Posts Tagged ‘gluten intolerance’
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 biochemical abnormalities and decreased intestinal
Gluten, Selenium Deficiency, and Thyroid Disease
A new study sheds light on the fact that selenium deficiency can be caused by gluten induced malabsorption. The researchers go on to say that Selenium deficiency can cause thyroid diseases and can lead to unregulated inflammatory damage… Regarding gluten sensitivity – the target organs are not limited to the gut, but include thyroid, liver, skin and reproductive and nervous
Gluten Intolerance and Cancer
Dr. Peter Osborne discusses the role of gluten in the development of cancer in this six part series… Do you have a cancer success story? Please leave your feedback or comment below. Need Help Going on a TRUE Gluten Free Diet? If you think that this video will help someone else, please share it with them! Sign up below for
Your medication is not the solution?
More and more Americans are taking prescription drugs, and in increasing quantities. It’s estimated that from 1994 to 2005 the number of prescriptions purchased increased 71% (from 2.1 billion to 3.6 billion) compared with a 9% growth in the U.S. population, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit that analyzes health care issues. During roughly the same
Gluten Intolerance on the Rise
Gluten Intolerance in Finland has doubled and is estimated to effect 2% of Finnish population. “We’ve already seen a similar trend emerge earlier on where allergies and certain autoimmune disorders are concerned. Screening has shown that gluten intolerance occurs in 1.5 per cent of Finnish children and 2.7 per cent of the elderly. The higher figure for older people is
More on Gluten Sensitivity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
The diagram to the right was recently published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. The authors of the paper do an excellent job of illustrating the connection between gluten sensitivity and celiac disease with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). An article published last year in the same journal reported on the need to perform HLA-DQ genetic testing in all patients with
What is Gluten Sensitivity-Intolerance?
Watch this video to learn the definitions of gluten sensitivity, intolerance, allergy, and how they differ from celiac disease… Celiac Disease is not the same thing as Gluten sensitivity Contrary to popular belief, celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are not the same thing. Unfortunately, most doctors aren’t up to speed on this very important topic. Standard procedure in a medical
Gluten Senstivity – Who Should Be Tested?
There are several diseases that are caused by gluten sensitivity. Learn who should be tested…
