Candida and Celiac PART TWO

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http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/news/celiac.html For the last ten years we have known that celiac disease is associated withhypothyroid disease, specifically Hashimoto's Disease. About 10- 14% ofceliac patients are hypothyroid. Celiac patients are about ten times aslikely to have thyroid nodules. [5,6,7] Is it the same geneticpredisposition making people overly prone to develop autoimmune diseasesthat causes both conditions? Or is it the chronic bowel inflammation thatstimulates these autoimmune reactions? At this point it isn't clear. Celiac is clearly an autoimmune disease. The gliaden portion of the glutenprotein contains a sequence of amino acids that trigger the immune reaction.When they bind on to the intestinal mucosa they act as an antigen and summonkiller lymphocytes to attack. The immune system also develops an immunereaction to the muscle lining of the intestine, the endomysium and theenzyme transglutaminase. [8] People with celiac disease make antibodieswhich attack both the endomysium and the enzyme transglutaminase. Once thisautoimmune process has been triggered, damage occurs in other parts of thebody and not just the intestine. --- «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» § - PULSE ON 21st CENTURY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE! § Subscribe send email to: - «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» GREAT VACATION RENTAL ON THE LAKE: www.vacationhomerentals.com/39833