Gluten Challenge for CD – How Much, How Soon, How Long?
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One of the questions that crops up in the clinical management of patients suspected of having coeliac disease, is: If my patient has been…
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Gluten Sensitivity: Real or Not
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…..Is the title to the BMJ’s Editor’s Choice article this week (Dec 12th 2012) and whilst we in the Nutritional Therapy world find the…
Coeliac Disease and its Many Complications
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Coeliac disease (CD), also called gluten-sensitive enteropathy or non-tropical sprue, is a unique autoimmune disorder which results from the interaction between gluten and immune,…
Coeliac Disease Diagnosis – Biopsy Relevant
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Coeliac disease (CD) is a permanent intolerance to gluten found in wheat, rye and barley. Gluten induces an autoimmune reaction in the small intestinal…
Oats and Coeliac Safe or Questionable?
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If you have been diagnosed with coeliac or gluten sensitivity then the exclusion of wheat rye and barley will have been established as a…
What is the Best Test for Coeliac Diagnosis?
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Coeliac disease is regarded as a common disorder, yet many clinicians miss the cardinal signs that indicate further investigation is warranted. Coeliac disease is…
Gluten May be Causing Your Brain Problems!
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An interesting paper published in the Sept 2008 Annals of Neurology described a ‘new to science’ brain aggravating enzyme, triggered by reactivity to gluten,…
Coeliac Disease – Local & Systemic Consequences
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Coeliac disease is an inflammatory disorder with autoimmune features that is characterised by destruction of the intestinal epithelium and remodelling of the intestinal mucosa…
Coeliac Disease is Four Times More Common Now than in the 1950’s
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Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten, a protein in wheat, barley, rye and spelt. Currently, the only treatment available is the…