MOVE OVER, GLUTEN - Centre Daily Times

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Open Original Shared Link Centre Daily Times Hearing from the doctor that you need to avoid wheat bread, cake, pizza and cookies for the rest of your life because you have Celiac disease is bad news, ... Open Original Shared Link Reuters Open Original Shared Link

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[Takala]

What is this "can't go out for pizza ever again" nonsense ? Many advanced pizza places now offer the option of a gluten free crust that they order pre made and frozen from a special gluten free bakery, and use gluten free ingredients on it, like Hormel pepperoni, and have preparers that understand how to make it.

One of the people interviewed said they can't eat sandwiches. Okay.... but I wish they would say "I can't eat gluten free sandwiches yet " or "I don't want to eat gluten free sandwiches" - sheesh. Of course, THIS PERSON has to be a PROFESSOR OF NUTRITION at the college. Now we will have people thinking "the nutritionist said you can't eat sandwiches on a gluten free diet."

[Takala]

Oh, MY G*D. Check out the second Reuters article.

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People with dermatitis herpetiformis are typically advised to take drugs (most commonly, dapsone) and follow a strict gluten-free diet, in order to keep their symptoms at bay. But the new study found that, among 86 people with dermatitis herpetiformis, 10 never saw their symptoms return after stopping medication and resuming a normal diet.

So even though people with celiac disease are supposed to stay gluten-free indefinitely, for those with dermatitis herpetiformis who don't have intestinal symptoms, it makes sense to stop the diet and see if they feel okay, Katz said.

In his practice, Katz tries to slowly wean his patients off the medicine entirely over a multi-year period and advises them to eat small amounts of gluten, and see if their symptoms return.

"I always tell them to cheat a little bit, see if they need the diet," he said. "Because if some patients don't need the medicine, they may no longer need the diet."

Dr. John Zone, chair of the department of dermatology at the University of Utah, who reviewed the findings for Reuters Health, said the remission rate of 12 percent matches what he's seen in his practice. "I agree with the percentage of people who have spontaneous remission."

There is concern, he added, that people who don't stick with the diet may have a higher risk of lymphoma and other complications. Consequently, Zone suggested that patients with dermatitis herpetiformis who decide to stop the diet have their blood tested occasionally to look for celiac antibodies, even if their skin symptoms never return.

Did I miss something somewhere ?

"Spontaneous remission ?!" are they out of their ***** ?