There now is insurance against any celiac suing an establishment for getting sick .....Here is the article about insurance for restaurants. "Gluten-Free" Trend Spurs Demand for Restaurant Liability Insurance. Specialized Food-Service Coverage Is Insureon's Latest in Series of Insurance Catering to Small or Micro Businesses. CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Aug 10, 2012) - According to Insureon, the leading online agent for small business insurance, a growing trend toward "gluten-free" menu items at America's restaurants and catered events is increasing the demand for a special kind of insurance designed to protect food-service businesses against lawsuits arising from bad reactions to food products. The "gluten-free" trend is helping many establishments appeal to millions of Americans who are. Want to read more about it? www.marketwire.com

Cheap, Fast New Test Promises Accurate Results for Celiac Disease, Other Disorders By Jefferson Adams Published 07/26/2012

Wouldn't it be great if we didn't need a biopsy to confirm we had celiac disease? Read about a new test that can even detect other autoimmune diseases @ www.celiac.com

Is your problem gluten? Or faddish eating? July 31, 2012 RSS Feed Print By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press. Interesting read on gluten sensitivity and fad eating. Is the explosion of available gluten free products good or bad? Will it last? Read more @ www.spokesman.com

 

As reported in the summer issue of Journal of Gluten Sensitivity, a George Washington University study has proven that, indeed, the very sensitive celiac can have an unpleasant reaction for topically applied gluten.

 

A representative from Clariol could not confirm whether gluten might be in the fragrances used in their products. She also stated that even fragrance-free products actually have a masking chemical that might contain gluten. Also, it's a good idea to beware of the botanical names for several key ingredients:

triticum vulgare is wheat

hordeum distichon is barley

secale cereale is rye

avena sativa is oat

 

Others words to watch out for include:

 

hydrolyzed malt extract

wheat or vegetable protein

fermented grain extract

cyclodextrin

samino peptide complex

phytospingosine

stearydimoniumhydroxypropyl

 

Put those in you Ipad or whatever, because how the heck do we keep all of this in our heads.

 

The cosmetic industry is basically self-regulating. The FDA was tasked by Congress to complete guidelines and definitions of gluten by 2008. However, it is still not done. We really do need to read the labels of everything, don't we?

 

This company had an ad in the J of GS, stating they are a manufacture of GF, organic and vegan skincare products:  www.sophyto.com

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In some people, eating gluten can trigger the making of a chemical called zonulin. Zonulin weakens the tight configuration of the cells of the small intestinal wall. This causes leakage of larger food particles into the blood stream, causing an immune response. (Journal of Gluten Sensitivity, Summer 2012). One such protein that might be mistaken as an invader is the protein in milk, casein. It, too, is similar chemically to gluten. Newly diagnosed celiacs often cannot tolerate dairy, though after a few years, many can once again enjoy milk products without ill effect.

 

But while this time out may difficult, it is not considered a true allergy. An allergy to milk triggers an IgE response, causing a number of troublesome reactions, affecting multiple body systems. Milk allergy usually appears early in life, before the age of one and more common in boys than girls. But of the 1-2% of children, most out grow it by age 5. But till then they can develop hives, rashes, wheezing, throat tightness, trouble breathing and swallowing, diarrhea and other digestive issues.

 

Lactose intolerance occurs when the body doesn't produce enough of the enzyme, lactase, to break down the milk sugar lactose. Asians have the highest rate of this condition at a rate of 90%, African Americans at 85% and Native Americans at 70%. The older one becomes, the less lactase our bodies make. But one can drink lactaid milk and take the enzyme in supplement form to help.

 

Symptoms for lactose intolerance and milk allergy may be similar - both having vomiting and diarrhea. Those with milk allergy rarely experience the abdominal pain that some with lactose intolerance feels. The other differentiation is the length of the reaction time after consumption. With a milk allergy, even the smallest amount will trigger the autoimmune response within 2 hours of ingestion, whereas the lactose intolerance reaction can often occur beyond 2 hours from eating.

 

Those allergic to casein are also likely to be allergic to whey and 90% who are allergic to cow milk, react to any mammalian milk, goat, sheep, water buffalo, etc.

 

Your doctor can order a lactose tolerance test or hydrogen breath test. If the allergy is suspected then an IgE blood test or a skin prick testcan be employed. For more information see The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dairy-Free Eating (available at Amazon.com)

 

However, if you suspect your under 2 year old of CD, it is best to wait before doing the blood test for IgA and IgG, as it is not reliable till they are over 2.

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Worried about how you child's quality of life is now that they are on a GF diet? Well, relax. In a rare children's study of this nature, the newly diagnosed children proved to be very adaptable. They rated themselves with high scores in all categories of overall health. As one might expect, their parents rated them with lower scores. Those children that were more symptomatic experienced the most improvement and their scores were higher than those celiacs who were asymptomatic. 

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The European Journal of Nutrition (2012) reported that an Italian study showed that a sourdough made from corn, rice and amaranth, actually helped improve the biopsy tests in 8 newly diagnosed celiacs. I hope they share the recipe with us soon. Maybe this sourdough can help with refractory celiac. For Further Details - Click Here

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Celiac expert from the Mayo Clinic, Joseph Murray, MD and Mark Riddle, MD of the Naval Medical Center, tracked the US armed forces from 1999-2008. Their study, published in the Journal of Gastroenterology (May 2012), points to a rising number of soldiers developing CD within 2 years prior to experiencing infectious gastroenteritis.

www.medscape.com

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Researchers at the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University expressed their beliefs that CD is under diagnosed because endoscopies do not routinely include a biopsy sample (and Dr. Green says there should be 8 or so samples). I was shocked to discover that only 45% of women had samples taken, 39% men, and only 28% of African Americans. The source for this information was searched from the Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative Endoscopy Database. I guess you have to ask them to take a sample. Gee. Who would have guessed it? 

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Horse lovers. Listen up! The faculty researchers at the Dept. of Equine Sciences at the Univ. of Utrecht, Netherlands, have been studying horses with inflammatory small bowel disease (ISBD). In a controlled study, those with ISBD had higher levels of IgA. When put on a GF grains, their symptoms cleared, including those different their bowel issues, and their IgA levels came down. Horse Lovers

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