| There really is a huge movement to find ingredients | | | | identified. We know that this disease is 100 times |
| that work well in replacing wheat flour (barley and | | | | more common than was thought and this has been |
| rye as well) where it has always held the monopoly in | | | | confirmed by researchers around the world, with no |
| taste and texture. What in the not too distant past | | | | continent being spared. The disorders develops when |
| was tough to find, is now readily available for both | | | | a person exposed to gluten, also has a genetic |
| the home cook and the ready-to-eat purchaser. | | | | susceptibility to celiac disease and an unusually |
| Gluten intolerance and the more serious condition | | | | permeable intestinal wall or a "leaky gut". What is |
| known as celiac disease has been with us since | | | | amazing is that this trio, an environmental trigger, a |
| antiquity but not understand and often misdiagnosed. | | | | genetic susceptibility and a "leaky gut" seems to be |
| Research has intensified in the past 10 years and this | | | | the basis for other autoimmune disorders as well. |
| situation is now recognized as a swelling problem in | | | | This is very exciting news! This could have enormous |
| the gluten ingesting populace. Although most don't | | | | impact on creating new treatments when we |
| know what is wrong with them, about 1 percent of | | | | consider that type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and |
| the world population has celiac disease, scientists | | | | rheumatoid arthritis not to mention Krohn's Disease |
| claim. Anyone dealing with the misery and continuous | | | | and inflammatory bowel disease are all autoimmune |
| symptoms knows firsthand the ramifications of what | | | | disorders. |
| is now being labeled as an autoimmune disease. | | | | Removing gluten from the diet allows the intestinal |
| A recent issue of Scientific American written by | | | | tract damage to heal and prevents continued |
| Alessio Fasano, MD, professor of pediatrics, medicine | | | | complications from nutrients being hijacked. Many |
| and physiology and director of the Mucosal Biology | | | | people have poured their efforts into creating a |
| Research Center and the Center for Celiac Research | | | | wonderful array of gluten free recipes and gluten |
| at the University of Maryland School of Medicine | | | | free cooking that will be highlighted in this blog. What |
| shares some important facts he and his team have | | | | pleases our palates will also soothe our stomachs! |