A new study by celiac experts at the Mayo Clinic and published in the journal Gastroenterology finds that celiac disease is more than four times more common today than it was 50 years ago.
For the study, researchers from the Rochester, Minn-based Mayo Clinic tested blood samples collected at the Warren Air Force Base between 1948 and 1954 for celiac disease and compared the results with those from blood samples collected recently. The researchers found that young people today are more than 4 times more likely to have celiac disease than the same age group in the 1950s.
Additionally, the study determined that patients who did not know they had celiac disease were almost 4 times as likely than healthy patients to have died during the 45 years of follow-up.
Celiac Expert and Gastroenterologist Dr. Joseph Murray of the Mayo Clinic says that "Celiac disease has become much more common in the last 50 years, and we don't know why."
To learn more about the study, check out this awesome video with Dr. Murray:
Dr Murray needs to read the book "Dangerous Grains by a Dr.Braley. It will help him realize why there is so much more "celiac disease" today than there was 50 years ago.
Posted by: karen odell | 07/02/2009 at 03:26 PM