You will no doubt recall our excitement at seeing consultant physician Dr Kamran Rostami writing about Non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity in the BMJ recently, urging his colleagues to recognise this important and vastly under-diagnosed gluten illness. Well, since then, I have been intermittently email chatting with Dr Rostami and he has been truly helpful, even offering …
Raised #Gluten Antibodies Found In #Autism
Most parents I know with autistic children avoid gluten like the plague, despite there continuing to be no mainstream recommendation to do so. That may be about to change. Researchers at Columbia University have found raised gluten antibodies in some autistic children, without necessarily finding them to be coeliac. In other words, there is a …
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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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Truly #Gluten Free: Progress Report: May 13
SO sorry: it has been ages since my last confession. Well, update anyway. I last did a proper progress report in February, then told you the good news about my adrenals in March, then here we are in May! My only excuse is busyness: Spring is traditionally my busiest time of year clinic-wise. Anyway, lots …
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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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#Adrenal Fatigue Recovery Off #Gluten
I just HAD to share this news with you today! A few weeks ago, I started to take my own advice and got the Barrier Breakdown Checklist (part of your Barrier Plan) out so I could start seeing if there is anything else I could be doing to lower my hypersensitivity. Adrenal Fatigue As A …
#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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Starch IV Drips Should Be Banned
  Well, there I was a few days ago writing a new 'Medical Information' sheet to have in my bag in case I ever get admitted into hospital. One of the main reasons for doing this is so that I am not given a dextrose drip. Then, lo and behold, up pops this study from the …