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The Association between Schizophrenia, Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet
- By Scott Adams
- Published 02/9/2006
- Schizophrenia / Mental Problems and Celiac Disease
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Scott Adams
In 1994 I was diagnosed with celiac disease, which led me to create Celiac.com in 1995. I created this site for a single purpose: To help as many people as possible with celiac disease get diagnosed so they can begin to live happy, healthy gluten-free lives. Celiac.com was the first site on the Internet dedicated solely to celiac disease, and since then it has become an invaluable resource to people worldwide who seek information about celiac disease and the gluten-free diet.
In 1998 I created The Gluten-Free Mall, Your Special Diet Superstore! which was also another Internet first—it was the first gluten-free food site to offer a shopping cart-style interface, and the ability for people to order gluten-free products manufactured by many different companies at a single Web site.
I am also co-author of the book Cereal Killers, and founder and publisher of Journal of Gluten Sensitivity.
Celiac.com 02/09/2006 – After a review of the medical
literature, researchers have concluded that many cases of schizophrenia
are related to celiac disease or gluten intolerance, and can be successfully
treated using a gluten-free diet. Like celiac disease, schizophrenia affects
approximately 1% of the population. It is considered one of the top 10
causes of disability worldwide. In many studies the researchers found
that in a subset of patients a drastic reduction or total elimination
of schizophrenic symptoms occurred after they were treated with a strict
gluten-free diet. Based on this the researchers believe that a gluten-free
diet may serve as a "safe and economical alternative for the reduction
of symptoms in a subset of patients." They conclude: "Large-scale
epidemiological studies and clinical trials are needed to confirm the
association between gluten and schizophrenia, and address the underlying
mechanisms by which this association occurs."
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4 Responses to "The Association between Schizophrenia, Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet"
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02 Nov 2007 4:02:08 PM PDT I believe this is true, now only to convince the doctors who are prescribing the drugs!!
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26 Feb 2009 12:00:46 PM PDT I have been living with undiagnosed celiac disease for 53 years. Recent flareups along with my children have finally helped me find some answers. All four of my children have these problems--1 has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and 2 have schizo affect disorders. Finally perhaps I can really find some answers for them.
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09 Apr 2011 9:50:46 PM PDT and yet, if you go on schizophrenia.org www.schizophrenia.com/prevention/celiac.html the findings are that it is highly unlikely that these are related, and only a very minute percentage saw any changes in schizophrenic symptoms. i guess you believe who you choose. it would be nice if we could solve all the woes of the world by cutting out wheat. coinciding instances do not equal fact. please do more research before you have people using these ideas as gospel - dangerous stuff.
"The link between celiac disease (a disorder in which the body has an allergic response to a gluten found in grains, leading to damage of the absorbent villi fingers that line the intestinal tract) and schizophrenia is suggestive, but questionable. If there is such a link, celiac disease certainly does not cause the symptoms of schizophrenia for more than a handful of individuals, given the low incidence of both disorders." |
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27 Apr 2011 5:23:12 PM PDT Dr. Dohan was apparently quite a courageous and good man who never gave up attempting to convince 'the establishment' of the
connection. One theory is that he was overrun by the force of the industry and lobbies built on wheat. If so, it would hardly be the first time truth was deemed 'inconvenient'. His son, also a doctor, appears to be carrying the baton in the course of his own practice. Some of us - from families beset for generations by both schizophrenia and celiac - happen to believe he was right on target. |