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#7 of THE TOP 10 MOST IMPORTANT NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE RESEARCH ARTICLES OF 2014

THE  TOP 10  MOST IMPORTANT NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE RESEARCH ARTICLES OF 2014

Over the past year I’ve shared with you over seventy  postings containing the most important research findings reported in the areas of nutrition, natural treatments, and lifestyle factors that we in Integrative Medicine believe are the best treatments now and for the future.

On this fourth day of our daily countdown please see #7 of my TOP 10 research articles of the year. The most important criteria that I considered for inclusion in the list was the study’s  importance in changing our understanding or treatment  approach to any disease.  Today’s pick is the second in the top 10 that shows that non drug treatment for depression is available.
It is my hope that some reader(s) of my top 10 Research Articles of 2014 will take any of  the information to heart and it  can inspire  them to enjoy better health in their lives. If I am of help to any reader in this way, my job will have been well done.

Thank you and HERE”S #7

Gluten Free Diet Improves Brain Fog In Celiac Disease and Depression in Others- New Studies

Celiac Disease is defined as a gastrointesinal disease based on sensitivity to gluten protein. Along with intestinal symptoms, patients often have cognitive impairment, with a lack of clarity sometimes described as “brain fog”. In just released research published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics it was shown that people with Celiac Disease who adhered to a gluten free diet cleared their cognitive impairment. This ads to accumulating research regarding the non-intestinal effects of gluten sensitivity. Senior research author Dr. Greg W. Yelland just recently published another of his research efforts regarding gluten sensitivity and depression.
The publishing title of that study was Gluten May Cause Depression in Subjects With Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity. This study’s subjects did not have Celiac Disease of the gastrointestinal tract but are shown to be gluten sensitive in another way. For many years Medicine essentially thought of gluten sensitivity as synonymous with Celiac disease.

Important research studies like those by Dr Yelland are shedding light on the fact that gluten sensitivity’s effects go far beyond the intestinal tract and may relate to a variety of neurologic and other problems. People who have mental/ emotional and other neurologic problems should consult a doctor familiar with food sensitivity issues to discover whether they may get significant benefit from such an evaluation.

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