Media and Journal Articles
Last updated: February 1, 2012
Microtest Laboratories Will Manufacture ImmusanT's Nexvax2 Immunotherapeutic Vaccine for Expected Clinical Trial
Press Release, Jan 11, 2012 (Business Wire) -- Microtest Laboratories has announced that the company will manufacture and provide supporting pharmaceutical testing services for ImmusanT, Inc.'s Nexvax2(R) immunotherapeutic vaccine for its expected upcoming clinical trial. Read more...
How Does Delaying Diagnosis Impact People with Celiac Disease?
By Jefferson Adams, Celiac.com 01/11/2012
In an effort to understand how delayed celiac disease diagnosis became the norm for most patients over the last few decades, a research team conducted a study to assess the issue. Their study also looked at how delayed diagnosis affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for those with celiac disease, and considered differences with respect to sex and age. Read more... Journal Article
The Dark Side of "Healthy" Wheat
Modern wheat isn't really wheat, a best-selling author explains.
By Leah Zerbe,
January 12th, 2012
Take everything you've heard about whole wheat and throw it out the window. It's not a health food, it's making you fat, and your digestive tract hates you for eating it, according to the author of the New York Times best-selling book, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health (Rodale, 2011). Read more...
Lake Oswego baker wins Food Network's 'Cupcake Wars' with gluten-free treats
By Eric Apalategui, OregonLive.com, December 20, 2011
A Lake Oswego baker's gluten-free creations creamed the competition on the latest installment of the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars." Read more...
FDA researching gluten in drugs to help celiac disease patients
By Nick Taylor, In-PharmaTechnologist.com, December 22, 2011
The US FDA is seeking information to help it protect celiac disease patients from pharma ingredients derived from wheat, barley, or rye. Read more…
Women with celiac disease suffer from depression, disordered eating
PennStateLive, December 26, 2011
Women with celiac disease -- an autoimmune disorder associated with a negative reaction to eating gluten -- are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, even when they adhere to a gluten-free diet, according to researchers at Penn State, Syracuse University and Drexel University. Read more…
Increased Prevalence of Celiac in People with Unexplained Infertility
Diana Gitig Ph.D., Celiac.com, December 20, 2011 - There has been some controversy surrounding the idea that there is a higher prevalence of undiagnosed celiac disease in people with infertility, with some studies finding it but others not. Read more… Clinical Trial information
Alba Therapeutics is Sponsoring a Celiac Disease Clinical Trial in the US and Canada
By Dyani Barber, Celiac.com, September 23, 2011
Do you or someone you know have celiac disease? Follow a gluten-free diet? Still experiencing symptoms when exposed to gluten? Interested in celiac research? You may qualify for the study if you are aged 18–75, have been diagnosed with biopsy proven celiac disease with positive serology test results, and have been on a gluten-free diet for 12 months or more before study entry. Read more…
Study: Some 'gluten-free' beers really aren't
By Robert Preidt, USA Today, December 31, 2011
Regular beer and even some brands of beer labeled "low-gluten" contain high levels of gluten and could cause problems for people with celiac disease, a new study says. Read more… [Note from North Bay Celiacs: The title of this article does not accurately reflect its content. It's about "low-gluten beers" containing gluten; "gluten-free" beers are not made from barley and are confirmed to be safe for celiacs.]
Murray gets wake-up call from gluten-free diet
By Johan Lindahl, TennisTalk.com, November 15, 2011
Andy Murray says that he has even more energy than usual after five months of a gluten-free lifestyle, with the world No. 4 even admitting that he's developed the new-found talent of waking up early. Read more…
Diseases of the Gut May Present Cutaneously
By Sherry Boschert , Skin & Allergy News Digital Network, September 26, 2011
One in 100 people in the United States has celiac disease, and 25% will develop dermatitis herpetiformis Duhring, a cutaneous manifestation of the disease. Read more…
Landscape Architect Turns Gluten-Free Grocer
By Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, December 13, 2011
In a former auto shop in San Francisco's Dogpatch, behind a curtain of orange rubber strips, renowned landscape architect Topher Delaney is working on her latest design - stocking a freezer with gluten-free tamales. Read more…
One-on-One with Dan Adelman of Alvine Pharmaceuticals
by Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times, November 18, 2011
A gluten-free diet is great for celiac disease patients, but even the strictest adherents to dietary restrictions can experience flare ups or chronic symptoms. That’s where Alvine Pharmaceuticals Inc. comes in with a drug that could make a huge impact. The San Carlos company earlier this month reported results of a Phase IIa trial that showed that its drug, ALV-003, could make a difference in helping patients with gluten-limiting celiac disease. Read more…
Should We All Go Gluten-Free?
By Keith O’Brien, New York Times Magazine, November 25, 2011
The singer was a no-show. The Gluten Free Expo in Sandy, Utah — one of the nation’s largest events dedicated to foods untainted by wheat — was going to have to start without the national anthem. But Debbie Deaver, the expo’s founder, didn’t have time to worry about that. The song, to be honest, was the least of her problems. Read more...
Environmental Factors Examined in Celiac Disease
By Christina Frangou, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, November 2011
If celiac disease is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, can the disease be prevented by limiting certain environmental exposures in children at high risk for the disorder? That’s the question at the heart of several massive studies currently under way. The studies will follow thousands of infants born into families of known celiac patients. Investigators hope that, when the newest results are put together, they will understand what triggers the immune response to gluten and can identify behaviors that keep celiac disease at bay. Read more...
