Yep, I know. First post for several months - indeed first post for 2013 - and more apologies to readers about not keeping up with this blog. A short post on this occasion focused on an interesting opinion piece by Moises Velasquez-Manoff titled: Who has the guts for gluten?
I'll admit to being pretty entertained by the work of Velasquez-Manoff given his previous articles crossing over into topics like autism spectrum disorders (see here and also covered here). This latest piece is equally thought-provoking and alongside the opinions of people like Alessio Fasano, he of the [General] zonulin (see here), asks some potentially important questions about our relationship with gluten.
One quote in particular caught my attention from Dr Fasano: “Keep the lactobacilli high enough in the guts of these kids, and you prevent autoimmunity.” following some observations based on the onset of type 1 diabetes and coeliac (celiac) disease.
I'm intrigued and am waiting for that confirmatory peer-reviewed evidence.
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