Photo: CC-Edmund German

Women with celiac disease face a higher risk for depression than the general population, even once they have adopted a gluten-free diet, according to U.S. researchers.

Photo: CC - Jessia Hime

A number of studies show that people with celiac disease have higher risk of depression and death from external causes, but there are no conclusive studies on death from suicide. A research team set out to more deeply examine the risk of suicide in people with celiac disease.

Anxiety and Depression in Adults with Celiac Disease on a Gluten-free Diet

A German study is the first to show that adult women who follow a gluten-free diet for celiac disease show higher levels of anxiety than do members of the general population.

Patients with depression are told they have a chemical imbalance.  If someone else in their family is also depressed, the “gene card” is played.  “Your depression is genetic”, they are told. I have been in practice for over 20 years and I find the above data to be false.  Consistently we find patients who are suffering from depression and anxiety to be gluten sensitive.

For the first time, medical researchers have shown that an activation of the inflammatory response system accompanies major depression and that pro-inflammatory cytokines and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) may trigger symptoms of depression.

BMC Psychiatry 2005, 5:14 Celiac.com 05/09/2005 – Past studies have linked depression and b

Psychosomatics 45:325-335, August 2004 Celiac.com 07/30/2004 - Past studies have reported a higher

The Journal of Psychosomatic Research Volume 55, Issue 6, Pages 573-574 (December 2003) Celiac.co

Addolorato G; Stefanini GF; Capristo E; Caputo F; Gasbarrini A; Gasbarrini G Institute of Intern

Celiac.com 11/24/2002 - The following is a Medline abstract on a study conducted by Italian researc

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 18:(2):299-304, 1983 Mar. Authors - Hallert