I just feel
miserable; I mean I have
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abdominal pain,
bloating, flatulence, upset
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stomach, I don't
know what's the problem?
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Well, it may be
today's topic entitled
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Gluten for Punishment.
We will be right back.
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Hi, welcome to Abundant Living.
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My name is Curtis Eakins.
I am glad you are with us
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today and we have a wonderful
program in store with you.
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Now this is, okay
with you, and I am his
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wife Paula Eakins.
Yes, Paula Eakins, yes.
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I am glad to be here with you.
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My bride of glorious 13 years.
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You are doing
alright? I am doing wonderful.
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You are looking pretty good too.
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Gluten for
Punishment. Not glutton, but
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Gluten for Punishment.
Gluten for, celiac disease.
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Yes. How prevalent is
it? You just let the cat
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out the bag, didn't
you? Yes, where it is.
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Well, celiac disease
of course those who have
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intolerance to gluten
is known as celiac disease.
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And it is very
prevalent here in United States.
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Now it's about 1 in 133.
So, that's about 1% of the
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population, which is little
bit over 2 million people.
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And it is so prevalent
that now it is the number one
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fastest growing health
food product on a market,
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gluten free products, the
fastest growing right now and
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2001 market value
was about $210 million
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at that growing rate by
2010 it would be $1.7 billion
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as far as product
market is concerned for gluten
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free products. So, it's
very prevalent and it's growing
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at a growing rate. As a
matter of fact, I know just
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realized just recently
that there are actually celiac's
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camp for
children for the summer.
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You know you got summer
camps, but there is actually
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a camp celiac and it's all
over the nation and it's just
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popped up I guess within
the last 10 years. There is
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celiac camp in Washington
State, there is one in Rhode
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Island, there is
one in North Carolina,
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there is one in Texas.
So, all these camps are for
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children who have celiac's
disease. So, it's really
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prevalent and it's
going at a growing rate.
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So it's a result of gluten,
you are saying is a result.
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Yes, And from the
gluten it's called celiac.
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Right celiac
disease. Okay, okay, so what
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exactly then is the
celiac disease. What happens?
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Well celiac disease
is actually a chronic
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digestive problem,
where person cannot tolerate
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gluten and so with that
in mind you have a several
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symptoms and
problems associated with that.
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So, when a person cannot
tolerate gluten of course
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you have digestive upsets.
So, it's a chronic disease
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dealing with
that particular issue.
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So, they are actual
gluten products still on the
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market... You are saying
they are marketing now you
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are saying products
that are gluten free, right.
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Right now, now on
the market now there are
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wheat free, yeah, and
sometimes they labeled as
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gluten free.
They are not the same.
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Wheat free does not
mean gluten free and let me
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explain this. First of
all, wheat contains the
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protein gluten. We know
that and within that wheat
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category you have
semolina, you have durum,
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you have spelt, that's
wheat. Now that's true gluten.
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But, in addition to
that you also have grains
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that's not in the
wheat category, but still
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contains gluten rye and barley.
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So, therefore those also
other than the wheat that also
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contains gluten, so if
you see a product that says
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wheat free it does
not mean it's gluten free,
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if it contains rye or barley.
Now there is other grains
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one in particularly is
oats. Now it just appears on the
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resource and what clinical
studies you look at some
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people say that people
who have intolerance to
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gluten cannot oats. Some
studies said that you can.
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The reason why there is
a mix up as far as whether
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or not oats is part of
this gluten free line here is
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that according to the
New England Journal of
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Medicine, oats have
less than 10% of the gluten
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in its product. Thereby
and a lot of cases people
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who have gluten
intolerance can digest
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oats without any
problem, others cannot because
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it has less than 10%
then it's like any gray
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area, but again your
buckwheat and amaranth also in
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the gray area as well.
So, you have products that
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are known to have gluten,
the wheat, okay, and then
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also they spelt
semolina and also the durum, rye
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and barley, that's
known cause to have those
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digestive upsets. Now in
the gray areas is the buck
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wheat and amaranth and
those are in the gray area.