Hurt All Over
By Lisa Sanders, M.D., New York Times Magazine, November 11, 2011
‘Will you please see my sister?’ the young woman asked Dr. David Podell, who was a friend of a friend and had a reputation as a kinder version of TV’s Dr. Gregory House. People told her that Podell was a doctor who specialized in diagnosing odd diseases, and she hoped he might finally solve the puzzle of her older sister’s mysterious illness. Read more…
NFCA Receives FDA Grant For Gluten In Medications Research
Press Release, November 16, 2011 The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) is proud to announce that the organization has been awarded a $50,000 grant from The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fund the first scientific research in the area of gluten in medication. Read more...
Gluten-Free Grocery Targets a Niche
By Stacey Delo, Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2011
San Francisco boasts many specialty-food stores, from artisan-cheese shops to high-end ice cream spots. Topher Delaney said she has added to that roster with the city's first gluten-free grocery store. Read more…
Counter Culture: Gluten-free options set 7 Sisters apart from the rest By Allen Pierleoni, The Sacramento Bee, Nov. 18, 2011
We drove to the back of the shopping center and found the year-old 7 Sisters near the Kmart big-box store. We'd barely had time to sit at a table when the big guy with the gray ponytail sticking out of the back of his baseball cap called us over to the kitchen area. Read more…
WholeVine finds new use for winery byproducts
By Cathy Bussewitz, Press Democrat, November 10, 2011
The ruby red cabernet sauvignon grape seeds moved through a complex of chutes and tunnels in a Santa Rosa warehouse, and passed through a drying machine resembling a long, shiny cement truck where they were blasted with hot air. Soon, tiny drops of oil would be squeezed from the seeds to make grapeseed oil, and the remaining residue would be further dried and milled into flour. Read more…
Celiac Disease: Vitamin D and K Levels Influence Bone Mineral Density in Children and Teens
By Jefferson Adams, Celiac.com, November 7, 2011
Fat-soluble vitamin malabsorption, inflammation and/or under-nutrition put children with celiac disease at risk for decreased bone mineral density. Read more... European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Celiac Disease Treatment Differs Between Physicians and Academics The treatment of celiac disease varies between practicing gastroenterologists and academic experts, according to a report published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
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Gluten in Cosmetics Threaten Those With Celiac Disease:
Some facial products, body lotions carry the protein, researchers warn
HealthDay News, November 1, 2011
People with celiac disease may unknowingly be exposed to gluten in lip, facial or body products, a new study suggests. Read more…
In Vitro Gliadin Challenge: Diagnostic Accuracy and Utility for the Difficult Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
The American Journal of Gastroenterology , 27 September 2011
Diagnosis of celiac disease is difficult when treatment with gluten-free diet (GFD) is started before diagnosis and/or when the results of tests are inconsistent. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vitro gliadin challenge. Read more… See also the video by Reuter’s Health on The Doctor’s Channel.
Guilt and Gluten Free on the Dr. Oz Show
Living with celiac disease doesn’t mean you have to deprive yourself of delicious baked goods. Actress Jennifer Esposito discusses living with this condition and shares a gluten-free dessert recipe on the Dr. Oz show. Video
Gluttony Without Gluten:
It’s easy, with the help of good new products and even better books.
By Corby Kummer, Atlantic Monthly, October 2011
I became seriously interested in the possibilities and restrictions of a gluten-free diet the way most people do—when someone in their family or they themselves need to go on one. Four years ago, Jess, my stepdaughter, was told to avoid gluten, a protein found in wheat and related species. And so began a voyage of discovery that took me through Brooklyn’s Park Slope, where Jess lives, and Manhattan’s East Village—both of which have no lack of shops that cater to the gluten-averse—and a thicket of books and Web sites, only to lead to an unlikely foreign revelation. Read more…
Think Like a Doctor: The Right Test Solved!
By Lisa Sanders, M.D., The New York Times, October 27, 2011
On Wednesday, we challenged Well readers to really think like a doctor. We asked you to figure out the diagnosis for a young woman with longstanding pain and other ills and to design the testing strategy necessary to reach that diagnosis — to do, in short, what every doctor has to do in order to make a diagnosis. The response was fantastic. Over 400 of you wrote in with suggestions of possible diagnoses as well as the medical tests needed to get there. The correct diagnosis is …Celiac disease, also known as gluten-sensitive enteropathy. Read more…
The city’s new psychosis: Gluten!: Attack of the killer bread loaves! More New Yorkers than ever are running scared from wheat -- but are their fears founded?
By Sheila McClear and Carla Spartos, New York Post, October 4, 2011Celebrities who have helped popularize the gluten-free lifestyle include health-conscious “New Girl” star Zooey Deschanel, Gwyneth Paltrow (who went gluten-free to shed holiday pounds) and Wimbledon tennis champ Novak Djokovic, who went on a gluten-free diet this year and got three Grand Slam wins. Chelsea Clinton even served a gluten-free cake at her wedding last year. Read more...
How To Embrace A Gluten-Free, Paleo Lifestyle
By Sabrina Grotewold, Competitor.com, Oct 5th 2011
The author of "Gluten-Free Cupcakes", Elana Amsterdam. For long-time Elana’s Pantry blogger Elana Amsterdam, author of “The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook” and, most recently, “Gluten-Free Cupcakes”, creating craveable gluten-free (and sometimes dairy free and vegan) renditions of popular foods like cupcakes can take 50 tries. Like a runner focused on doing whatever it takes to lower a personal record, Amsterdam’s committed to living a wholesome lifestyle free of processed foods and chemicals. Whether you’re looking for a great Paleo recipe or vegan cupcake ideas, or have concerns about how nutritious a gluten-free diet can be for athletes, Amsterdam provides some illuminating advice. Read more...
How to Eat for More Energy
Bonappetit.com, September 12, 2011
The gluten-free diet has spawned celebrity followers, Twitter hashtags, and how-to books. Why the fuss? It's not because people are losing weight or buffing up. It's because they're feeling better--much better. Devotees say eliminating gluten, the protein component of some cereal grains, gives them more energy, fewer aches and pains, and less bloating and depression. "I cut out wheat and my fatigue and digestive problems disappeared in three days," says Elisabeth Prueitt, pastry chef and co-owner of San Francisco's Tartine Bakery. She had to give up Tartine's famous bread, but she says it's a small price to pay for feeling healthy. Read more...
