benjamin

Thank you again for all of your input. I've been convinced of the wisdom of the gluten-free diet, even for an asymptomatic adult. Here's my take-away from the posts in the thread: 1. There's a lot of clinical, logical, indirect, and anecdotal evidence for the benefit of the diet. 2. However, there is not yet any solid scientific evidence for or...

Further to my earlier post, I posed my question to Prof. Maki, the author of the article cited by aikiducky. I've copied his answer below (start reading from the bottom of the exchange). ----- Original Message ----- From: Markku Maki To: Benjamin Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:43 AM Subject: Re: Benefit of treating asymptomatic adult celiiac patients...

Thank you all for taking the time to provide your thoughtful responses. In answer to hom_based_mom's question, I was tested because my daughter was recently diagnosed, and her doctor recommended testing the entire immediate family. Now I'm not so sure I should have run to do the test. I appreciate that the nearly universal official recommendation of...

I'm new at this, so please forgive my stupidity in advance for the following question. Is there any solid evidence demonstrating clinical benefits of a gluten-free diet for completely asymptomatic adult-diagnosed celiac disease patients? Have any long-term controlled studies been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals demonstrating reduced mortality...