Brain health problems have been skyrocketing lately. Today, close to 20% of adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder — and that stat is only increasing. Depression is now the leading cause of disability worldwide. Anxiety disorders affect more than 40 million Americans. And Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United […]

Does this sound like you? You’ve struggled with digestive problems for a while, and you’ve been diagnosed with IBS. Your doctor told you to reduce your sugar and fat intake and increase your consumption of fiber. You tried that, and it made your gas, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea worse. Then, you decided to go gluten-free. […]

You’re probably looking at your computer with a quizzical look right now thinking “of course I am! What is this doctor talking about?”– but hear me out. Everybody knows that the first thing required for the management of celiac disease is the avoidance of gluten- I am not disputing that. However, it is of my […]

Ah, gluten sensitivity. It seems you either love to hate it or you love to hate the thing that causes it. Admittedly, I tend to fall into the later camp and diagnose non-celiac gluten sensitivity fairly frequently in the cases I see in my office here in Chapel Hill. Everybody seems to have an opinion […]

Dr Rodney Ford, Associate Professor at Christchurch School of Medicine and a Paediatric Gastroenterologist and allergy specialist has been investigating the relationship between food and health for over 25 years. In this time he has treated thousands of unwell children, and discovered that many of them are sick due to gluten sensitivity. He has seen […]

Maybe you’ve toyed with the idea of giving up gluten, or at least limiting it somewhat, but you haven’t made the leap just yet. After all, you haven’t been diagnosed as gluten sensitive or celiac. Well, you probably didn’t know that an estimated 99% of the people who have either gluten intolerance or celiac disease […]

It is estimated that approximately 90 percent of hypothyroidism in the United States is caused by an autoimmune condition. In these cases of autoimmune hypothyroidism, known as Hashimoto’s, antibodies attack the thyroid, resulting in thyroid tissue destruction. There is evidence showing gluten plays a significant role in driving the antibody attack against your thyroid. Gluten tricks […]

I hear the question every day – “Is gluten free healthy? Should I be gluten free?” Spoiler alert – there is no easy answer.  There are so many reasons why gluten free diets might benefit everyone, but there is also a right way and a wrong way to do it, and from what I’ve seen […]