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Folate Deficiency & Gluten – What’s The Connection?

Folate Deficiency & Gluten Sensitivity What’s The Connection? Can gluten cause a folate deficiency? Are those with celiac disease at greater risk for health issues caused by folate deficiency? The simple answer is yes, but before we dive into the topic, let’s discuss why folate (AKA – vitamin B9) is so important. Folate is part […]

Should Celiacs Be Worried About Covid?

Covid gluten sensitivity and celiac disease

Should Celiacs or Those with Gluten Sensitivity Be More Worried About Covid? Should celiacs be worried about Covid? Are those with gluten sensitivity at greater risk of infection? The simple answer is no. If you are taking care of yourself, watching your gluten free diet carefully, and following a healthy lifestyle, you should not have […]

Can Gluten Cause Gut Inflammation?

Can Gluten Cause Gut Inflammation? Can gluten cause gut inflammation? It is well known that gluten causes celiac disease – an inflammatory condition of the small intestine. What is less well known, and often times completely ignored, is the connection between gluten and inflammation of other areas of the GI tract. Keep in mind that […]

Top 5 Mistakes Made When Going Gluten Free

Gluten Free Diet Mistakes In this video, in honor of celiac awareness month, Dr. Peter Osborne breaks down some of the top celiac disease diet mistakes that cause persistent inflammation in the GI tract and perpetual health issues. So if you are following a gluten free diet and it is not working to improve your […]

Does Coffee Cause Autoimmune Disease?

coffee and autoimmune disease

The Connection Between Coffee & Autoimmune Disease 83% of adults in the US consume coffee. That number comes pretty close to the estimated 46 plus million people with autoimmune disease. So the big question is – Does coffee cause or contribute to autoimmune disease? Recent research shows that several forms of autoimmune disease are linked […]

Can Blood Pressure Medicine Cause Celiac Disease?

Olmesartan and Celiac Disease

The Connection Between Blood Pressure and Celiac Disease Can blood pressure medicine cause celiac disease? That is the question that researchers at Mayo Clinic have been asking and exploring…And the simple answer answer is yes. In this Gluten Free Society Update, I break down the research linking blood pressure medications to inflammation of the GI […]

Gluten Sensitivity and Iron Deficiency Anemia – Are They Related?

Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficits found in patients with celiac disease and non celiac gluten sensitivity. The most common symptom linked to iron deficiency is unwavering fatigue. Patients will often report severe loss of energy even when sleep has been adequate. This energy deprivation can also contribute to severe brain […]

The Danger of Corn Mold Toxins in the Gluten Free Diet

More Reasons to Avoid Corn A recent recent study examined the content of the mold toxin, fumonisin, in frequently consumed “gluten free” corn based products commonly eaten by those with celiac disease following a gluten free diet. The study also looked at the nutritional quality of the diet of celiac patients and found it to […]

Celiac Patients React to “Gluten Free” Bread

Gluten Free Bread Damages Celiacs… A recent study found that patients with celiac disease can react to “gluten free” bread made with maize (corn) protein. Serum IgA was measured against the prolamine in corn. Previous studies have found similar reactions with corn in patients with gluten sensitivity. Many of these studies find that the gluten […]

Unexplained Infertility Higher in Woman with Gluten Sensitivity

Nutritional causes of infertility

Can Gluten Cause Infertility? Gluten is a scientifically known hormone disruptor, and we also know that it can contribute to problems with conception. A recent research study shed even more light on this topic. Doctors identified that women with gluten problems had much higher rates of unexplained infertility (infertility with no other known cause) recent […]

Celiac Vaccine Phase I Trial Finished

New vaccine for celiac disease finished Phase I trial. The results summary are as follows: 34 test subjects were double blinded to test the safety of the new Nexvax2 vaccine for patients diagnosed with celiac disease. All patients were HLA-DQ 2 or 8 positive. In all, 19 subjects received the vaccine. Three different doses were […]

Gluten Sensitivity Increases the Risk for Asthma

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 […]

Why are Gluten Free Diets Failing to Heal So Many Patients?

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 […]

Gluten Sensitivity Induces GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease)

Gluten And Acid Reflux – A Common Association Is there a medical link between gluten and acid reflux? A recent research study linked peptic disease (heartburn, GERD, stomach ulcer) to gluten exposure in patients with gluten sensitivity. So the short answer to the question is yes. You can read a direct quote from the researchers […]

Dogs are Gluten Intolerant

Irish Setters identified to have gluten intolerance in a research study… “Affected setters, reared on a normal wheat containing diet, exhibited partial villus atrophy, intraepithelial lymphocyte infiltration, reduced brush border alkaline phosphatase activity, and increased intestinal permeability. Gluten sensitivity was shown by introduction of a gluten free diet, which resulted in resolution of morphological and […]

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