With gluten-free becoming a huge industry, naturally people might want to try the diet. But they usually don’t get tested for celiac. I say this should change.
The TIMING and your CURRENT DIET are critical in getting a correct diagnosis for celiac disease. It appears many health care professionals are not aware of these two factors, which is why YOU should be.
A call to do routine testing for celiac disease for all type 1 diabetics. Because type 1 diabetes and celiac disease are both autoimmune disorders they both tend to be prevalent in people diagnosed with one disease but maybe not the other — yet. But is this info enough to make the medical community get on board with routine celiac testing?
Grains, seeds and flour, that are inherently gluten free and many of us buy to create gluten-free foods, were tested for gluten contamination. What this research found was, in my view, alarming.
Whole Foods is removing products from its shelves, while Campbell’s hopes to get their gluten-free items back on their list. Companies finally come clean about handling gluten-free issues. But it’s not always done as transparently as it should.
