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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Hype/marketing and celebs are convincing people who do not have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity that gluten-free diets are healthier for you. More misinformation for your scrapbook.

    September 6, 2019

    Health Headlines Commentary for September 6, 2019 Source:There’s no point in going gluten-free unless you have celiac disease, study suggests Reference:Gluten Does Not Induce Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Volunteers: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo Trial Editorial:Will Science Sway Beliefs About Gluten? And Seth Rogan’s take on Gluten

  • 7-month-old fed “alternative” gluten and lactose-free diet starved to death

    May 23, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for May 23, 2017 Source: 7-month-old baby who weighed 9 lbs died from gluten, lactose-free diet, court hears  

  • Low-gluten diet link to increased heart attack risk another causality casualty

    May 4, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for May 4, 2017 Source: Going gluten-free to ward off heart disease might have opposite effect: study Reference: Lebwohl B, Cao Y, Zong G, et al. Long term gluten consumption in adults without celiac disease and risk of coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study. BMJ. Published online May 2 2017 Analysis: Low-gluten…

  • Observational study cannot prove gluten-free diets increases risk type 2 diabetes

    March 13, 2017

    Health Headlines Commentary for March 13, 2017 Source: Your decision to go gluten-free is raising your risk of Type 2 diabetes, study warns Reference: Study not published at time of report

  • New insights into non-gluten proteins that may have link to auto-immune diseases

    October 18, 2016

    Health Headlines Commentary for October 18, 2016 Source: Avoiding gluten? It may not be the cause of your bloating Reference: New study links protein in wheat to the inflammation of chronic health conditions

  • Sunday House Call, #518, January , 2015: Who Da Thunk It? Your Favourite Hollywood Celebrity is Also Your Doctor!

    January 25, 2015

    Sunday House Call, #518, January , 2015:  Who Da Thunk It? Your Favourite Hollywood Celebrity is Also Your Doctor!   In his new book, “Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash”, University of Alberta Professor Timothy Caulfield argues that celebrity culture has emerged as one of our society’s most pernicious…

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