Celiac disease a hidden epidemic

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Green, Peter H. R.
Other Authors: Jones, Rory
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Collins, c2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • I: Is the food you eat eating you?
  • Normal digestion
  • The digestive tract in flames: celiac disease
  • How does celiac disease affect you?
  • How do I know if I have it? The diagnosis of celiac disease
  • Differential diagnosis: why is celiac disease underdiagnosed?
  • Why do people get celiac disease?
  • II: Related conditions and complications
  • Neurological manifestations
  • Malignancy
  • Osteoporosis
  • Depression
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis and other skin diseases
  • Diabetes
  • Infertility
  • Autoimmune and other related conditions
  • III: Understanding and treating celiac disease: medical management
  • What you need to know--and do--after diagnosis
  • Why symptoms persist--I'm on the diet and not getting better
  • Follow-up testing
  • IV: The diet: do you eat to live or live to eat?
  • What living gluten-free really means: the basics
  • Reading labels
  • Cooking without gluten
  • Eating in the real world
  • Family occasions
  • The medicine cabinet and cosmetics
  • Eating naked
  • V: Living with
  • Dealing with children and young adults who have celiac disease
  • Adults: coping with change
  • Research: Finding a cure
  • Myths and unexplored areas.