Socioeconomic vs Health-related Factors Associated With Google Searches for Gluten-Free Diet.

The Gluten-Free Diet Epidemic: Socioeconomic Factors Predict Google Search Trends More Than Health Related Factors

Celiac Disease, Gluten-Free Diet, and Bone Mass Density

Background: Celiac disease (CD), as an autoimmune disease has initiated since ingestion of food containing gluten. Constant intolerance to gluten causes damages of the small intestinal mucosa. One reason of mal-absorption in children and infants is CD. Additionally, about 75% of newly identified patients with CD have low bone mineral density (BMD). Many factors have role in metabolic bone disea...

Factors that impact health-related quality of life in adults with celiac disease: a multicenter study.

AIM To evaluate the factors involved in the impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with celiac disease. METHODS A multicenter, cross-sectional prospective study was performed in patients with celiac disease who completed two HRQOL questionnaires: the gastrointestinal quality of life index (GIQLI) and the EuroQol-5D (EQ). RESULTS Three hundred and forty patients (16...

Commercially available glutenases: a potential hazard in coeliac disease

BACKGROUND The only treatment for celiac disease (CD) is a gluten-free diet (GFD). However, there is interest among patients in a medical therapy to replace or help with a GFD. Therapies include gluten-degrading enzymes (glutenases). There are glutenases available marketed as dietary supplements that have not been demonstrated to digest the toxic epitopes of gluten. METHODS We investigated th...

Gluten-Free Bread Quality: A Review of the Improving Factors

Celiac disease is the inability of the small intestine to tolerate some cereal prolamin with sequence specific oligopeptide. Wheat gliadin, rye secalins and barley hordenine are the main proteins involved in the disease mechanisms and may provoke an inflammatory process to damage the small intestine. There are different methods to overcome the problems for such patients one of them is using glu...