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Don’t we celiacs often wonder: is Celiac Disease a new-fangled disease of our modern times ( what with all the industrial food we are eating) and our forefathers did not really have issues like these; or is it that celiac has always existed, it is only now that due to more awareness on the part of both patients & doctors, more people are actually being diagnosed.
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Food cultures & traditions across the world are rich with healthy, natural ways of eating. Our ancestors also knew that in order to survive, they will need to extract the maximum nutrition out of their foods, especially when food was not as plentiful nor healthcare as advanced. And so one will find fermented foods abound in every major culture. What are your favorite fermented food recipes?
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• Gut Bacteria Offer New Hope for People with Celiac Disease
  Probiotics and/or prebiotics may help alleviate the severity of celiac disease. According to a new research study, intestinal bacteria in celiac patients.
• Watching our pet’s diet, is gluten affecting them too
  People don’t generally think that the food they feed their pets not only affects their pets, but also impacts their lives as well..
• Milk, wheat-free diet may not help autism: US studyA popular diet that eliminates wheat and milk protein does not appear to help children with autism, but early behavioral treatments do, researchers reported on Wednesday.
• Gluten intolerance is rising Is it our imagination, or are gluten intolerance, and dietary disorders in general, increasingly in the news? Does this mean they’re on the rise?
  The answers are yes and yes, according to experts.
• Gluten Proofing kids Recently, her teacher approached us with the idea that perhaps Georgia had something going on with her diet, possibly a gluten intolerance that was lending to her behavior. She kept insisting that maybe gluten was the culprit. So being the responsible parents we are, we set out to eliminate gluten from our household.

• C-section increases celiac risk
  Individuals diagnosed with celiac disease early in their childhood are more likely to be born through cesarean section, a new study finds. More links: Do C-sections increase risk of celiac?, But study found no link between cesarean births, other inflammatory bowel condition
• Diet not the issue with autism
  A popular diet that eliminates wheat and milk protein does not appear to help children with autism, but early behavioral treatments do, researchers reported.
• Celiac disease requires special diet for health – not weight loss
• Learning a different way to eat MOUNT VERNON — Four years ago, at the age of 6, Twin Oak fourth-grader Lauren Keaton was diagnosed with celiac disease. Grocery shopping, food preparation and eating out suddenly became much more complicated for her and her family.
• A new book Celiac Disease Patients Empowered To Get Healthy In New Book From The AGA from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) offers broad and practical knowledge on celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, empowering those who are undiagnosed and those living with the disease to achieve the best possible health and well-being. Celiac disease is one of the most common autoimmune and gastrointestinal diseases. More than 95 percent of all people with …Read More >>