Corn is commonly used as a “gluten free” substitute grain. Did you know that research as early as the 70’s finds that patients with gluten sensitivity have problems with the gluten in corn? In this 1978 Study, corn antibodies were found in patients with celiac disease, crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis (see table 1). “It […]
Unfortunately, today most people do not understand the difference between gluten sensitivity and celiac disease. As a matter of fact, this is one of the reasons why so many patients fail to get properly diagnosed. Lab tests have traditionally focused on diagnosing celiac disease. This has created a proverbial No Man’s Land for those patients […]
Ian went on a downward spiral from a motivated health conscience athlete to a sickly person diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. Food was his enemy. He was addicted to gluten and dairy. Before finding this out, he spent thousands of dollars and visited several specialty doctors to no avail. Within 2 weeks of following the […]
A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology finds a connection between asthma and celiac disease. This is just one more study that connects breathing disorders to food allergy. Most doctors focus on air born allergies when trying to treat asthma. It is nice to see researchers looking into food as […]
A recent study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology finds that more than 30% of patients with celiac disease following a gluten free diet fail to exhibit recovery of intestinal damage after 5 years on a gluten free diet. Mucosal recovery was absent in a substantial portion of adults with CD after treatment with […]