Celiac.com 04/10/2020 - There is a growing epidemic of obesity, type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and predictions that 15,000,000 people in the United States alone will have Alzheimer’s Disease by the year 2050.
In 2001, Dr.  Richard L.  Veech of the NIH, and others, published an article entitled, “Ketone bodies, potential therapeutic uses.”(1)  In 2003, George F.  Cahill, Jr. and Richard Veech authored, “Ketoacids?  Good Medicine?”(2) and in 2004, Richard Veech published a review of the therapeutic implications of ketone bodies.(3)  These articles are not found in journals that the average physician would read, much less the lay public.  Unless you are researching the topic, it is unlikely that you would ever randomly come across this information.
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Celiac.com 01/25/2021 - What's the connection between celiac disease, and cognitive impairment? Does the connection change over time? Does following a gluten-free diet help reduce cognitive impairment? There really hasn't been much good study data on this so far.
One of the main problems, according to researchers, previous reports of cognitive deficit in celiac disease often study widely variable groups of patients at multiple stages of the disease, and/or lack control data. 
To better understand the connection between cognitive impairment and celiac disease duration and gluten-free diet adherence, a team of researchers recently set out to examine groups of newly diagnosed and long-standing celiac disease patients.
The research team included Iain D Croall, Claire T...

Celiac.com 07/23/2025 - Celiac disease is well-known for its impact on the digestive system, but many patients report symptoms that go beyond the gut—such as brain fog, anxiety, and memory problems. Researchers have long debated whether these cognitive and emotional issues are truly linked to celiac disease or simply coincidental. To address this question, a new study used data from the UK Biobank, a large database of medical information from over half a million people, to investigate whether people with celiac disease show measurable differences in brain function and structure.
This study compared individuals with celiac disease to healthy people of the same age, sex, and general health. It aimed to determine if there were differences in mental performance, emotional well-being, ...