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Dr. Jaffe is the founder of EAB Laboratory, the most advanced lab in the world specializing in helping physicians identify food allergies in patients. Dr. Jaffe’s Bio: Russell Jaffe, MD PhD Dr. Jaffe received his MD degree from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1972. He completed his residency training in Clinical Pathology […]
A recent study found that an elimination diet protocol was able to reverse ovarian failure and vastly improve symptoms associated with autoimmune Sjogren’s syndrome. The diet was gluten, dairy, and sugar free. The diet was for four months. The patients menstrual cycle normalized, her hormone levels normalized, and her inflammatory markers normalized… the restoration of […]
A new study in the journal Cephalgia studied the link between migraine headaches and food allergies. The study demonstrated that allergic food elimination greatly reduced intensity, frequency, and duration of migraine headaches in patients. The concept that food may trigger some symptoms creates an increasing pressure on the health care system to investigate possible causal […]
A new research study used and electronic tongue device to help detect gluten in various foods. The results were… the system also allowed distinguishing “Gluten-free” and “Gluten-containing” foodstuffs (15 foods, including breads, flours, baby milked flours, cookies and breakfast cereals) with an overall sensitivity and specificity greater than 83%, using the signals of only 4 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Another new study finds that Bipolar patients have elevated levels of antibodies to gluten. Unlike several past studies, this research does not focus on celiac disease, but rather identifies that patients with psychiatric bipolar issues are have elevations in IgG to gliadin. Source: Bipolar Disord. 2011 Feb;13(1):52-8. Research continues to show the link between gluten […]
I have discussed gluten’s impact on the brain in several articles and expert interviews in the past. Gluten is a known neurotoxin and has been shown to contribute to multiple neurological and mental diseases including neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, seizures, ADD, ADHD, Migraines, Autism, and schizophrenia. This young women was on up to 13 different medications […]
Gluten Free Diet – The most powerful treatment ever? I personally don’t know of a safe, side effect free, medical procedure, medication, or treatment that can provide control over blood sugar, blood pressure, acid reflux, and fever blisters. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention – 50 pounds of weight loss. Yet a gluten free […]
Not only did this woman defeat her migraine headaches with a TRUE gluten free diet; she also defeated extreme fatigue and gastrointestinal bloating. After reclaiming her health, she went on to compete and finish a triathlon. We salute you Nubia! You are a Gluten Free Warrior! Did going gluten free eliminate your headaches or help […]
A new double blind, randomized, placebo controlled study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology confirms the presence of gluten sensitivity in the absence of celiac disease. This is the first study of its kind confirming the existence of gluten intolerance in the absence of celiac disease. Source: Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 Jan 11. Gluten […]
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