posts tagged "disease"
Celiac in People Magazine
Posted on June 14, 2007
As a Waldorf mother, I never thought I would confess to reading People magazine. Recently though, I decided to come clean; I am addicted to, and read this weekly rag voraciously, and not just in the dentist’s office. In my struggle to come out of the closet – mostly to myself, my husband and children
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Fed Fights Mad Cow Testing
Posted on June 7, 2007
Creekstone Farms wants to protect your health. The USDA, however, is against this. This premium producer of high quality beef sued the USDA for denying it permission to test their cattle for mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse). Creekstone Farms has their own slaughterhouse and processing facility. They do not use
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A Pill for Celiac?
Posted on May 27, 2007
No. There is no pill for celiac disease. Could this be what makes it one of the most misdiagnosed diseases in our country? If doctors and drug companies made money from gluten free cookies, perhaps we’d have more thorough screening. However, since there is no profit-making pharmaceutical remedy for this disease, it seems that much
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FDA: Spelt is Wheat
Posted on May 21, 2007
It seems like just about every week someone offers me bread or crackers and says, “don’t worry it’s spelt.” These well meaning friends of mine know that I’m gluten intolerant and don’t eat wheat, yet have been lead to believe that spelt is ok for people with celiac disease and gluten allergies. Each time this
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Book Review: Paleo Diet
Posted on May 3, 2007
One of the most sane, common sense approaches to eating that I have seen in all my years of researching food and holistic living, The Paleo Diet is a favorite. The knowledgeable Loren Cordain, Ph.D., takes us back to the pre-agrarian diets of our ancestors. Yes, that’s the Stone Age, a time before the Agricultural
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Diagnosing Celiac Disease
Posted on April 17, 2007
UPDATE: I’ve posted a more current and thorough page with information and resources regarding celiac disease. “Celiac disease is a an autoimmune disorder that causes damage to the small intestine, which can lead to malabsorption of nutrients. A genetic intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley, triggers this destructive reaction of
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NIH Says Celiac “Greatly Underdiagnosed”
Posted on January 5, 2007
Celiac Disease is “greatly under-diagnosed” according to an independent consensus panel convened by the National Institute of Health (NIH). This NIH panel estimates that 1 percent of Americans (3 million) suffer from the disease, and “that it is much more common than physicians appreciate.” The panel goes on to say that many of those with
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