A Surprising Study

I just read about an astounding study about the effects of gluten.  Dr. Mark Hyman writes about it in the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/gluten-what-you-dont-know_b_379089.html).  Dr. Hyman reports that according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical...read more

The Verdict is in: Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity?

Well … the verdict is in.  My endoscopy came back negative.   I must admit I was a bit torn by the results.  On the one hand, I was a bit relieved to find that I do not have celiac disease.  A gluten-free diet is a difficult diet to maintain, and it has nutritional deficiencies as well.  On the...read more

Are Blood Tests Inhibiting Your Celiac Diagnosis?

I sat across from my doctor shaking my head in utter disbelief.  Throughout our conversation I kept thinking about the incredible statistic I read in Peter Green’s book: as of  2006 (when the book came out) it took an average of 9 years for a person to get a celiac diagnosis.  I was just beginning...read more