Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic
by Peter H.R. Green, Rory Jones
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Author: Peter H.R. Green, Rory JonesEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-07
ISBN: 006076693X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: William Morrow
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Book Review: Excellent Book Foreshadows Cure
Summary: 4 Stars
Dr. Green's resume shows that he is the foremost expert on this subject that I've read to date. This book at least comments on and often answers many questions that have risen in the quest to learn about topics such as celiac disease, wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, and the subtleties of differences in diagnoses and interpretations among the medical community and others.
Dr. Green highly recommends the gluten free diet and spends a significant amount of time on management with this diet. However, one of the main problems with gluten is that it is ubiquitous (AKA omnipresent, universal, pervasive, global, abundant, permeating) and often not shown as an ingredient in products where it resides. I do not believe that Dr. Green has adequately addressed this part of the problem or significantly discussed that alternative solutions already exist.
In Chapter 27, on page 270, Dr. Green has three paragraphs about Oral Peptidases and mentions that studies are underway at Stanford University using a recombinant bacterial peptidase...capable of digesting...gliadin. In conclusion of that same chapter, Dr. Green states that most of the therapies described in the chapter are still theoretical...except the...oral peptidases trial already in progress. Three paragraphs in a 280 page book is not significant mention.
Just last month, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article entitled "Enzymes Might Cut Celiac Symptoms", July 26, 2006, Kuehn 296 (4): 382 Hope does appear to be present and in the process of being proven.
I have been using plant based digestive enzymes for over a year (Peptizyde is the brand we've bought from Houston Nutraceuticals)to help contain and manage my son's encounters with casein and wheat/gluten while we have been handed varying diagnoses of his health. He has the celiac gene which one MD says is not currently active while another MD states that continued ingestion of gluten can and will likely cause celiac in his body while his primary pediatrician had dismissed all of his symptoms as a virus throughout weeks of vomiting and diarrhea. Meanwhile, my son has improved when given his enzymes regularly and with careful dietary and health considerations.
It is very helpful to have this book from Dr. Green to educate us on the facts and myths of this disease and to share the experiences of others in dealing with families and other "helpful" people who don't think a little wheat will hurt anyone. I would like to have been told a bit more from his perspective about his knowledge of and specific comments on digestive enzymes and his personal take on the subject, since we know he's aware of the studies.
I look forward to publication of the results of the Stanford tests and conclusions by Dr. Green and others of the effectiveness of plant based enzyme therapies for this and other health issues.
I applaud Dr. Green for this book and his very extensive coverage of the disease topic and all its intricacies. Four stars because there does seem to be a true solution on the horizon of which Dr. Green is aware but did not discuss enough to be truly helpful.
Joni Caldwell
Summary of Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic
Celiac Disease (CD) is one of the most common and under-diagnosed, hereditary autoimmune condition in the U.S. today. Recent studies reveal that 1 in every 100 people suffer from CD. And 97 percent of them are undiagnosed. The average time to diagnosis is currently 9 years. In the case of CD (also known as gluten intolerance), the body damages or destroys the very mechanism that enables us to digest food. The primary target of injury is the small intestine. Triggered by gluten, the main protein found in wheat, rye and barley, the disease damages the small intestine so that it is unable to properly absorb nutrients.Dr. Peter Green and writer Rory Jones help readers to identify the symptoms, understand their diagnosis and cope with the challenges of living with CD. Incredibly comprehensive, yet accessible and user friendly, this book covers the disease from a medical, dietary and psychological standpoint. It explores all aspects of CD from the often "silent" symptoms and proper diagnostic procedures to the many related conditions and specific diet. The book also includes appendices on related articles and books of interest, medical contact information and a list national CD support groups.Immune Systems Books
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