Most Autoimmune Diseases Possibly Linked To Celiac (Magazine article) (virus, stream, quality)

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This was an interesting article in Scientific American magazine talking about how Scientists are discovering in clinical research that the protein in grains (Gluten) is setting off a whole host of autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid etc.) in the body as the gluten is causing massive inflammation in the gut causing our Killer T Cells to go on a rampage and attack healthy tissue in the human body. They think that in many humans that the 10,000 years we've been eating grains is still not long enough to have caused genetic drift in our 2 million year old genome as Hunter Gatherer's.

Magazine article for those interested.
Celiac Disease Insights: Clues to Solving Autoimmunity - Scientific American Magazine Aug/2009

[Noahma]

Unfortunately I think the link to MS is not there. Many people like to throw in the MS name when talking about Autoimmune diseases. I have several friends that have gone on Gluten Free diets after being diagnosed, and notices absolutely no change after several years of trying it.

Recent studies on MS has brought up the possibility that the Mono virus might be the trigger for a genetic predisposition to MS.

Interesting article though.

[harry chickpea]

This concept has been around the alternative health world for years. The copyright on Braley and Hoggan's "Dangerous Grains" is 2002, and the info was generally available even before then. Again, mainstream medical "wisdom" is far behind the curve in some areas. I'm just waiting for the community to discover that N.A.E.T. actually takes care of a lot of the issues and then try to work backwards to figure out HOW it does it.

The SA article starts out with a synopsis of Braley's concepts, then ends up touting a new drug. Yet another reason for me to be disillusioned with the quality of the magazine.

[limapie]

I am new to the whole concept so I thought this was interesting. Thanks so much for posting.

[MikeJaquish]

We just bumped heads hard with Crohn's this week.
I think we ruled out celiac, but they are a couple of wierd disorders.
Who really knows?

Good reading that lead me down another path of reading.

[Noahma]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

We just bumped heads hard with Crohn's this week.
I think we ruled out celiac, but they are a couple of wierd disorders.
Who really knows?

Good reading that lead me down another path of reading.

as in you know someone with Crohn's or another yet to be determined AI disease? or you personally are being checked?

either way, I wish luck on finding out what is wrong, and it gets treated accordingly

[Braunwyn]

Huh, that's interesting. My brother has crohn's disease. He eats like crap any way, and I doubt he would try diet modification, but if anyone has a link to a full text study, that would be great.