Atypical Gluten Symptoms

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Atypical Gluten Symptoms

No Comments 24 February 2010

Too often people people who are suffering from symptoms caused by gluten intolerance or celiac disease are misdiagnosed. Doctors and specialists know how to treat the symptom, but not the cause of the symptom. A medical band-aide if you will. But I receive e-mails every day from people who, even after a hand full of [...]

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Can Gluten Cause Obesity?

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Can Gluten Cause Obesity?

5 Comments 12 May 2009

The following is an excerpt from my book The Gluten Effect by Drs Vikki and Richard Petersen: “Contrary to classic medical opinion, gluten intolerance is not associated with weight loss the majority of the time.  In fact, it is simply the opposite.  Gluten-sensitive patients are overweight approximately forty percent of the time due to various [...]

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Gluten and Infertility

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Gluten and Infertility

No Comments 21 April 2009

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 [...]

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Gluten and Osteoporosis

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Gluten and Osteoporosis

No Comments 14 April 2009

If you are a woman you have a 50:50 chance of developing osteoporosis.  Men are less at risk with only 25% of them developing the disease. Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease that robs its victims of the active lifestyle they used to enjoy. As the 11th leading cause of death, osteoporosis is something we need [...]

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