AVG

Improve your Health with Video Games

Does this sound like an oxymoron?  Well think again.   Can’t get your kids to go outside and play or exercise in any serious fashion?  The bane of T.V.'s, video games and computers, NOT. Active Video Games (AVG) are being touted as a positive alternative to sedentary behavior in children according to a study published in…

BoneDensity

Bone Density Concerns with Celiac Disease

Celiac disease can potentially impair bone density in younger women, leading to more fractures, according to a small study in Argentina. Using high-resolution tomography, doctors compared 31 premenopausal women with celiac disease to 22 healthy women of similar age. The celiac patients had 26 percent lower bone density and the more severe the symptoms, the…

FoodChoices

Reduce Inflammation with Food Choices

If you’re looking to reduce the inflammation in your body, and you should be, break out the pie cherries. No, really. Those tart red orbs, fresh or dried, can reduce the pain of arthritis and exercise. One study even showed that the fruit has the highest anti-inflammatory content of any food. You can add the…

BreathTestBlog

IBS Symptoms Breath Test

If you have belly problems – bloating, gas, pain – and your doctor doesn’t know why, you may be in luck. A simple breath test can help determine the cause of your gastrointestinal symptoms. Ruling out common intolerances like lactose, gluten and glucose and bacterial overgrowth can set you on a path to the proper…

Germs

Too Clean for Your Health?

Reconsider that anti-bacterial gel you keep in your purse – a few germs may actually be good for you. Swedish researchers found that children raised in homes where dishes are washed by hand had fewer allergies and fewer skin rashes than children growing up in homes with a dishwasher. Scientists suggest that the bacteria remaining…

CDSymptoms

Updated Common Symptoms of Celiac Disease

Think consistent diarrhea is the one sure-fire symptom of celiac disease? Well, think again.  A new study performed on 770 Italian patients over a period of 15 years showed that other gastrointestinal symptoms such as constipation, bloating, gastro-esophageal reflux, nausea, vomiting and dyspepsia were increasingly indicators of the disease. That, and no stomach-related symptoms at…

momsandbabies

Timing Gluten Introduction In Babies Does Not Prevent CD

Parents trying to help their babies avoid inheriting celiac disease have fewer ways to do it, according to two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine this fall. Breast feeding ultimately doesn't help prevent the disease nor does either introducing gluten between 4 and 7 months or after 12. None of those…

ImprovedWeightLoss

Improving Weight Loss Success

A new study financed by the National Institutes of Health adds fuel to the fire to reconsider fat as the bad actor in the American diet. In fact, the study of 150 racially diverse men and women found that those who cut the carbohydrates in their diet and ate more fat lost weight and body…

brainfog

Brain Fog: What, Who, Where?

Why did I walk into this room?  What was I just saying?  Where are my keys?   Are you talking to me? Do you suffer from “brain fog”, a mild cognitive dysfunction where mental abilities such as thinking, attention, memory, judgment, understanding and/or learning are impaired?  Although, celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity are typically thought…

CDChildbirth

Positive Outcomes for Mom’s with CD & Childbirth

Expectant mothers worry about everything, but if they have a chronic disease, they worry more. So a new study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology offers pregnant women who suffer from celiac disease some hopeful news. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Nottingham in England, discovered that…