Shield Your Kidneys from Celiac Disease: Part 2 Guest blog by Brian Dean, RD of Celiact.com In part 1 of this series, we discussed the surprisingly high prevalence of kidney disease in those with celiac disease and some potential reasons why this may be the case.Now it’s time to give you some simple and straightforward [...]
Read More...Shield Your Kidneys from Celiac Disease: Part 1 Guest blog by Brian Dean, RD of Celiact.com It’s no secret that the effects of celiac disease fan out to areas far beyond your small intestine. According to a slew of new research, your kidneys are the newest battlefront in the quest for optimal health with celiac [...]
Read More...When you first head down the road of defining a possible issue with gluten, it’s like entering a new dimension. And you also need to learn a new vocabulary to navigate that world. You’ve been lucky enough to find a doctor who is associating your potentially varied symptoms with celiac disease, and now you need [...]
Read More...Celiac disease diagnosis increased 2.5 times when doctors followed the guidelines set forth in 2006 by The American Gastroenterological Association Institute to collect 4 biopsies during endoscopy. OK, so let me get this straight. I’m the patient. I feel absolutely awful, stomach pain, underweight, not absorbing nutrition, eczema, bloating, diarrhea, you name it, I am [...]
Read More...The act of consuming gluten, specifically the gliadin protein that celiacs cannot genetically digest, can wreak havoc with your endocrine system. Here’s the deal, your first line of defense and support is what you consume. It affects everything. Literally. If you are eating things, like gluten, or any of the other classic offenders, like soy, [...]
Read More...May is not only Celiac Awareness Month, but Lupus, Asthma, Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, and ironically Food Allergy Awareness Month. Why, for the love of heaven, are we suffering SO much? What have we done to ourselves that our bodies see themselves as the enemy? If you are suffering with an autoimmune disease, I get it. [...]
Read More...Well, in my practice, and in my friends and extended family for that matter, I hear it all the time. I don’t have the antibodies, I don’t have any symptoms, I feel fine, why should I stop eating gluten? I have used our family as a case study, and in our family of five, we [...]
Read More...Have you ever been told by your doctor or dentist that you have a geographic tongue? Turns out that this is a common indicator of gluten intolerance and celiac disease. When we were told this in our family many moons ago, we were told that it’s just like having blue eyes or green eyes, it’s [...]
Read More...This list is long and varied, certain cancers, autoimmune disease, ADHD, skin disorders, stomach pain, diarrhea, constipation, bipolar syndrome, anxiety disorders, Crohn’s, IBS, IBD, thyroid issues, dermatitis, MS, schizophrenia, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis, depression…all can be related to celiac disease or gluten intolerance-sensitivity. Do any of these disorders affect you? It is possible to turn [...]
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