A gluten-free for all drives product sales
By Lisa Baertlein, Reuters, September 29, 2011
Los Angeles voice actor Nancy Truman landed a new role as a full-time gluten-free baker after she tweaked her recipes to replace the wheat that was making her feel miserable. Read more…
Gluten-Free Flour From the French Laundry
By Florence Fabricant, New York Times, August 23, 2011
It started about a year ago, when customers at the French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., began requesting gluten-free versions of some of Thomas Keller’s specialties, like the flaky cornets filled with salmon tartare, or the lush little gougères. Lena Kwak, the restaurant’s culinary researcher, developed a gluten-free flour. Now she and Mr. Keller are partners in a company called Cup4Cup, so-named because its flour, C4C, can replace the regular all-purpose variety for cakes and pastries. Read more…
Food Network’s Guy Fieri Rocks into the Gluten-Free Market with ‘Da Hook Flavors
By Vanessa Maltin Weisbrod, Delight Magazine, Fall 2011
Read about Guy Fieri’s new gluten-free barbeque sauces, his advice to gluten-free diners, and to parents with gluten intolerant kids. To view the article online, go to coverstand.com and click on the image of the cover. Or subscribe to receive all issues at www.delight.com.
Packer’s RB James Stark goes gluten-free, joins other pro-athletes: Fan’s take
By Ellen Vossekuil, Yahoo! Contributor Network, August 10, 2011
Green Bay Packers running back James Stark has entered the football season fully healthy for the first time in two years by switching to a gluten-free diet. Read more…
Smart Balance Acquires Glutino Food Group
Glutino Press Release August 4, 2011
Smart Balance, Inc. (NasdaqGM: SMBL) today announced it acquired 100% of the equity interest of Importations DE-RO-MA, which owns Glutino Food Group (“Glutino”), for $66.3 million, from Claridge, a Montreal-based investment firm. Read more...
A gluten-free life: Gluten intolerance awareness has led to an increase in celiac disease diagnosis. Locals with the disease share how they are coping with major dietary restrictions
By Pam Bauserman/ Lodi News-Sentinel, July 23, 2011
On a recent morning, Lodi resident Stacy Lister held up a plate of chocolate chip cookies she made along with her daughter, Amaris. The cookies are not just your average chocolate chip cookies. Instead of traditional flour, they are made with potato starch, brown rice flour and xanthan gum. Read more…
Gluten Free Camp Near San Francisco Helps Kids Feel Normal
Amy Fothergill, S.F. Gluten-Free Food Examiner, July 2, 2011
220 children, aged 9-17 over the course of 10 days
138 acres
600 grilled cheese sandwiches
30 lbs of pancake mix
600 s’mores
No wheat. No flour. No gluten.
Jackie Corley has been organizing Camp Celiac at Camp Arroyo since it opened 5 years ago, in 2006, helping with staffing, registration and scheduling. That first year, besides campers, they had to invite siblings and parents to make the minimum of 70 people to have use of Camp Arroyo in Livermore, California. This year, there were two back to back sessions of camp to accommodate all of the requests, about 220 children. Read more...
First Global Estimates of Celiac Disease and Its Mortality Burden: 42,000 Children May Die Every Year
ScienceDaily, July 27, 2011
Researchers from Umeå University, Sweden and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, have compiled the first global estimates of celiac disease and associated mortality, just published in the journal PLoS ONE. These estimates suggest that around 42,000 children may die every year from celiac disease, mostly from Africa and Asia. Read more...
Increased Risk of Cataract Among 28,000 Patients With Celiac Disease
American Journal of Epidemiology, First published online: May 30, 2011
This study found an increased risk of developing cataract in patients with CD. Read more…
Adherence to Biopsy Guidelines Increases Celiac Disease Diagnosis
By Diana Gitig Ph.D., Celiac.com, June 15, 2011
A duodenal biopsy during endoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing celiac disease. Because the histopathological features suggesting celiac disease , specifically villous atrophy, can vary in severity throughout the length of the small intestines, the American Gastroenterological Association Institute recommended in 2006 that at least 4 specimens be taken for examination. Yet the degree of adherence to this recommendation has not been assessed, and neither has its impact on diagnoses. A recent study by Benjamin Lebwohl at the Columbia University Celiac Disease Center concludes that most physicians are not following the guidelines, but they should be; doing so doubles the diagnosis of celiac disease. Read more in Celiac.com... Journal Abstract
Early Intervention for Asymptomatic Celiac Disease Reaps Benefits
Caroline Helwick, Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2011
Serological screening of persons at risk for celiac disease, but who are still asymptomatic, can detect the disease and prompt an effective treatment intervention, according to a study from Finland presented here at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2011. Read more…
Suspicious of Gluten? Test for Celiac Disease
By Kathy Nichols, R.D., healthyhabitscoach.com, May 2011 Newsletter
Gluten-free foods are the fastest growing market segment. This is great news for people with celiac disease (CD), a common autoimmune disorder with a wide range of symptoms. World-wide, 1% of the population has CD, and yet ninety-five percent of Americans with CD don’t know they have it. Out of nearly 3 million Americans with it, only 150,000 are diagnosed. Someone you know, maybe yourself, is suffering from
symptoms and side effects related to undiagnosed CD; symptoms that could be resolved with a gluten-free diet. Read more by downloading Kathy's May 2011newsletter from her website.
Gluten Causes Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Subjects Without Celiac Disease: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
American Journal of Gastroenterology: advance online publication January 11, 2011. Related article in Celiac.com.
