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Celiac Disease

Supplements

Can Probiotics Prevent the Development of Celiac Disease?

In an animal study, mice fed the probiotic strain Saccharomyces boulardii KK1 began to reverse gluten-induced intestinal changes associated with celiac disease. Dr. Mercola pairs this with earlier work suggesting probiotics help heal intestinal barrier function.

Vitamins

Children with celiac disease should take vitamins

University of Alberta researchers studied 43 children and teens with celiac disease and found low bone density, insufficient vitamin D and under half the recommended vitamin K intake. Diana Mager recommends both vitamins plus daily outdoor activity to protect their bones.

Jul 23, 2010

Other Diseases

Scientists Find Culprits that Cause Celiac Disease

Researchers at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute say they have identified the specific gluten fragments that trigger celiac disease, after more than 200 patients ate bread, rye muffins or barley and gave blood tested against thousands of fragments.

Jul 22, 2010

Disease

Celiac Disease 4 Times More Prevalent than Fifty Years Ago

Mayo Clinic researchers compared more than 9,000 blood samples from 1948-54 with 12,000 recent samples from Olmsted County, Minnesota, and found the gluten antibody 4.5 times more common now, roughly 1 in 100 people. Why the rate climbed remains under debate.

Jul 9, 2009

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