Candida and Celiac PART ONE

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http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/news/celiac.html Celiac disease, triggered by gluten proteins from wheat in susceptiblepeople, can damage the central nervous system. The cell walls of Candida,the yeast responsible for oral thrush, vaginal infections and intestinalCandidiasis, contain the same protein sequence as wheat gluten and maytrigger or stimulate Celiac Disease. Our understanding of celiac disease has come a long way in the last fewyears. Several recent studies have linked celiac disease to central nervoussystem damage which may cause sporadic ataxia. Other studies haveidentified the particular protein sequence in gluten which causes celiacdisease. Other researchers have identified a similar protein in candidayeast and suggest that it may also trigger the same disease. These studiessuggest that the typical digestive symptoms we associate with celiac diseaseare present less than 20% of the time. Having "normal" digestion no longerrules out the disease. This is a complicated business but I think rather than gloss over it manypeople deserve and need the details. So please bear with me and skip overthe parts that get to thick. First a bit of background: Celiac disease is also called coeliac disease or celiac sprue. The MerckManual defines it as a "chronic intestinal malabsorption disorder caused byintolerance to gluten." [1] The villi of the small intestine atrophy andnutrients are poorly absorbed resulting in steatorrhea (frequent greasystools) and malnutrition. Sufferers usually get better when glutencontaining cereal grains are removed from the diet. Although the syndromewas described earlier, [2] it wasn't until 1950 that the link betweendietary cereals and the disease was figured out. [3] During the SecondWorld War when the Germans occupied Holland , children with celiac sprueimproved dramatically only to get sick again disease again at the end of thewar. During the war, wheat and rye were in short supply in Holland . Theresearcher who noticed this was able to show that it was the gluten proteinin grains which triggered the disease. [4] Celiac is a genetic disorder and the incidence varies among differentpopulations. Ireland and people of Irish descent have the highestincidence, about 1 person in 300. In Europe and the United States theincidence is much lower, reported at about 1 in 2,500 or less. The longer apopulation has eaten wheat the lower the incidence. Europeans havecultivated wheat for almost 9,000 years while the Irish have grown it foronly about 3,000 years. I suppose we could rename the disease Celtic Spruerather than celiac sprue. When tested 90% of people with celiac disease arepositive for the HLA-B8 antigen in their blood. The classic problems associated with celiac disease are those ofmalabsorption and nutritional deficiency. Children with the disease fail tothrive; they are deficient in all of the fat soluble vitamins (A, E, K, andD) and many of the minerals, especially calcium and magnesium. Whilechildren are prone to osteomalacia, adults usually develop osteoporosis.This has been the description of celiac disease that medical text books havetalked about for decades. Now for what's new. «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» § - PULSE ON 21st CENTURY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE! § Subscribe send email to: - «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» GREAT VACATION RENTAL ON THE LAKE: www.vacationhomerentals.com/39833