celiac research
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They pulled me for my own safety
Celiac disease is a battle no one prepares for. Once I believed a drug trial would cure me, but my body rebelled, leading me to the ER. It wasn’t the drug; it was gluten’s truth hitting harder than ever. I… Continue reading
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Celiac Disease Diagnosis is Backwards
To prove you have celiac disease, you often have to do the very thing that is damaging your body: Eat gluten. That sounds backwards, because most of the time when something hurts us, the solution is simple — stop doing… Continue reading
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Living Gluten Free = Lots of Detective Work
Celiac disease transforms you into a full-time label reader and part-time scientist. It’s not about giving up bread; it’s about carrying the mental load of being the sole decision-maker for your health every day. Continue reading
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How to order GF in a restaurant
Well covered territory, but new suggestions on how to order gluten free in a restaurant. Continue reading
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What We Have and What We Need In Celiac Disease
Celiac disease research is moving at both lightning speed—and painfully slowly. After nearly eight years of writing this blog, I can confidently say: a lot has changed, and yet so much hasn’t. Continue reading
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Next Phase of the Gluten Free Journey
So, you got the diagnosis of celiac disease. Congratulations! There is finally a name to the awful stuff that has been happening in the body and now what? After a few months of being diagnosed, most people do not feel… Continue reading
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How to order GF in a restaurant
Well covered territory, but new suggestions on how to order gluten free in a restaurant. Continue reading
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Why to participate in celiac disease clinical trials?
here are a variety of clinical trials out there for those with celiac disease. Some are observational – where you just report to the researchers what you ate or how you felt. Some are investigational – where they are testing… Continue reading
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A plan for the first year!
Eating plan for the first year being gluten free! Continue reading
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Alcohol and Gluten Free
The confusion surrounding gluten free alcoholic beverages is about to get much more complicated. It started with Corona Beer saying their beer was less than 20ppm of gluten. Then additional beer manufacturers started using “crafted to remove gluten”. And then… Continue reading
