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Celiac Disease and the Ubiquitous Gluten-Free Diet
[ed. note: Michael Jorrin, who I like to call “Doc Gumshoe,” is a medical writer (not a doctor) who shares his thoughts with our readers a couple times a month. He does not generally cover investing topics, but I find his discussions of broader health issues interesting and useful. Enjoy!] Doc Gumshoe would not be […]
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Dr. Bredesen actually flags some companies at the forefront of testing, which can be used to diagnose different types of...
Mike, While I personally love Aldi, and spent an hour there this morning, I'm not concerned that no one has commented on...
Pete It is practicably impossible to avoid lectins in a balanced diet. The good news is that they are no more the sam...
I have difficulty writing off, as Gundry does, all plant-derived lectins as enemies of human health. Most sweeping comme...
Excellent summary DLH, I have thought a lot about human evolutionary development, just a few million years, and what we ...
Hi Yelpik, My wife and I have been dealing with this issue ever since she was diagnosed with celiac disease almost 10 y...
Sitting down for my salad lunch and thanks to Docs tweet of higher mortality rates among high carbohydrate intakers. I c...
In my opinion, the following is the best review of gluten enteropathy (celiac disease) ever written. It's written in the...
Every day , I have someone in my office who has talked to the girl in the health food store or the naturopath who has co...
Celiac disease, according to the journals, textbooks, etc., has what is called an unknown etiology. In other words we d...
I'm in the camp of ditching the supplements, more and more studies coming out from ""reputable"" sources that they may ...
I looked up some articles by Dr. Hyman, and he doesn't claim that vaccines cause autism flat out. This article discusses...
Translations and language can be so confusing........ I decided to ask an expert tweetie bird ,,, my great grand daughte...
Great article and observations. Given the reported 1% prevalence of Celiac disease and the much larger prevalence of in...
$ILMN no position - A bit off topic for our west coast folks: Illumina To Produce Genome Sequencer For California Mark...
That article be damned. There are people at this company I have known and worked with my entire professional life, and t...
$BLRX BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ/TASE: BLRX), announced today that it has received confirmation from the European Notified ...
One more ting to worry about? Gluten in Portland meth!!! http://thatoregonlife.com/2015/12/experts-warn-gluten-found-me...
Dr,Do you have any thoughts on BLRX's celiac disease agent? As far as I know there is not a lot of good alternative...
jimt47 I’m also at a loss as to how this arose. However, reactions to gluten are more prevalent not only in Co. Cork ...
What is up with the Cork and grain reference? I must have missed something. My family also left Cork 150-200 yrs ago. I ...
Seems like it makes sense for all of us to try to do as much of the protocol as possible..Bredesen’s approach is perso...
University of Minnesota Grants Calyxt an Exclusive License to its Homologous Recombination Technology in Plants July 28...
HN This seems to be a method using naturally occurring substances within the plant to encourage mutation or the producti...
I just wish I could explain it like you. Dr Perlmutter, MD is convinced we as a society have been feeding ourselves a...
Thanks Dr. KSS., much enjoyed and timely.I am reading the book "Grain Brain " by Dr Perlmutter, MD and his finding...
For Doc Gumshoe and all those who think gluten's effects are limited only to those with celiac and that humans have evol...
From what I have read, there are three tests: 1) blood test for gluten antibodies - this is the standard. Any doctor s...
No posts today, good day for some new information. Here is a link to the second article on Gluten (there is a link to th...
I have not been tested for celiac, but I know I am sensitive to gluten. There are plenty of other grains (sorghum, mille...
In response to Doc Gumshoe's article, and to Dr. KSS who says that everything in it and the followup are 100% accurate, ...
Yes I believe their is a bias towards patentable drugs because money is made off of them and drug reps influence the Doc...
I agree that the human race evidently evolved over a period of 200,000 years. The concept that the digestive system evol...
Dr. Gumshoe, I agree with your analysis of the relationship between humans and gluten and your restraint in reporting it...
I have no judgement about the specific article that is characterized as garbage. It may be. However I am very surprised ...
Doc Gumshoe - Another great article. With respect to labelling of items as "gluten-free" (even when they're a type of fo...
I've been following this column because I suffer from food intolerance and there has been some interesting information....
All you member doctors make great comments, but no one will answer my simple question :- is there a medical test that w...
The way my intolerance to gluten was identified was a test for the gluten antibodies in my blood. It is not expensive a...
I am non celicac gluten intolerant. The gastroenterologist said my villi ( in my duodenum (endoscope ) ) are intact. G...
Dear Michael (AKA: Doc Gumshoe), I throughly enjoy your stock commentaries, but have issues with some of your comments ...
