Gluten Free FDA Labeling

This is an interesting article about the FDA and it's struggle to define the label gluten-free.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/3-years-after-deadline-fda-still-hasnt-defined-gluten-free/2011/04/22/AFRq6i8E_story_1.html

Wish I were in Washington DC tomorrow to eat a piece of that gluten-free cake. Might just have to make my own in commemoration.

Gluten Free Ramblings - New Blog Recommendation

Tania Larsen really did a great compilation of studies on the dangers of cheating with CD.

Here is a synopsis of her results and her web site blog link:

http://glutenfreeramblings.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-you-cant-cheat.html

• "The cumulative risk of subsequent autoimmune disease was lower in patients compliant to a gluten-free diet versus noncompliant patients" —http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7GGW-4RS9SR5-8&_user=696292&_coverDate=07%2F31%2F2008&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_

origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1724187555&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000038819&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=696292&md5=65ae5a721dcdc54dc5fe97154dc4aba4&searchtype=a"Children and adolescents not strict GFD are at increased risk for low BMD" — http://www.gfdoctor.com/bone-mineral-density-and-importance-of-strict

• "SMR (standardised mortality ratio) increased with increasing delay in diagnosis for patients with poor compliance with gluten-free diet." — http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2801%2905554-4/fulltext
• "The results are suggestive of a protective role for a GFD against malignancy in coeliac disease and give further support for advising all patients to adhere to a strict GFD for life" — http://gut.bmj.com/content/30/3/333.abstract
• "Long-term treatment with gluten-free diet produces a significant improvement in bone density in coeliac patients. Remineralization was more pronounced in patients who better comply with gluten-free diet" — http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2036.1997.112283000.x/abstract
• "Strict adherence to the GFD seems to be the only possibility of preventing a subset of rare but very aggressive forms of cancer." — http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WFX-4FVC7DW-N&_user=696292&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1724195217&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000038819&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=696292&md5=bc8d9297e668b4188dd76642c936d281&searchtype=a
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• "Persistent villous atrophy in adult coeliac disease, even in the absence of symptoms, carries a risk of subsequent severe complications. The follow-up biopsy is important in detecting these individuals." — http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03311.x/full
• "Excess morbidity was also calculated and was clearly related to the amount of gluten ingested (Table 3). The decreasing trend in higher morbidity rates with increasing adherence to a gluten-free diet was significant (p < 0.01). " —http://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/1997/00001/Celiac_Disease_and_Malignancy.7.aspx
• "These results show that a strict gluten-free diet is protective towards the development of enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma." — http://www.springerlink.com/content/7745k17330431155/