I am heading into the swing of midterms at school so I apologize if I don’t post much, I’ll be trying to post at least once a week though (and hopefully two)!

In the mean time, here is this weeks news and some ‘food for thought’!

Swedish study proposes that there is no link between Male Infertility and Celiac Disease
Sweden is a land full of researchers, at least in my experience anyway. This is an interesting find seeing as there have been many studies proving that infertility in women is higher in the population suffering from celiac disease, and most on this who went years as undiagnosed. I see several faults with this study. First, the population sizes are not equal in the CD population and the Normal population. The size varied by thousands which could account for the similar child average. Secondly, I know this study was looking at genuine infertility but other factors which interfere with child birth were not considered such as difficulty conceiving in other ways and they did not seem to account for relationship status. Perhaps the rates were similar because those with CD were married more so than those without. Finally, I am glad to see that the study says the results may not be generalizable to other countries. I would love to see replicated across the globe on a larger scale.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease decrease Quality of Life
This study seems very solid to me as it points out what it proposes and what it’s faults may have been. Quality of Life refers to your ability to live and function happily on a daily basis and complete the things you need to complete. QoL studies look deep into the impact of disease on life and a very common in the psychology/social work field so I am happy to see them spurring up in the GI field which so closely affect Mood. Most interesting about this study is the fact that they conclude by saying adherence to a Gluten-Free diet does not solve all GI issues for come CD patients in the study and thus they still have QoL concerns. I know for myself that this is true, I have to eat frequently now to keep my blood sugar normal and because I am not eating filler. This is a different GI issue to deal with but for me much better than killing my body. Do you still have any GI issues after going gluten free?


Momentum is picking up for the sale of Gluten-Free Products
As demand goes up, price goes down. Or that is how typical economics works, unless of course the product in demand is the only of it’s product on the market. That is the situation with most gluten free products. However, as more products are made and large businesses  (AKA General Mills) become interested in gluten free products we could see a change in pricing. Regardless of pricing however gluten free sales are on the rise at an estimated 30% increase since 2006. Interesting to know! What would be further interesting would be a break down of why more of these products are being sold. Is it because of an increase in diagnosis or something else like people making healthier eating options. I suggest General Mills conducts a customer survey to find out!

This final one I am just sharing because I have been thinking a lot about vitamins (and their lacking presense in my life) lately. Has anyone ever tried CeliAct Natural Supplement?

Please be aware that the links above are information I have found on my own on the internet from other sources and have compiled here for your easy access. The thoughts below are my personal ideas on the topics and in no way are related to another party other than myself.