Research is being done to try to determine WHY there has been an increase of Celiac Disease in children under two years of age in Sweden. Was it immunizations, diet or genetics?
Between 1984 and 1996,Celiac Disease in Sweden increased 4 times the normal rate of the disease, in children under the age of two.Researchers have been trying to figure out why. Read the complete article at MSN – http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47965462/ns/health-childrens_health/#.T-yZdphQSSp
Researchers discovered gluten was an environmental cause of celiac disease 60 years ago.
In a study, 244 people with celiac disease in Australia and the United Kingdom ate bread, rye muffins or boiled barley over three days. About a week later, blood samples were taken to measure the strength of their immune responses.
The findings could be used to develop a treatment, known as peptide-based immunotherapy. It involves injecting people with celiac disease with the toxic peptides to gradually build up their tolerance.
It would be a “miracle” if people with celiac disease could stop worrying about accidentally eating gluten, said Geraldine Georgeou, a dietitian on the board of Australia’s Gut Foundation. “That could be quite a way off unfortunately,” said Georgeou, who has celiac disease herself.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/22/celiac-disease-gluten.html#ixzz0uytTpKaE – http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2010/07/22/celiac-disease-gluten.html#ixzz0uytTpKaE