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Now oats most people
can take oats because oats
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has less than 10% of
the gluten protein, so most
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people can digest
oats without any upset
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according to the New
England Journal of Medicine.
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And so now in the
safe area you have rice and
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corn also we can call
maize. So, those are in
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safe area for those who
have gluten intolerance.
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So, then what are some
of the overlooked offenders?
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Okay. Now good
question because most people
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know about the
offenders the wheat, semolina,
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durum, spelt also
the rye and the barley.
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But, now sometimes
there are some overlooked
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offenders that people
may not be aware of that can
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also cause these digestive
upsets. Let's go to our
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next graphic and see what these
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overlooked offenders are.
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Here they are folks,
soy sauce, brown rice syrup
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sometimes from malt
barley, malted barley,
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vegetable protein,
modified food starch and
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of course we mentioned
already the durum, wheat,
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semolina and also the
spelt. So, some of these are
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some overlooked
offenders that people may
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not be aware of and they
may be listed on a container.
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So, it may not have
the word wheat, it may not
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have rye or barley,
but they have those things
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listed on the ingredient
list and they can also
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cause GI symptoms for those who
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have intolerance for gluten.
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What are some of the
typical symptoms then?
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Well the typical
symptoms of course we
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missing at the teas
again to reiterate the bloating
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abdominal pain. We
also have digestive upsets
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such has flatulence and
so cramping and bloating
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and those kind of
things nausea, upset stomach,
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those are the typical
symptoms for those who
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have gluten
intolerance or celiac disease.
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Now the National
Institute of Health discovered
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that 1 or 2 million
have been under diagnosed
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because sometimes these symptoms
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are not always
typical. There are some other
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symptoms that when you
look at this also attribute
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to gluten intolerance.
Let's go to our next graphic
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and see what these symptoms are.
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Non GI symptoms that's
gastrointestinal you can
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also have fatigue,
weakness, unexplained
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headaches, muscle
weakness, depression,
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we can add to that
list non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
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seizures as well. All
these can be result of a person
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who has intolerance to gluten.
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Therefore, sometimes
that's why some doctors
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may not diagnose it
properly because it mimics
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other symptoms as well
such as irritable bowel
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syndrome, inflammatory
bowel disease, chronic
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fatigue syndrome, where
person may not have that
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disease, but it
may be celiac disease.
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But, it is not diagnosed
that way because they are
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not looking at the
typical symptoms that may be
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some other symptoms we just
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numerated there on the screen.
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Then how can it
really be diagnosed?
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Well, now the gold
standard to diagnose
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celiac disease is intestinal
biopsy, where they take a
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tissue from intestines
and they look under the
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microscope and can
determine whether or not
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the person has celiac's
disease. Now also there is
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other tests done to
you have the serum test,
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antibody test, and
there are about three other
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different tests that
you can take as well.
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But, the main thing is
that if a person does have
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these typical
symptoms the GI upsets or the
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non-GI upsets as well
then I suggest that those who
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have those symptoms
to lay off the gluten
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products the
things that we mentioned.
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Okay. For at least two
weeks, and then monitor
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one's digestive upsets.
If they subside they are
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more unlikely the
person has celiac disease, but
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again we should not
neglect intestinal biopsy
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because that's like
the gold standard for that.
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And again if one has
these symptoms if one lay
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off of these products
in about three to five days
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the symptoms should
subside. Now most people believe
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that celiac disease in
inherited and one reason
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for that because
there was a study
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done in Denver, Colorado.
They took a tissue sampling
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of over a thousand
newborns and of that one
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thousand newborns
about 1 in 100 about 1% had
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gluten intolerance, which
is really the national average.
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Now these are newborns,
so it indicates that gluten
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intolerance could be
an inherited situation.
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So, that's why
sometimes only way of getting
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around that is simply to
lay off of the gluten products.
