My weekly posts have been thrown for a loop these past few weeks, and there hasn’t been much big gluten free news when I have had time to post, but hopefully things can get back to their typical pattern shortly! For now, here are my picks for gluten free news since the start of June!
As a social worker, I thought that this article is a good escape from the typical Celiac Disease related news. Rather than giving particular facts, discussing the latest research or putting a negative twist on the disease this article get’s right down to the importance of accepting the way you need to approach life, making sure that you educate yourself and make your health a known priority, and remembering to still enjoy yourself even though you may face life with a difficulty. Very straightforward and inspiring!
This is big news, seeing as some other countries with this in place have been cutting back funding. With this bill, it seems that the price difference between gluten free products and regular products would be subsidized for diagnosed patients, which to me is a better fiscal system then covering the food entirely like some other countries. What strikes me about this article is the suggested pitfalls of the program, which are all realistic.
We’ve all heard the news about Domino’s gluten free pizza, but CeliAct put it to the test. They found that, technically, the pizza’s are still under the limit for being safe for Celiac’s but I still feel the kitchen will get sloppier… In the article, the Co-Founder of CeliAct discusses one of the reasons why he choose to test the pizza, which may not be why you think! Very Interesting! What are your thoughts on this?
Testing for Celiac Disease, or any chronic autoimmune disease can often be tricky. This article describes a new system developed by Spanish researchers. While I am impressed that so many of these accurate and inexpensive tests are popping up, this article and test has me thinking for two reasons. First, I find it interesting that the title says it is a test for gluten intolerance, while the article says it is for celiac disease. The markers for these two conditions are different, so I hope that they can clarify which the test is truly for. Second, they say that the test is inexpensive however the test seems to be in and of itself a computer chip that requires a computer system to process. I don’t see that as inexpensive, and feel that to some respect such a diagnostic tool could create another disparity in diagnosis by leaving those who see doctors or hospitals with less computerize equipment without this new quick tool.
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