Additional Celiac Disease Concerns

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Nearly 75% of the 24 million Americans suffering from autoimmune disease are women, according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA).  Women appear to mount larger inflammatory responses than men when their immune systems are triggered, thereby increasing their risk of autoimmunity.

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Living with celiac disease and diabetes can be a challenge, but it is not impossible.  You can travel the world, eat out and enjoy life but assertiveness is important to maintaining good blood glucose management and digestive health.

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This year, Easter Sunday falls on April 24, 2011. With Easter peeking around the corner, it's time for some gluten-free Easter celebration tips. For many folks, in addition to its religious aspects, Easter means colored eggs, hot cross buns, candy, gift baskets and pancake breakfasts, among other celebrations.

Paul Seelig Arrest Photo

Paul Seelig was found guilty today of 23 counts of obtaining property by false pretense after a two-week trial in Durham, NC. The jury found that he illegally represented baked goods as gluten-free, but they actually contained gluten. Mr. Seelig received an 11 year prison sentence for his crimes, which included the sickening of more than two dozen customers, one of which had a premature delivery that was possibly related to their involuntary gluten consumption.

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A Durham, North Carolina man is currently on trial for fraud after being accused of deliberately selling bread labeled gluten-free that contained gluten, and which sickened more than two dozen people with food allergies.

Chef Damian Cardone

Colorado Chef Damian Cardone bragged recently on Facebook about feeding unsuspecting diners foods containing gluten, after they had requested a gluten-free meal. This article is in response to Mr. Cardone's angry Facebook post, and should also serve as a warning to anyone living in or traveling to Colorado near Mr. Cardone's restaurant.

According to Mintel gluten-free personal care market has seen rapid growth. Photo: Lipstick on a rack. Credit: CC-pawpaw67

The market for gluten-free cosmetics and personal care products seems to be enjoying some of the same rapid growth seen over the last several years by the gluten-free food industry, according to a report by Mintel.

New article on breastfeeding raises interesting conflict of interest questions.

A magazine called BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) published new and controversial recommendations regarding breastfeeding. Those recommendations, the resulting criticism from WHO, and BMJ reviewers' response make some excellent points about issues of conflict of interest in research.

A new homebrew store allows you to make your own gluten-free beer. Picture: Bard's Tale Dragon's Gold. Photo: CC-sanbeji

Like a lot of people, Lenord Dorr loves beer. In fact, Lenord Dorr loves beer so much, he opened his own homebrew store. Unlike most people, though, who love beer and open beer-brewing shops, Lenord Dorr also has celiac disease.

Photo: gluten-free cookies from Beautiful Sweets.

Valentine's Day is upon us once again, and, once again, the options are many. Dine in? Dine out? Sweets or no sweets? Chocolates? Cakes? Candies? How to make sure it's all gluten-free?

While home testing kits are available to test food for gluten, these can be an inconvenience when dining out. A recent article published by USA Today has made waves in the gluten-free world, making us aware of another method of testing for gluten—using gluten-detecting dogs.

Dogs can be trained to sniff out gluten. Unidentified Beauceron. Photo: CC-miluz

Imagine having a dog that was specially-trained to sniff out even the tiniest amounts of gluten in food and warn you ahead of time.

Thank you for your interesting article on gluten-free dieting.  I was very pleased to read that you include patients with non-celiac gluten sensitivity among those who should follow a gluten free diet.  I assume that you have arrived at your estimate of 20 million who are afflicted with wheat allergy, non-celiac and celiac gluten sensitivity using Dr. Fasano’s  estimate that 6 to 7 percent of Americans have what you refer to as this “milder form of gluten intolerance”. 

USDA scientists may have craked the code to great gluten-free bread.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Manhattan, Kansas, have developed a process that produces a high-quality, gluten-free bread.

UConn will now offer gluten-free food on its menu. Photo: CC-grendelkhan

Thanks to motivated food staff, students at the University of Connecticut will now be able to enjoy gluten-free menus in all of their dining halls, convenience stores and in the food courts.

New study on endoscopy complications in the latest Archives of Internal Medicine.

Each year in the United States, millions of people undergo gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic procedures. Generally, the procedures have been regarded as safe, with a physician-reported complication rate for endoscopies of just 7%.

Some don't recover fully on a gluten-free diet alone. Photo: CC-Evil Erin

More and more we’re hearing from frustrated patients who, despite being vigilant about their gluten-free diet, continue to suffer health problems.

Concerns about eating gluten-free food in jail.

Okay, we've all heard the jokes about bad jail food. We've also heard of the great lengths people will go to get gluten-free food, but the case of a Pacific northwestern man puts an explosive twist on things.

Which Halloween candy is gluten-free? Photo: CC-Jushika_Redgrave

Halloween is upon us again, and for parents of children who must avoid gluten, a simple walk down the store candy aisle can present a daunting challenge: How to know with certainty which candies, especially seasonal candies, are safe for kids on a gluten-free diet?

New research on psychosocial factors and celiac disease

A team of researchers examined psychosocial factors that may influence disease activity in celiac patients, such as relationships among demographics, psychosocial factors, and disease activity with health-related quality of life (HRQOL), health care utilization, and symptoms.