Understanding Gluten and Gluten Sensitivity Gluten is a protein found in grains like wheat, barley, and rye. While it’s safe for most people to eat, some individuals may have an adverse reaction to gluten. This condition is known as gluten sensitivity, gluten intolerance, or celiac disease. Gluten sensitivity is a common condition that affects around…
Founding Physicians of Celiac – Aretaeus
Areteus lived approximately in the first or second century in Cappadocia, a province of the Roman Empire that is now modern-day Turkey. He was a prolific writer on diseases such as asthma, tetanus, pneumonia, as well as providing the names for diabetes and celiac disease. The Greek physician belonged to the Pneumatic school of medicine, an…
Founding Physicians of Celiac
Born in 1905 in Dordrecht, Netherlands, Willem Karel Dicke was a remarkable physician and observant researcher. At just 31, he became the medical director at the Juliana Children’s Hospital in The Hague. He had suspicions that wheat aggravated celiac disease, at this point known more commonly as Gee-Herter’s disease (Christian Herter was an American contemporary…
How Gluten Affects Your Smile – Celiac Disease and Your Teeth
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