Fascinating report on Medscape the other day about the growing -literally- use of faecal transplants (new gut bacteria introduced in the intestine to you and me) in both gut and non-gut conditions. Here's the summary for you. Faecal Microbiota Transplantation Therapy for Digestive and Nondigestive Disorders in Adults and Children S. Shaa, J. Liang, M. …
What Gut ‘Bugs’ Have To Do With Gluten Intolerance
Very interesting piece today from GreenMedInfo discussing the relationship between the intestinal flora and our sensitivity to gluten. Two key 'takeaways': It appears that bacteria in our guts determine how much access these peptides have to our immune system, and that gluten also changes our gut bacteria. It's a two way street. Caminero et al identified 144 strains and 35 …
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Low Magnesium = Higher Inflammation
Another in the series on natural anti-inflammatories for you (see here, here and here, written on the TGF blog), this time a nice summary report from LEF on the link found between low magnesium levels and higher inflammation. Magnesium is really key in healing any form of chronic illness I have found clinically, and this …
New TFG Safe Anti-Inflammatory
I mentioned curcumin from turmeric last week as an excellent anti-inflammatory. We already have an excellent TGF safe anti-inflammatory in the Barrier Plan - Biotics Kapparest (see the plan for exact dosage details etc)- but it has quite a few ingredients to it and some people can't do one or other of them. I chose this …
Fish or Fish Oil Supplements: Which is Best for Inflammation?
We recently learned from the Gluten Summit that NCGSs are particularly prone to inflammation. As part of that, I have been reviewing our anti-inflammatory supplements and foods. I saw this interesting report this morning from LEFÂ on fish and fish oil supplements and their effects on inflammation: Meta-analysis affirms association between omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and …
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Curcumin Downregulates Inflammation
As gluten-sensitives, inflammation is the bane of our lives. There are two main pathways that can occur, and you can have both, but experts on the recent Gluten Summit suggested that whilst autoimmunity is rife in coeliacs, inflammation is the main issue with non-coeliac gluten sensitives. I'm not sure I totally agree with that, having …
Antibiotics in Childhood Linked to Coeliac Disease/Leaky Gut – Replace Baby Bacteria!
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, …
#Gluten Sensitivity, AutoImmunity and Cross-Reactions
Fab and very detailed article in the Townsend Letter recently about gluten sensitivity, autoimmunity and cross-reactive foods, so very close to our TGF hearts since these are three key areas I based the Barrier Plan around - thanks to J, who sent it in for us. Celiac Disease and Its Association with Other Autoimmune Disorders …
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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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