A study of women with celiac disease demonstrated that those on gluten-containing diets had shorter fertile periods, greater spontaneous abortions and greater overall infertility compared to those on gluten-free diets. [Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology – “Coeliac Disease, Fertility and Pregnancy”] What is the mechanism behind this? Those women with gluten sensitivity and celiac disease suffer [...]

Patients with celiac disease and gluten intolerance tend to malabsorb Vitamin D, a fat soluble vitamin. Fat soluble vitamins are absorbed predominantly through the tips of the villi of the intestinal lining, the first place to sustain damage in most gluten sensitive patients. Therefore long before a person may have gluten-related symptoms, vitamin D (and [...]