Get yourself checked for celiac disease

[karadinart]

My spouse found out he had a gluten-intolerance after being mis-diagnosed for 15 years, gluten intolerance is not a lifestyle choice, it's necessary to preserve the ability of your intenstines to absorb nutrients, women are most often mis-diagnosed.

Link to article by Wil Wheaton's mom! (thanks copperbadge for link)

Celiac is the #1 genetic autoimmune disease in the world and remains the most misdiagnosed. It is estimated that 3 million Americans are affected and 97% don’t even know it…yet. There is no cure, no pills, no drug therapies. The “cure” is a Gluten-Free diet. The only disease in the world completely controlled by diet is also: “The #1 Disease You’ve Never Heard Of”.

http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2011/03/and-now-a-word-from-my-mother-about-celiac-disease.html

Comments

[margi-lynn.livejournal.com]

And it's one of the most commonly overlooked in women (all diseases of the intestines are) because of a mistaken belief that anemia in women is due to menstruation and not internal hemorrhaging.

http://professorkateclancy.blogspot.com/2011/01/iron-deficiency-is-not-something-you.html

LOL and I just read Radio Free Monday, so I just noticed that he linked there. I saw that link on http://hoydenabouttown.com/ late Jan. Sorry for spamming :)