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New Study Shows That People Without Celiac Disease Should Not Eat a Gluten-Free Diet
The researchers therefore conclude that the use of gluten-free diets among people without celiac disease should not be promoted. In people with celiac disease, dietary gluten causes intestinal damage and inflammation, and is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. These symptoms and risks are reduced after treatment with a gluten-free diet. The use of gluten free diets has however increased in recent years among people without celiac disease, partly due to the belief that gluten can have harmful health effects.
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"Gluten sensitivity by itself doesn’t necessarily have the transglutaminase immunogenicity of Celiac. It shares the same features with Celiac disease, but it’s not as extreme. But these things also have a host of other pathologies that are associated with this particular condition of gluten sensitivity, which is what’s so fascinating" - Stephanie Seneff (a senior research scientist at MIT).