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So, again make sure that
if it says wheat free it's
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not necessarily gluten
free, had to be gluten free.
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And the National Institute
of Health is mandated in
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the Food and Drug
Administration to make a
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definitive statement as
to what is gluten free on
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products starting
2008, wow! wow! because it is
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epidemic and is
growing at a growing rate.
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So, then there is a
possibility that some
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individuals, who are
adults now from what you
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are saying
actually had a problem
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earlier and did not know it.
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They were simply
misdiagnosed. Okay. Right,
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Okay. That's why it's
very important to understand
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because they are doing
all these things being treated
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with irritable bowel
syndrome, inflammatory
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bowel disease,
chronic fatigue syndrome,
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the problem is not
going away because it could be
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celiac disease, that's
why the gold standard is
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intestinal biopsy that
they can see definitively
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whether or not
the person is indeed a
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candidate for celiac disease.
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What about nutritional
deficiencies and if you
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are having a problem of
bloating and diarrhea and
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all that, how is
the nutrition or the
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nutrients
getting into the system.
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Well good question
because the point of it is
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that once they have
those symptoms the nutrition is
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not going into the
system because of the situation,
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okay, in the intestines
and so therefore what you
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have is those who have
celiac disease is like a
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double whammy. You
have the intestinal upsets,
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but also the foods cannot
simply, the nutrients from
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the food cannot
simply go into the system.
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So, those who have
celiac disease usually are iron
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deficiency, so you
have anemia because iron is
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not getting into the
system because of the GI upset.
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Also you have
osteopenia and also osteoporosis
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because the calcium is
not getting absorbed into the
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system as well. Also
the fat soluble vitamins,
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that's vitamin A, D, E and
K. We call that ADEK group,
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ADE and K, those
vitamins in particular
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have a hard time going
to a system from the food
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that a person
eats because of the
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digestive upset as well.
So, vitamin B, folic acid
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again because of the
problem with the upset
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stomach or digestive
upset. So, with those people it
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may be better to
take some type of multi
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supplement to offset
the deficiency based on the
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symptoms from celiac disease.
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Woh! Okay. That's a lot.
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Yeah. As a matter of
fact I got a couple of friends
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that have some problems
with the gluten intolerance.
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Yes. I just kind of
wonder if they I guess certain
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culture or certain
group that actually has the
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problem with celiac
disease from what you are
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saying that is something
that could be anybody, yeah,
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anybody, it could be
anybody. Yes. No certain group
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because of there has
been some good studies
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published in the
New England Journal of
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Medicine and also
the Journal called
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Gastroenterology, they
both suggest that again
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particularly from
that study done in Denver,
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Colorado that
these are newborns.
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Okay. 1 in 100, which
is really the national
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average, which is 1 in
133. So, again that's why they
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figure that it is
probably inherited disposition
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as far as being
intolerant to gluten.
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Well I do remember I
know one thing for sure
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and that is that there
are foundations out there like
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you said the Celiac
Foundation and when we
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go in the kitchen
room, show them the booklets
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up way, they have a
websites you can, yeah
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actually go to, many websites
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And get information
from, but I know now that
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when I go to store and
that's just the regular
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store because we flour
it was an health food store,
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where you only saw it.
But, now you can go to a
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regular store,
regular supermarket
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and they have a whole section.
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Whole section.
Gluten free foods.
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That's right. Yes and
you know again like I said
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before it's the number
one fastest growing health
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food product, yeah,
yeah, in the country right now
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gluten free products.
So, again wheat free is not
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gluten free keep that in mind.
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So, got to get those, try
to get those terms together,
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I think we are
going to kitchen too, yes,
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and there are still
some manufacturers out there
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that has gluten
free products and we will
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show the people
within the next few minutes.
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Well I know you wonder
if we are going to kitchen
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that we are and we
are show you a couple of
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products as Curtis has
already said and we are
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going to prepare for you
a apple brown rice salad.
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Get your paper and pencil
and meet us in the kitchen.
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