7 Articles on Gluten-Free Labeling and the FDA:
3 years after deadline, FDA still hasn’t defined ‘gluten-free’ Washington Post
Bad-Mouthing Gluten Time Magazine
Why Gluten-Free Foods Aren't Always Gluten-Free Rodale.com
Having your (gluten-free) cake and eating it too ABC News Video
Towering ambition: Getting the gluten-free word out USA Today
Activists Protest Delayed Gluten-Free Label Standard ABC News
Rep. Moran, Democrats Urge FDA to Define “Gluten-Free” Labeling The State Column
The Diet That Shook Up Tennis? Starch Madness: Novak Djokovic's Domination of the Sport Has Coincided With His Gluten-Free Turn
By Tom Perrotta, Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2011
How did Novak Djokovic conquer the tennis world? Maybe the answer is as simple as this: Since last year, he's swearing off pasta, pizza, beer, French bread, Corn Flakes, pretzels, empanadas, Mallomars and Twizzlers—anything with gluten. Read more...
Some tennis stars say gluten-free is best for them
By Julien Pretot, Reuters, May 26, 2011
Novak Djokovic says his unbeaten run is due to his special, gluten-free diet and now Sabine Lisicki hopes she too will benefit in the long run after discovering she is intolerant to gluten, a protein in cereal grains. Read more...
Gluten-Free: Flavor-Free No More
By Melissa Clark, New York Times, May 31, 2011
A few years ago, tough and tasteless baked goods were just one of the unpleasant things you had to put up with if you had a gluten sensitivity. Flash forward less than a decade, and it’s a completely different scene. Gluten-free cookies, pies and cakes are starting to rival their traditional counterparts. Read more…
Trials hold promise of coeliac vaccine
By Anna MacDonald, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, May 9, 2011
Coeliac sufferers may not have to eliminate gluten from their diets after a successful trial of a potential vaccine. Scientists at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute say they have tested the vaccine on 34 people. If future trials are successful, the vaccine could be available by 2017. Doctor Jason Tye-Din says it could treat around 90 per cent of coeliac patients. Read more…
Cambridge startup ImmusanT launches with celiac therapy
By Rodney H. Brown, masshightech.com, March 15, 2011
Born from research in Australia, new Cambridge startup ImmusanT Inc. has launched to commercialize a therapy that aims to treat celiac disease like a simple allergy with regular injections of a therapy. According to Leslie J. Williams, founder, president and CEO of ImmusanT, what attracted her to the core concepts behind the company was “the science – the simplicity and the elegance of the science.” That science came from Nexpep Pty. Ltd., based in Melbourne, Australia, which had been founded by Bob Anderson, a gastroenterologist and an expert in immunology and clinical management of celiac disease at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Read more...Related story at
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Prometheus Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Nestlé Health Science
Prometheus Laboratories news release, San Diego, May 24, 2011 – Prometheus Laboratories Inc., (“Prometheus”) a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Nestlé Health Science S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nestlé S.A., for an undisclosed amount. Nestlé Health Science became operational in January 2011 with the goal of pioneering science-based nutritional solutions in order to deliver improved personalized healthcare for medical conditions. In the longer term, the company aims to use nutritional solutions to change the healthcare paradigm and deliver affordable and effective health benefits which are also safe and sustainable. More stories on this: www.nasdaq.com, www.bloomberg.com.
Refractory Celiac Disease Might be More Common in Europe than in the USA
By Diana Gitig Ph.D., Celiac.com, May 27, 2011
Refractory Celiac Disease (RCD) is exactly what it sounds like: persistent malabsorption symptoms and intestinal villous atrophy even after following a gluten free diet. It is divided into two subtypes. RCDI has normal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) while RCDII has abnormal IELs. RCDII is by far the more severe - there is no effective treatment, and it is often fatal within five years. Recent studies in Amsterdam and Paris have reported that RCDII can account for 28-75% of RCD patients. A group of researchers led by Ciaran Kelly at the Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the only specialized celiac center in New England, set out to determine if the same was true in the United States. They found a much lower incidence, 17%, of RCD patients with RCDII. Read more…Read original journal article.
Confirm Celiac Diagnosis by Biopsy Before Advising Gluten-Free Diet
By Michele G. Sullivan, Internal Medicine News Digital Network, May 4, 2011
An intestinal biopsy is almost always necessary to confirm celiac disease and is a must before committing a patient to the only effective treatment – a lifelong gluten-free diet.
Sticking to such a restricted diet is difficult and expensive, Dr. Sheila Crowe said at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. "A lifelong gluten-free diet sounds simple, unless you’re the patient. ... Eating out is very difficult, especially for children and teens who face a lot of peer pressure. And eating gluten free at home is expensive. Studies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom confirm that a lifelong diet of gluten-free foods costs about three times more than a normal diet," said Dr. Crowe, professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Read more...
Affordable and tasty gluten-free cooking
By Jennifer Gennari, Marin Independent Journal, May 4, 2011
A diagnosis of celiac disease in 2006 meant I had to say goodbye to bread sticks, bruschetta and biscotti. I only get a little resentful when I eat out, but mostly going gluten-free has changed my cooking and shopping habits. I cook more often from scratch and my grocery bills have increased. Read more…
More People May Benefit From Going Gluten-Free:
Avoiding troublesome foodstuffs helps even those without celiac symptoms, study finds
HealthDay News, May 8, 2011 People at risk for celiac disease ought to be screened for the disorder, even if they show no symptoms, a new study suggests. Celiac disease is a disorder that causes digestive problems in the small intestine when the person consumes gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. The number of U.S. residents with the disease has grown rapidly in recent decades, but, according to the study authors, an estimated 2 million people have the disease but do not know it. Read more…
Alvine Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of US Patents for Enzyme Use in Celiac Disease
By EON: Enhanced Online News, May 18, 2011
Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of autoimmune and gastrointestinal diseases, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued four key patents: 7,943,312; 7,928,056; 7,923,532; and 7,910,541, protecting various aspects of Alvine’s core technology. These patents cover gluten degradation with gluten-specific proteases, methods for identifying proteases useful in degrading gluten and reagents for diagnosing celiac disease. Alvine has an exclusive worldwide license to these patents from Stanford University. Read more here and here…
When, and Why, Did Everyone Stop Eating Gluten?
