What is Celiac Disease Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disease, not an allergy. 40% of people in the United States have one or both of the genes, HLA-DQ2 or DQ8, associated with celiac disease but only about 3% of those with the genes actually get celiac disease. Celiac disease can affect anyone, at any age, […]
We live in a sugar-addicted fast food nation filled with processed convenience foods. The American diet has changed more in the last 50 years then it has in the last millennia; putting our immune system in quite a precarious overload. Everyday, more children are diagnosed with allergies, ADHD, obesity, celiac disease, diabetes, autism and the […]