Make Gluten-Free Food Safe for Patients and Consumers
This call to action, from Representative Nita Lowey, and Doctor Alessio Fasano, is a wonderful piece of political advocacy for gluten free labeling laws. The two put it plain and simple why GF labeling is a must, and urge the government to act quickly on lingering laws that have not yet been approved after some time. This is what I like to see from figures in power, so thank you for the push!

Hepatitis B Vaccine and Boosters Appear to be Less Effective in People With Celiac Disease
This recently conducted study sheds light on one of the potential effects of Celiac Disease on other aspects of our health. In the results, it is reported that individuals with CD have lower Seroprotective levels for Hepatitis B than healthy controls. This suggests that more frequent booster shots might be necessary, although a reason behind this difference is not discussed.

How Much Misinformation about the Gluten-Free Diet is Too Much?
This article was posted outside of the window of this post, specifically on March 29th, but it is a must share. In this article Jules breaks down several gluten free articles that have been going around the internet and sets the record straight, something I strive to also do here. It’s a helpful resource to debunking some of the misinformation out there about the GF diet, and a good read (or share if you have people telling you what you say about your illness is wrong).

Blogging While White
This isn’t so much news, but it did get my gears turning. In this blog post from The Daily Dietribe, she discusses something interesting: that bloggers, specifically food bloggers, are almost (or appear to be) white. This was something that side swiped me, as it wasn’t something I had considered. Quite frankly, as a social worker and simply as a human being, I was disappointed about this. To me the problem stems from the topic of ‘privilege’. As one commenter suggested, many food related disease for which we blog are associated with   the connotation of being ‘rich people’s disease’. For that matter, to take it a step further, many of those diagnosed with the conditions we discuss are more often than not from Caucasian decent. This isn’t an excuse, because we all know there are non white individuals with food allergens or Celiac Disease, but perhaps this combined with some varying differences in the ways in which individuals obtain help (be it cultural perhaps) could account for this lack of non-white bloggers. It’s an interesting concept worthy of reading further in Iris’ post, but what do you think is the reason behind this?