By Diana Gitig, Scientific American, May 10, 2011 Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease in which the ingestion of gluten induces enteropathy, or inflammation of the gut, in genetically susceptible individuals. This destruction of the gut means that nutrients cannot be absorbed, leading to a variety of clinical symptoms: anemia due to the lack of iron, atherosclerosis due to the lack of calcium, failure to thrive in children, and GI stress, among others. Read more…
Bogus baker gets prison term
By Jay Price, The News & Observer, April 13, 2011
RALEIGH -- When Paul Seelig, the Durham "baker" who sold bogus gluten-free bread that sickened dozens of people, was sentenced to up to 11 years in prison in Wake Superior Court on Tuesday, a digital cheer erupted from the nation's celiac community. Read more...
Gaining loyalty in the gluten-free market
By Caroline Scott-Thomas, Food Navigator, April 8, 2011
Despite no globally accepted definition for gluten-free, gluten-free food manufacturers should aim for the lowest possible levels of gluten to gain loyal celiac customers, says dietitian Shelley Case. Interest in gluten-free diets has boomed in recent years, but gluten-free food manufacturers should focus on appealing to those consumers with celiac disease if they want to ensure longevity in the marketplace, said registered dietitian and gluten free nutrition expert Shelley Case speaking at the recent Natural Products Expo West event in Anaheim, California. Read more…
Celiac Disease Rates in Iran Similar to Europe
By Jefferson Adams, Celiac.com, April 8, 2011
Celiac disease has been traditionally believed to be a chronic enteropathy, almost exclusively affecting people of European origin. The use of new, simple, very sensitive and specific serological tests has revealed shown that celiac disease is as common in Middle Eastern countries as in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, where wheat is a major dietary staple. Read more...
The Public Health Crisis No One Is Talking About
Sasha Cagen, Huffington Post, April 19, 2011
Imagine there is a food additive that slowly poisons you and can even kill you. Now imagine you have no way of knowing whether it is in your foods. Three million American celiacs and I find ourselves in this situation. We have been patiently waiting for the FDA to pass a gluten labeling law while Brazil, the European Union, and Australia acted years ago. Read more...
Gluten-free gastronomy in San Francisco
Beth Winegarner, San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, 2011
For food lovers, being diagnosed with gluten intolerance can seem like a death sentence. Gluten - the protein in wheat, rye and barley - lurks everywhere. Bread and pasta, beer, gravies and sauces, even soy sauce are off limits. When you factor in the possibility of cross-contamination in restaurant kitchens, it's enough to make even the most die-hard gastronome hide at home with a plain steak and a head of lettuce. Read more…
Wheat allergy an 'impending epidemic' in India
Durgesh Nandan Jha, TNN, The Times of India, Mar 16, 2011
Wheat allergy, once considered a disease of the West, has been termed an 'impending epidemic in India' in an article published in a recent issue of Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR). The disease is not just affecting paediatric patients but adults too. According to the report, celiac disease, commonly known as wheat allergy, is seen more in north India as compared to south India due to high consumption of wheat products that contain gluten - a protein which causes this allergy - in this part of the country. Read more…
Journal article: Celiac disease: can we avert the impending epidemic in India? See Editorial By B.S. Ramakrishna, The Indian Journal of Medical Research, January 2011
Celiac Disease More Prevalent in Multiple Sclerosis
Megan Brooks, Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2011
Celiac disease is more prevalent in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their close relatives than in the general population, clinicians from Spain report. Increased efforts aimed at early detection and dietary treatment of celiac disease among MS patients with tissue IgA–antitransglutaminase-2 antibodies "are advisable," they conclude in a report published online March 7 in BMC Neurology. Read more... If the link just brings you to the Medscape login, try Googling the title and clicking on the top result.
New Treatment for Celiac Disease?
Research Shows Blocking a Protein May Reverse Celiac Disease Symptoms
By Denise Mann, WebMD Health News, Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Feb. 9, 2011 -
Blocking an inflammatory protein called interleukin-15 (IL-15) may help treat the symptoms of celiac disease and prevent the development of celiac disease in certain at-risk people, according to new research in mice published in Nature. Read more…. Read the original article in Nature.
Asthma linked to celiac disease
By Alison McCook, Reuters Health, New York, Feb 24, 2011
People with the digestive disorder known as celiac disease are more likely to develop another disorder involving the immune system: asthma, according to a new study. Read more…
Celiac Disease Diagnosis: Simple Rules Are Better Than Complicated Algorithms
By Carlo Catassi, MD, MPH and Alessio Fasano, MD
The American Journal of Medicine, August 2010
Abstract: Celiac disease is the only treatable autoimmune disease, provided that a correct diagnosis is achieved and a strict, lifelong gluten-free diet is implemented. The current diagnostic algorithm for celiac disease includes initial screening serological tests, followed by a confirmatory small intestinal biopsy showing the autoimmune insult typical of celiac disease. The biopsy, considered the diagnostic gold standard, has been recently questioned as a reliable and conclusive test for every case. Indeed, the wide variability of celiac disease-related findings suggests that it is difficult to conceptualize the diagnostic process into rigid algorithms that do not always cover the clinical complexity of this disease. Instead we find clinically useful the shifting to a quantitative approach that can be defined as the “4 out of 5” rule: the diagnosis of celiac disease is confirmed if at least 4 of the following 5 criteria are satisfied: typical symptoms of celiac disease; positivity of serum celiac disease immunoglobulin, A class autoantibodies at high titer; human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2 or DQ8 genotypes; celiac enteropathy at the small bowel biopsy; and response to the gluten-free diet.
