The Guts of Health
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Our digestive tract is a repository for a multitude of information processing cells, some of which are human and others not. Harbouring a diverse…
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Practice Points: State of the Art Diagnostic Workup of Gluten Spectrum Disorders by Todd A. Born, ND
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Dr. Todd A. Born, is a naturopathic doctor, co-owner and medical director of Born Naturopathic Associates, Inc., in Alameda, California. Dr. Born is also…
Is a Fingerprick Bloodtest for Coeliac Disease Sufficient?
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Guidelines for diagnosing coeliac disease are rapidly evolving, as sensitive and specific laboratory assays are now available as part of the coeliac disease diagnostic…
The Golden Age of Gluten Free Living: New Findings, Tests And Treatments
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2000 years ago on the coast of Tuscany, an eighteen year old girl died and her entombed body was carefully adorned with bronze and…
Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity Triggers Gut Dysbiosis, Neuroinflammation, Gut-Brain Axis Dysfunction, and Vulnerability for Dementia
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A paper published in the journal CNS Neurology Disorders Drug Targets highlights some of the areas of dysfunction liked to adverse exposure to gluten…
Is Glyphosate Causally Linked to Coeliac Disease
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Dec 2013 saw a paper published in Interdisciplinary Toxicology that explored the notion that the popular herbicide called Roundup may have a relational link…
Coeliac Disease Not Linked to Gluten Timing in Weaning
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It has been proposed that risk for developing the autoimmune condition coeliac disease (CD) may be linked to the time that the infant is…
Self-Diagnosis of Gluten Sensitivity: Potentially Disturbing Trends
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A recently published paper in the journal Nutrition in Clinical Practice[1] discussed the results from an Australian group exploring the global trend in self-diagnosis of…
Think Coeliac Disease
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As Nutritional Therapists we are all aware of the problems linked to gluten exposure, from wheat allergy, non-coeliac gluten sensitivity and coeliac disease, yet…
Introducing Gluten Into Infants’ Diets: Status of the Evidence
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The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and the Committee on Toxicity (COT) are both advisory committees of independent experts that provide advice to…