Gluten Free News Round-Up: January 1st-7th

Gap In Marketing for Specialized Diets in the UAE
Let’s get real people, not everyone has the opportunity to purchase gluten free products as we seem to have here in the United States or Europe. While we still pay large sums for our products, they are often still available to us. As this article states some countries, such as the UAE have a real lack of these foods readily accessibly, and a lack of understanding in general.

Can you Outgrow Celiac Disease?
Although not really news, I think this question poses a lot of points about the misconceptions of Celiac Disease and gluten intolerance. This come from lack of awareness, which we need to fight to increase!

A Gluten Free Reality Check
This article breaks a gluten free diet down between gluten-free weight loss diets, celiac disease, and gluten intolerance/sensitivity. It does a good job of being simple, and informative, while debunking the myth gluten-free is a life style chose. In fact, it talks about the mixed results of following a gluten free diet for medical conditions other than CD or gluten intolerance, as well as for weight loss.

Diagnosing Celiac Disease with Small Bowel Histopathology Results can Vary Among Pathology Practice
This research study takes a look at small bowel biopsy results from a number of patients and determined that diagnosis of CD based on these biopsy results varies based on experience and location, for example those results from hospitals tended to match the pathologists diagnosis in this study more often than those results from private practice. As the article states, the implications of this suggest that To combat variations in biopsy interpretation and reduce under-diagnosis of celiac disease, the team calls for greater celiac disease awareness and uniformity in small bowel biopsy reporting among pathologists.”

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