Hold the Wheat: Some People Really Are Gluten-Sensitive, Doctors Say
By Emily Main, Rodale News, February 3, 2011
Doctors are starting to pay more attention to gluten sensitivity, a condition that mimics celiac disease but may be more widespread. Gluten-free foods are rapidly proliferating on grocery store shelves. Gluten-free is the one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry (second only to foods free of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs). The foods were intended for people with wheat allergies, or those suffering from celiac disease, a condition in which people have an autoimmune response to wheat gluten and related proteins in barley and rye. But a growing segment of the population are turning to these products to alleviate a variety of gastrointestinal problems. And new research supports the concept of "gluten sensitivity," in which people without celiac disease show symptoms in response to gluten. Read more…
Teen supplies those in need with gluten-free food
By Sarah Corrigan, Boston Globe, December 23, 2010
For the past five years, Keegan has lived gluten-free, and, inspired by his involvement with Project Bread, touched on an idea that is more than just food for thought: “When I was doing the Walk for Hunger, I suddenly thought, ‘What if I needed food? Would I be able to get gluten-free products if I couldn’t afford them?’ ’’ Read more…
What can I do about my celiac disease?
CNNHealth expert Dr. Melina Jampolis, January 28th, 2011
Question asked by Patrick of Omaha, Nebraska: How long does it take to feel the benefits of a gluten-free diet once diagnosed with celiac disease? I have been living gluten/casein free for over five years now and have yet to see much improvement. Expert answer:
Hi Patrick. Since celiac disease affects approximately 1 percent of the population and is often undiagnosed until later in life, your question provides a great opportunity to educate people about this disease. Read more…
Pet Talk: Show dog knows his business, and his gluten
By Sharon Peters, USAToday.com, Jan 11, 2011
The handsome Beauceron — from a 400-year-old breed that became almost extinct serving as messenger dogs in Europe during two world wars — regularly wows judges, though he's only 2 years old. Indeed, he's an AKC Grand Champion (the first male Beauceron to receive that title), and just last month he received an Award of Excellence at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach. But all that strutting of his stuff in the show ring keeps him busy for just a fraction of a year. The rest of the time, hour after hour, day after day, Elias, as he is known, is a hardworking gluten-detection service dog. Read more…
Going gluten-free: Reflections on what works
Mayo Clinic website, January 11, 2011
By Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D.
It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since my husband was diagnosed with celiac disease. He has carefully followed a gluten-free diet and has thrived. I asked my husband what has helped him be successful with this life-changing disease. Read more…
Potential Celiac Patients Show Signs of Disease
By Kristina Fiore, MedPage Today, December 17, 2010
Patients who are diagnosed with "potential" celiac disease appear metabolically similar to those who actually have the disease, researchers say. Among 29 "potential" patients, 24 were classified as having the disease on metabonomic analysis, Ivano Bertini, MD, of the University of Florence in Italy, and colleagues reported in the Journal of Proteome Research. "Our results demonstrate that metabolic alterations may precede the development of small intestinal villous atrophy and provide a further rationale for early institution of a gluten-free diet," they wrote. Read more...
FoodNavigator.com articles on gluten-free products and trends:
Industry warned over nutritional content of gluten-free products
Gluten-free buckwheat crackers pass taste quality test
Corn protein a step toward ‘holy grail’ for gluten-free bread
Quinoa and buckwheat top nutrition tables for gluten-free
Buckwheat flour potential expands for gluten-free bread options
Improved gluten-free and with oats and enzymes: Study
Gluten-free chestnut flour could add nutritional value
Gluten-free trend could fall like ‘a house of cards’
National Restaurant Assn. reveals hottest menu trends in 2011
By NRA Staff, December 1, 2010
The National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot” survey of more than 1,500 professional chefs – members of the American Culinary Federation (ACF) – reveals that local and hyper-local sourcing, healthy children’s meals, sustainable seafood, and gluten-free cuisine will be among the hottest trends on restaurant menus in 2011. Read more…
Medical Journal Articles January 2011
First Salivary Screening of Celiac Disease by Detection of Anti-transglutaminase Autoantibody Radioimmunoassay in 5000 Italian Primary Schoolchildren
Antibodies to the Wheat Storage Globulin Glo-3A in Children Before and at Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20871406
Small intestinal release mesalamine for the treatment of refractory celiac disease type I
Life is good for Gluten-Free Girl
By Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2010
Shauna James Ahern turned a diagnosis of celiac disease into an opportunity to get creative in the kitchen. She writes about her experiences on her popular blog and in a new cookbook, 'Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef.' Read more...
University of Maryland School of Medicine Receives $45 Million Private Donation for Celiac Research
By University of Maryland School of Medicine News October, 28th, 2010 With a new $45 million private gift from the family of a grateful patient, the University of Maryland School of Medicine is planning to establish the nation’s only major research enterprise devoted to the study of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and Type 1 diabetes. The gift, from Indiana couple Ken and Shelia Cafferty, is the largest private donation in the history of the University System of Maryland. The planned research enterprise will be a full-fledged, multidisciplinary academic organization that includes and expands upon two of the school’s outstanding research centers, the Mucosal Biology Research Center and the Center for Celiac Research. Alessio Fasano, M.D., a world renowned celiac disease researcher and professor of pediatrics, medicine and physiology at the School of Medicine, will direct the new research enterprise. Dr. Fasano is director of the Mucosal Biology Research Center and the Center for Celiac Research. Read more…
Study shows celiac disease can develop later in life
By Betty Klinck, USA TODAY, September 27, 2010
Celiac disease, an autoimmune illness affecting about one in 133 Americans, is showing an increasing presence among the elderly, says a study released today.
