It does take a masters degree in psychology to figure out that if you are diagnosed as celiac (or any other chronic disease) you might become despondent or depressed. However, I wanted to know how your brain would react to Read more…
Unfortunately, the answer is yes and no. Yes, a gluten free diet will usually heal the symptoms but it will not cure the underlying celiac disease. The Minnesota Mayo Clinic conducted a study of 241 adults in 2010 and found Read more…
In 2014 the Celiac Disease Foundation reported that Western studies have shown about a 50% increase in cancer risk for those with celiac or substantive gluten sensitivity. That being said, Beyond Celiac.org reminds us: “…It is important to remember, however, Read more…
In short, Coeliac, Celiac and Celiac Sprue are the same thing: Celiac disease is the term used the United States and Canada Coeliac disease is the term used mostly in Europe Celiac Sprue is used in tropical locals The last Read more…
I am one of the ‘lucky’ people that are so called ‘asymptomatic’, meaning that I can eat all the gluten I want and not have a near immediate intestinal response. My big problems are terrifying hemiplegic migraines and agonizing gut Read more…
You might have heard about a vaccine for Celiac Disease but don’t have the details… and neither did we so I dug into it and here is what I found: There is a vaccine already in human trials from Cambridge Read more…
Every Thursday night Palm Springs holds a large street festival on North Palm Canyon Drive (basically, the downtown strip) called Village Fest and we spent forever trying to find a restaurant that took my Celiac seriously. First we looked up Read more…
The Blaze Pizza chain is often discussed in the Celiac community as a good place to eat at. They have a good gluten free dough, a special press for that dough and a different tool to insert and remove the Read more…
If you are reading this page you likely know someone with EoE and you want to get to the facts quickly. As such, I will keep my editorializing to a minimum and only add in personal stories where I think Read more…