Three distinct groups of people follow the gluten free diet:
People who have been diagnosed with celiac sprue. This is a hereditary auto-immune disease that causes the body to react to gluten as if it were a poison. There is no cure for celiac disease and the only prescription is a lifelong adherence to the gluten [...]
“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 [...]
I love this book and need to finish this review today so that I can share my copy with a person who is considering the gluten free diet.
The author’s central point is that attitude is everything and that words shape those attitudes. Let me give you an example: Our goal is to eliminate all gluten [...]
What is Celiac Disease? I wish I had a dollar for every time I have tried to answer that question. Here is a seven minute video that may be helpful in these situation. The interviewer is Heidi Collins, a diagnosed celiac and parent of a celic child, a CNN anchor person, and spokesperson for The [...]
The Gluten Intolerance Group presents its thirty fifth annual education conference in Seattle on June 5 and 6. Click here to download the brochure for the event. The theme of the conference is "Learning to Celebrate Life", which — of course — is a mega-step beyond "Learning to Cope With Celiac Disease". There will be [...]