The study in the Annals of Medicine was led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Celiac Research. Read more... Related articles on this study: University of Maryland School of Medicine and Wall Street Journal Health Blog
FDA Clears First Fully Automated Gliadin Tests with Deamidated Peptides for Celiac Disease
By Yael Waknine, Medscape, September 27, 2010
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance for the first 2 fully automated gliadin tests with deamidated peptides (EliA GliadinDP IgA and EliA GliadinDP IgG; Phadia US) for use with other laboratory and clinical findings in the early diagnosis of celiac disease…"Physicians have been asking us for state of the art assays with a high level of sensitivity and specificity. Our launch this month of EliA GliadinDP IgA and EliA GliadinDP IgG will offer physicians who suspect a possible case of celiac disease, antibody tests with the lowest number of false positive results. This means avoiding putting patients through unnecessary endoscopies and biopsies," said Gabi Gross, autoimmune franchise leader of Phadia US, in a company news release. Read more…
Celiac disease without villous atrophy in children: a prospective study
Pediatric Research Centre, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. Published in J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;157(3):373-80
OBJECTIVE: To establish whether children who are endomysial antibody (EmA) positive and have normal small-bowel mucosal villous morphology are truly gluten-sensitive and may benefit from early treatment with a gluten-free diet.
CONCLUSIONS: The study provided evidence that children who are EmA positive have a celiac-type disorder and benefit from early treatment despite normal mucosal structure, indicating that the diagnostic criteria for celiac disease should be re-evaluated. Read more…
Giving Up Gluten To Lose Weight? Not So Fast: Diet Is Effective in Treating Celiac Disease, Wheat Allergies, But Not for Shedding Pounds
By Melinda Beck, Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2010
Gluten-free foods are everywhere these days—but they're much more than just a health craze. The bevy of new products, from gluten-free pasta to pizza and beer, are a boon to people with celiac disease, wheat allergies or gluten sensitivity who are on very restrictive diets. That group has grown dramatically in recent decades, for reasons not understood. Are they beneficial to everyone else? Probably not. Read more…
Gluten-free" foods may be contaminated: study
By Genevra Pittman, Reuters Health,
July 16, 2010
People with celiac disease and others who avoid gluten should beware that foods that are supposed to be naturally gluten-free are often contaminated, warns a new study. Read more…Study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Celiac Disease: A Concern Even Later in Life
Johns Hopkins Health Alert: May 3, 2010 -- For years, celiac disease -- an autoimmune disorder marked by sensitivity to gluten, a protein in wheat and some other grains -- was thought to be primarily a childhood ailment. Now doctors are finding that celiac disease can even appear for the first time in older adults. Read more...(The article references to this study: Undetected coeliac disease in the elderly: A biopsy-proven population-based study)
Celiac disease screening in young adults can be cost effective
MedWire News: Apr 14, 2010
Mass screening for celiac disease can be a cost-effective strategy in young adults, Israeli researchers report. The cost-effectiveness of screening was determined by the time delay between symptoms and diagnosis, quality of life on a gluten-free diet, and celiac disease prevalence. Read more…
The Gluten Game: How to Cross a Menu Minefield
By Sophie Brickman, The Atlantic Monthly, April 5, 2010
How do you live without bread? Pasta? Cookies? Beer? Chicken Lo Mein?!
Alas, my friend Elizabeth has been forced to do without these, and much more, after being diagnosed with celiac disease, an autoimmune reaction to gluten. All wheat products are out. Nonetheless, I made dinner plans with her, confident that I could handle another restrictive meal. I had done vegetarian. I had done kosher. But of course, my confidence hit me right in the gluten-filled butt. Gluten hides in everything. Read more…
The Overlooked Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
By Carolyn Sayre, New York Times, January 13, 2010
It took three decades to figure out what was making Donna Sawka so sick. Her symptoms — bloating, chronic diarrhea and weight loss — began early in childhood, and they only became worse as she aged. Nine years ago, after developing severe anemia, a specialist told Ms. Sawka that she had celiac disease. Read more… Dr. Sheila Crowe, a professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia, recently joined the New York Times Consults blog to answer reader questions about celiac disease. Dr. Sheila Crowe’s answers to readers’ questions:
April 8 Can You Be Intolerant to Foods Like Pasta?
January 13th Genetic Testing for Celiac Disease
January 12 Confirming a Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
December 22 Gluten-Free for the Holidays, and Beyond
December 21 The Varied Symptoms of Celiac Disease
Celiac disease: Are you the one?
By Dr. Stacey Kerr, Press Democrat, March 14, 2010
Max was born healthy. Somewhere in the second half of his first year he started getting one infection after another, his growth slowed, his behavior changed and he failed to thrive as expected. It took us more than a year to find the cause of his increasingly severe health problems. The diagnosis was clear once we thought to check for it. He was lucky that it only took a year to figure it out. Read more…
North Bay Celiacs responds in a Letter to the Editor
Against the Grain Peter H. R. Green became the go-to doc for a shadowy illness by learning to diagnose celiac disease By David J. Craig, Columbia, Winter 2009-10
For dermatologist Robyn Gmyrek, it was the cruelest fate: After she had spent years performing cosmetic procedures on people with warts, acne, scars, and crow’s feet, in 2002 her own face erupted with lesions that itched and burned and caused her to claw at her skin until it was raw. “The suffering was beyond,” says Gmyrek, an assistant clinical professor at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). “It felt like my skin was on fire.” Read more…
Going Gluten Free in Sonoma County
By Aly Anderson, Bite Club guest blog, Press Democrat, December 22, 2009
So you've cut gluten out of your diet. Lots of people decide to do it for lots of different reasons. Maybe your friends are doing it, too. Maybe you have Celiac Disease, or maybe you're trying to avoid the myriad symptoms that seem to come alongside the consumption of gluten -- bloating, gas, diarrhea (Ew. Say no more.). But at The Gluten-Free Lab, we believe you can keep living it up with just a couple of minor changes. Read more...
