Show 1049: Do You Need a Gluten-Free Diet?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Years ago, doctors thought that celiac disease was incredibly rare among Americans. In this auto-immune condition, exposure to gluten found in barley, rye and wheat causes the body to attack the lining of the digestive tract. The damage that is done interferes with the ability of the intestines to absorb nutrients properly and that can […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.9	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:04.3	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.7	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.5	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:30.8	Are you wondering if you should follow a gluten-free diet?
0:34.5	What could it do for you?
0:35.7	And are there any downsides?
0:38.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:45.9	Gluten is a protein that occurs naturally in wheat, rye, and barley.
0:58.2	But for those with celiac disease, it poses a substantial threat.
1:02.5	Dr. Peter Green is an internationally renowned expert on this condition.
1:10.9	People with celiac disease that's undiagnosed have an increased mortality which approaches twice that of the general population.
1:15.6	What is celiac disease and how would you get it diagnosed?
1:19.1	Who else might benefit from a gluten-free diet?
1:23.9	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, we talk with the authors of Gluten Exposed.
1:26.5	First, the News.
1:35.8	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, now that it's almost fall, it's time to start thinking about flu shots.
1:37.7	According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, all children older than six months of age
1:42.8	should get shots this year.
1:44.8	The nasal spray vaccine with a live attenuated flu virus was only about 3% effective last year,
1:50.9	and the Academy discourages its use.
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