“Celiac Disease has become much more common in the last fifty years, and we don’t know why.” Researchers from the Mayo Clinic concluded this by studying blood sample collected by the military during the years 1948 and 1954 and comparing them to blood samples collected recently. (Keep in mind that they were studying physical evidence of celiac disease not records of how much celiac disease was actually diagnosed.)

“Something has changed in our environment to make celiac disease much more common,” but the researchers did not speculate on what that change might be. I’d love the opportunity to publish your thoughts on that subject. Please e-mail me at gfceliac@gmail.com.

This information is from a press release from the Mayo Clinic dated 07/01/09. Please click here for a more detailed summary of the article.

Published 09/15/09