Some Disturbing Results From A Celic Study

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Hi All,

A recently-published study which analyzed the death rates of people with celiac disease, compared with death rates for those who were gluten sensitive, but did not have fully-developed celiac disease, revealed some disturbing evidence - death rates were higher for those with less-developed stages of the disease.

The higher risk in those with less severe disease, Ludvigsson says, may be because of the untreated inflammation, as those patients may not be told to follow a gluten-free diet.

Actually, the statement that "those patients may not be told to follow a gluten-free diet" is a distortion of the facts. The truth is that most doctors not only advise those patients who don't have fully-developed celiac disease, to continue eating gluten, but the doctors usually become indignant, if a patient chooses to discontinue eating gluten, against the doctor's advice. IOW, they're advising those patients to take health risks that they obviously shouldn't be taking, just as we've always suspected. Shame on the doctors who continue to do that.

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