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Celiac Awareness Day Sept. 13, 2011
Moderators: Rosie, Stanz, Jean, CAMary, moremuscle, JFR, Dee, xet, Peggy, Matthew, Gabes-Apg, grannyh, Gloria, Mars, starfire, Polly, Joefnh
Celiac Awareness Day Sept. 13, 2011
"Did you know that celiac is most common genetic autoimmune disease in the world? Celiac compared to some other diseases: at least 3 mil (M) have celiac, 3M have Type 1 diabetes, 2.7M have epilepsy, 2.1M have rheumatoid arthritis, 1.5M have lupus, .5M have Crohn's, 1M have Parkinson's, 400K have MS. Those with celiac would fill up 4,400 Boeing 747s or 936 cruise ships. Celiac is very common, but not commonly diagnosed. (Stats courtesy of University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center Fact Sheets.)"
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor and don't play one on TV.
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Joan,
I was thinking that you missed Alzheimer's disease, but then it dawned on me that Alzheimer's is not an autoimmune disease - it's apparently caused by starving the brain for cholesterol and fatty acids, (Alzheimer's patients have an average of about one-sixth the level of cholesterol and fatty acids in their cerebrospinal fluid, when compared with "normal" people).
I'll bet that if "decent" stats were available, MC would rank at least up there somewhere between lupus and RA, but that's just a wild guess, of course.
Thanks for the information.
Tex
I was thinking that you missed Alzheimer's disease, but then it dawned on me that Alzheimer's is not an autoimmune disease - it's apparently caused by starving the brain for cholesterol and fatty acids, (Alzheimer's patients have an average of about one-sixth the level of cholesterol and fatty acids in their cerebrospinal fluid, when compared with "normal" people).
I'll bet that if "decent" stats were available, MC would rank at least up there somewhere between lupus and RA, but that's just a wild guess, of course.
Thanks for the information.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I canceled my subscription to Consumer Reports because of their pet food article..........
Got this today via Facebook: http://news.consumerreports.org/health/ ... Y=I15SMFBH
Got this today via Facebook: http://news.consumerreports.org/health/ ... Y=I15SMFBH
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor and don't play one on TV.
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
You're probably thinking that that article proves my position wrong, but it doesn't, for this reason:
Anyone with high cholesterol who ever sees a doctor, is either prescribed a treatment regimen, (forever), with statins, or a low-fat, low cholesterol diet, or both. We don't even have to see a doctor to have that advice hammered into our brains - "Fat and cholesterol in the diet is bad", is the message that is constantly hammered into our thoughts, and it tends to alter our diet selections. Unfortunately, that medically-recommended diet, and/or statin treatment is the reason why Alzheimer's patient's cerbrospinal fluid becomes dangerously low on the fatty acids that are necessary to prevent the myelin sheaths that encase their nerve fibers and their brain cells from oxidation. As the myelin sheaths dry out from an inadequate supply of fat and cholesterol, the nerve cells die. The result is what we refer to as Alzheimer's disease.
Tex
Anyone with high cholesterol who ever sees a doctor, is either prescribed a treatment regimen, (forever), with statins, or a low-fat, low cholesterol diet, or both. We don't even have to see a doctor to have that advice hammered into our brains - "Fat and cholesterol in the diet is bad", is the message that is constantly hammered into our thoughts, and it tends to alter our diet selections. Unfortunately, that medically-recommended diet, and/or statin treatment is the reason why Alzheimer's patient's cerbrospinal fluid becomes dangerously low on the fatty acids that are necessary to prevent the myelin sheaths that encase their nerve fibers and their brain cells from oxidation. As the myelin sheaths dry out from an inadequate supply of fat and cholesterol, the nerve cells die. The result is what we refer to as Alzheimer's disease.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.