Gluten-Free Knowledge to Snack On
Important recall news out of California for celiacs. Karyn Zoldan at Circle of Food writes about a recall by Food For Life Baking Company, a Corona, CA-based company, that claimed their bread was GF when in fact it contains spelt grain, a hybrid of wheat.
Read the full story, including product listings, on her blog.
Spelt Bread Recall: Not Gluten Free, Celiac Disease Danger [Circle of Food]
Just posted yesterday on CNN, the Mayo Clinic announces that symptoms of Celiac Disease don’t tell the whole, painful story.
Given Imaging Ltd. today announced that a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic reported that capsule endoscopy is a more effective tool to diagnose celiac disease and detect damage throughout the small intestine than upper endoscopy. Researchers also found that celiac affects a highly variable portion of the small intestine and that the severity of symptoms did not correlate to the severity of intestinal damage.
