The glue foods theory, and Celiacs in Dogs

[Anniehall]

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lactose-intolerance-by-country

This is on lactose intolerance by country dated 2022. Fits into that theory about what people traditionally ate. The least lactose intolerant countries are in Europe.  When you think about how long Indians have been eating wheat it's about half the amount of time that Europeans have. So with the theory I have about traditional foods of different cultures being linked to the current intolerances of those cultures it still makes sense that Indians would have a higher rate of celiacs.  I was surprised that Indians haven't been eating grains for longer because wheat originated 75, 000 years ago near Iraq which isn't right next to India but still I'd think it would have made its way over sooner. I guess transportation was much more difficult for so long than what it has been in the last hundred years though.

[trents]

14 hours ago, Anniehall said:

The neadranthal idea fits into thinking that what people's ancestors ate traditionally may effect their bodies ability to tolerate what they eat today. Wouldn't it he nice if celiacs blood testing was routine for everyone? If that was the case I would have been saved years of suffering. Also then people wouldn't act like it's just some dieting fad. Even I was in such denial for so many years. I had a room mate with celiacs but I just didn't think I could have it. Things had to get progressively worse for me to realize. The health problems I've had that were persistent before I figured it out make sense now, and all I can do is be thankful I figured it out at all.

Routine testing for celiac disease of children entering school is being done in Italy and perhaps other European countries. The problem with that is that you can develop celiac disease at any stage of life. So testing school-aged children will still miss a lot of people. The other problem with it is that children's immune systems are immature so there may be false positives and false negatives.

Edited May 9, 2022 by trents

[Anniehall]

Yeah. They should just make it a standard blood work up at yearly check ups. That would maybe lead to some clues on why people develop it later on in life when they do as well. I honestly think I've had it since I was a kid though.  Just didn't know what was happening.  I had skin issues young. The kids would make fun if me because I already had acne all over my face at 7 years old.  

[Scott Adams]

On 5/8/2022 at 6:29 AM, Anniehall said:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lactose-intolerance-by-country

This is on lactose intolerance by country dated 2022. Fits into that theory about what people traditionally ate. The least lactose intolerant countries are in Europe.  When you think about how long Indians have been eating wheat it's about half the amount of time that Europeans have. So with the theory I have about traditional foods of different cultures being linked to the current intolerances of those cultures it still makes sense that Indians would have a higher rate of celiacs.  I was surprised that Indians haven't been eating grains for longer because wheat originated 75, 000 years ago near Iraq which isn't right next to India but still I'd think it would have made its way over sooner. I guess transportation was much more difficult for so long than what it has been in the last hundred years though.

If you look at Native Americans they got wheat in their diets only in the last ~500 years or less...probably closer to the last 100-200 years. I've not seen many good studies done on celiac disease prevalence among Native Americans, but going from memory do recall one study that indicated that up to 6% of them could have celiac disease. More research needs to be done to find the actual rate.