coeliac Disease
Interesting review today on where coeliac disease is most prevalent around the world. The researchers warned that the problem is probably set to get worse in traditionally low coeliac disease areas. Here is the abstract: Background Coeliac disease (CD), originally thought to be largely confined to Northern Europe and Australasia and uncommon in North America and …
Are You A Hypochondriac or Are You Really Reacting To Gluten?
I am sure many (all?) of us have, at some point, been accused of making it all up, bringing reactions on ourselves, being a bit obsessive about food, eating unhealthily by cutting important stuff out of our diet yada yada yada... Some people are cutting gluten out for weight loss reasons and just because they …
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Neuro, Gut and Thyroid Disorders Common in #Coeliacs Despite GF Diet
I thought this was an interesting one for you today. Researchers have concluded that coeliacs - especially those not diagnosed early enough - suffer a reduced quality of life (I could have told them that..) and tend to continue to have symptoms, particularly thyroid, psychiatric/neurological and gastro-intestinal, even after following a traditional gluten free diet. …
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Which Is Worst Sign Of #Coeliac Damage: Diarrhoea or Anaemia?
Most people would think that continued diarrhoea is a sign that their coeliac disease is causing damage still. It is, but actually researchers believe that people who present with anaemia are the ones with the most villi damage and worst coeliac disease. In a recent study, researchers concluded: Anemic patients were more than 2-fold more …
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Immune Process in #Gluten Disorders
Here is an interesting study published in Nature recently where the researchers tried to see what differences there were in the immunological disease processes in people with coeliac disease and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity. Mucosal Cytokine Response After Short-Term Gluten Challenge in Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity It's believed that the two processes are very …
Refractory #Coeliac Disease: The Mainstream Approach
I thought this long overview piece from Medscape today might be useful for those of you with diagnosed coeliac disease: The Management of Refractory Coeliac Disease As the article says, there is a significant number of coeliacs who do not heal on a traditional gluten free diet: Complete recovery of the intestinal mucosa occurs in …
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#Corn Oil Causes Mucosal Damage and Villous Atrophy
I am always on the lookout for evidence that other grains can be hazardous to gluten sensitives, and here we have a report showing that: Crypt hyperplasia and villous atrophy were severer in the corn oil-fed group than those of control group, whereas mucosal damage in the perilla oil and low fat diet groups was …
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Baby #Probiotics For #Food Intolerance and #Coeliac Disease
I have just posted a report on the Purehealth blog here about the fact that research is starting to bear us nutritionists out that early antibiotic exposure is a probable cause of later food sensitivity: Antibiotic exposure in the first year of life is associated with an increased risk of FA [Food Allergy] and may …
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New Truly #Gluten Free Supplement Master List Inc Free Updates
  As you know, I beaver away constantly on TGF stuff, and much of my time is spent on finding safe grain and dairy free supplements for us all. I have now amalgamated the two previous supplement reports into a master list of Truly Gluten Free grain and dairy free supplements with a way for you …
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