Oh, if it were that simple. Sometimes it is, but often it isn't. Depending on the situation, short term removal might no...
OH, How we love to put labels on things. Allergy, intolerant, gluten free, celiac and last all those tests with letters ...
Rosemary, I'm afraid you have some things mixed up a bit. In wheat bread, gluten is a binder, not a riser. Even if bread...
I certainly don't mean to say that people who report that they are feelng better on a gluten-free diet are wrongheaded o...
I'm shocked that Doc Gumshoe, whose other posts I have much admired, could say something like " As far as I know, no suc...
It's convenient these days for people to label themselves as gluten-intolerant when they are in fact wheat-intolerant. ...
We may have been eating wheat for thousands of years, but our forefathers weren't eating franken wheat. That is wheat t...
Is there a medical test or tests that will indicate if you are gluten intolerant to any degree at all, or is going on a ...
Sugar is a very small part of my diet but i love my bread (only brown) Rye bread, and mixed grain bread. I have had sto...
Agree with Drano. My partner's mother has celiac disease, and as a result I've become more aware of the day to day prob...
The point Mr. Jorrin was trying to make about foods labeled 'gluten free' is that they substitute the lost flavor with ...
Congratulations! I am in week 2 of my low carb, no gluten diet with the hope of reducing my blood pressure and cholester...
There is so much more the having Celiac's or not. My son was tested for Celiac's and came back negative. He suffered f...
Nobody mentoned genetically modified wheat which is heavily sprayed with glyphosate (Roundup). I was tested for Celiac ...
Here's a fascinating take on gluten sensitivity from Mother Jones. It postulates that the health problems some people a...
I'm off Gluten and was aware of the rice arsenic conection. Brown rice and brown rice syrup are especially high in arsen...
I knew I'd be stirring up a hornet's nest, and I don't have time today to answer in any detail, but here are some tiny p...
Whoever invents a pill to treat non-Celiac gluten sensitivity is going to become a billionaire, unless the fad is over b...
You don't have to be Irish to suffer from gluten intolerance. I have an ITALIAN niece by marriage with some Slovenian an...
I am not a doctor but I do have extensive medical knowledge. I disagree with several things that Michael Jorrin said. I ...
Usually both sides of an argument have some merit. I used to think I was an agnostic, but now I think I am a gnostic wh...
Non celiac gluten sensitivity is a garbage diagnosis not taken seriously by anyone in gastroenterology, and this risible...
this article makes it sound as if celiac is the primary issue, however as described in the study in the link below, Non-...
Grain Brain is written by a doctor. It was a best seller on the NY Times list. Anyone writing about gluten who has no...
I don't have celiac disease. However, I went gluten free to see if it would improve my overall health. Well, my frequent...
Hang on a minute... you go from the very strong statement of "But this diet confers no benefit whatsoever on persons who...
More than 20 years I have suffered from pain in my knees, which felt like inflammation. Trips to many doctors, including...
As a homebrewer, my "gluten sensitive" wife can tolerate beer if treated with Clarity Ferm before drinking, preferably b...
Fair disclosure: I am not a Dr. either.But...It is commonly known by nutrition enthusiasts that the reason to avoid...
This makes me think of "If I can't see it, it's not there" How long did it take to convince people of tobacco health is...
Wait a minute! Not sure where I got that "gluten is lectin" but they're at least closely related:http://www.ncbi.nl...
Too much emphasis on one disease, and not enough emphasis on the processing, additions and so called enhancements in foo...
Yes, I have gotten rid of wheat in my diet and I am finding digestion to be much better. I do miss the taste of gluten, ...
Very in-depth article, but... I've never had celiac disease, but have had other autoimmune problems, and found that fina...
And last week's South Park episode, Gluten Free Ebola, was pretty funny and relevant.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3...
Doesn't strike me as all that cheap after the Rubio starboard started several months ago -- lots of moving parts that mi...
Just an FYI related to VET Bills going up. Cats should never be fed DRY FOOD of any kind. This comes from the inventor...
My daughter had to go on a gluten free diet and to support her I also went on one. Lost 10 lbs without thinking about it...
Hmm, well, let's see JZ, how does lobbing a flashbang grenade (noise but no heat) at Glenn help? Is there a reason you n...
Scorpio: In reply to your query the other day, keep in mind that with what you describe, you are already EASILY in the t...
Don't worry about the end of the world guys. I just received an e-mail from Chuck Norris and he assures me that the su...
Margaret: Thanks for your input. Thinking that some of her "symptoms" might be related to gluten intolerance, she had ...
KennyG - Ten years ago (when she was 55), a friend tested positive for gluten intolerance. This runs in families, so ...
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