New hope for celiac disease sufferers?
Researchers look at oral enzymes and immunotherapy as possible treatments for celiac disease
By Cathryn Delude, Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2009
"It's very exciting that the pathophysiology of celiac disease is understood to such a degree that we can design potential therapies," said Dr. Peter Green, director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. There are two categories of treatments being developed. One would supplement a gluten-free diet and protect patients from occasional gluten exposure; the other would train the immune system to tolerate gluten and allow patients to eat a regular diet. Read more...
“New Link Found Between Osteoporosis And Celiac Disease”
ScienceDaily, October 8, 2009 [Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine]— People with celiac disease may develop osteoporosis because their immune system attacks their bone tissue, a new study has shown.
It is the first time an autoimmune response – a condition whereby the body can attack itself – has been shown to cause damage to bones directly. ...The team found that although this new form of osteoporosis did not respond to calcium and vitamin D supplements, it can be easily treated with drugs that prevent bone loss. Read more…
“Celiac Disease: A Diagnosis Often Missed”
CBS News, October 1, 2009 - There's a disease that American doctors are absolutely terrible at diagnosing. It's estimated that three million Americans have celiac disease and only a small percentage of them know it. In celiac disease, a component of wheat, rye, and barley called gluten sets off an immune reaction that attacks the intestine and can affect the entire body. Read more...
$1.1 million grant for development of celiac-safe wheat
Washington State University – September 17th, 2009
WSU scientist Diter Von Wettstein’s work on developing gluten-free wheat for people who suffer from celiac disease has received another major infusion of financial support. Washington’s Life Science Discovery Fund Wednesday announced that Von Wettstein was one of six researchers in the state to win a project grant. He will receive nearly $1.1 million to continue his work. The award comes on the heels of a four-year, $837,000 award from the National Institutes of Health earlier this year. Read more...
“Firm cancels health insurance coverage for girl, 17, after celiac disease diagnosis”
By Jon Yates, Chicago Tribune, September 17, 2009
When 17-year-old Brianna Rice was diagnosed with celiac disease in February, she had health insurance. She doesn't now. Read more…
“Challenges and benefits of gluten-free labeling laws”
By Caroline Scott-Thomas, Food Navigator, September 11, 2009
Allergen labeling has come a long way, but a US study of food labels last month found that ambiguities are still prevalent. FoodNavigator-USA.com examines the current position on gluten-free labeling rules. Read more…
“Science rises to the gluten-free challenge”
By Stephen Daniells, Food Navigator, September 10, 2009
The increasing prevalence of coeliac disease is driving innovation, and the growth in the size of the market is boosting R&D investment, but the ideal gluten-free product is still not on supermarket shelves. Read more…
“The rise and rise of gluten-free”
By Nick Hughes, Food Navigator, September 9, 2009
The global market for gluten-free food and drink products has grown exponentially in the past five years with a raft of new products hitting the market. Clear leaders are starting to emerge in what was once a niche. Read more…
“Meeting demand for ancient grains”
By Jess Halliday, Food Navigator, September 9, 2009
Interest in ‘ancient’ grains like quinoa, sorghum and teff has soared, not least because of their gluten-free quality. That means expanding supply to keep up with demand. Read more…
“Celiac Disease Insights: Clues to Solving Autoimmunity”
By Alessio Fasano, Scientific American, August 2009
Study of a potentially fatal food-triggered disease has uncovered a process that may contribute to many autoimmune disorders. Read more…
“The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease"
By Lesley Alderman, The New York Times, August 14, 2009
You would think that after Kelly Oram broke more than 10 bones and experienced chronic stomach problems for most of his life, someone (a nurse? a doctor?) might have wondered if something fundamental was wrong with his health. But it wasn’t until Mr. Oram was in his early 40s that a doctor who was treating him for a neck injury became suspicious and ordered tests, including a bone scan. Read more…
“Mayo Clinic Study Finds Celiac Disease Four Times More Common than in 1950s"
"Undiagnosed celiac disease associated with nearly quadrupled mortality” - July 1, 2009 - Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is over four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology. The study also found that subjects who did not know they had celiac disease were nearly four times more likely than celiac-free subjects to have died during the 45 years of follow-up. Read more…
“Nutritional Complications of Celiac Disease”
By Jennifer Autodore and Muralidhar Jatla
Practical Gastroenterology - July 2009
Celiac disease affects the absorptive capacity of the small intestine and can lead to specific nutrient deficiencies such as iron, calcium and folate. This article details these deficiencies and how best to treat them. From the Practical Gastroenterology home page do a search for “celiac.” For related articles do a search for “gluten-free.”
“Gluten intolerance becoming more commonplace”
By Marion Nestle, San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2009
Q: I'm a chef at a [Napa] high school, and I've noticed a sharp increase in the number of students who claim to have gluten intolerance and celiac disease. Is this something on the increase or just another example of the latest obsession in our increasingly obsessed culture? Read the answer…
“Economic Impact Of Undiagnosed Celiac Disease Probed”
ScienceDaily, March 27, 2009 — A study published in Journal of Insurance Medicine by members of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center has demonstrated an economic benefit to the diagnosis of celiac disease in a national managed-care population in the United States. Read more…
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http://www.celiac.org/cd-research.php
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http://www.csaceliacs.org/ResearchHome.php
http://celiac.nih.gov/Research.aspx
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