Study Finds Celiacs Who Don't Cheat Live Longer

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Do you have a link to the actual study or press release?

 

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Dear Amy,

 

This is a great article. By any chance do you have the full source

information?

 

Thanks,

 

Marla

 

Amy Lovelace <loveamy wrote:

Study Finds Celiacs Who Don't Cheat Live Longer

 

Enjoy a longer, healthier life! A recent study has found that people with celiac

disease who follow a strict gluten-free diet might live longer than non-celiacs,

and almost certainly live longer than celiacs who cheat. The study by Dr.

Giovanni Corraro and his colleagues followed up on 1,072 Italian adults who were

diagnosed with celiac disease between 1962 and 1994 and compared their mortality

rates with the general Italian population. The findings were published in the

respected British medical journal The Lancet.

 

Celiacs in the study were divided into two groups: likely and not likely to be

following a strict gluten-free diet. There was good news for celiacs who follow

the diet consistently: their mortality rate was below the national average!

(Only 5 died, compared with the 10.5 that would have been expected for people in

the same age groups). Celiacs who did not consistently follow the gluten-free

diet paid a heavy price: their mortality rate was six times the national

average. (The most common cause of death was Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma).

 

When combined with other recent discoveries, the study's findings provide

important insights into the nature of the celiac condition. The genes associated

with celiac condition give individuals an especially strong immune system. This

is an advantage when fighting off illnesses caused by viruses and bacteria. It

probably helped our ancestors survive for many thousands of years before the

invention of things we now take for granted-such as antibiotics, filtered water,

sanitary sewer systems, and germ-killing methods of food preparation. But there

is a catch! A couple of thousand years ago (long after the strong-immunity gene

developed), wheat became a major food source. For some reason, the same immune

system that is so good at fighting disease is also less discriminating: it can

mistake the gluten proteins in wheat, rye, and barley for an invader. Ongoing

gluten exposure can trigger active celiac disease, which if untreated can lead

to a variety of other serious medical

conditions.

 

That's why the typical rationalizations of weight-loss diet cheaters don't apply

to celiacs. ( Some common rationalizations are: " It's only a little bit. " " I'll

make up for it later. " It's a special occasion. " and " It wouldn't be polite to

say no. " ). Part of the gut's job is to screen out minute quantities of germs

that might be present in food or water. In the celiac gut, even a few parts per

million of gluten can provoke reaction, putting the celiac's strong immune

system into overdrive. Avoiding gluten allows the immune system to work

properly.

 

 

[Guest guest]

No I do not. I recieved this article from our local Gluten Free store e-mail.

I found it very interesting. It does list the medical journal where the results

were posted and the year 2002. Maybe you could find it that way.

 

Sorry

Amy

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K. Oland

Friday, November 10, 2006 11:42 AM

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Do you have a link to the actual study or press release?

 

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> Amy Lovelace

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, I'll look if you'll post the journal name. It may be online in full

text.

 

K

 

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> No I do not. I recieved this article from our local Gluten Free

> store e-mail. I found it very interesting. It does list the

> medical journal where the results were posted and the year 2002.

> Maybe you could find it that way.

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> Sorry

> Amy

 

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The findings were published in the respected British medical journal The Lancet.

Aournd 2002.

 

K. Oland

Saturday, November 11, 2006 9:59 AM

RE: Study Finds Celiacs Who Don't Cheat Live

Longer

 

 

Thanks, I'll look if you'll post the journal name. It may be online in full

text.

 

K

 

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> No I do not. I recieved this article from our local Gluten Free

> store e-mail. I found it very interesting. It does list the

> medical journal where the results were posted and the year 2002.

> Maybe you could find it that way.

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> Sorry

> Amy

 

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Found it!

 

-Erin

www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

 

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1: Lancet. 2001 Aug 4;358(9279):356-61. Links

Mortality in patients with coeliac disease and their relatives: a

cohort study.Corrao G, Corazza GR, Bagnardi V, Brusco G, Ciacci C,

Cottone M, Sategna Guidetti C, Usai P, Cesari P, Pelli MA, Loperfido

S, Volta U, Calabro A, Certo M; Club del Tenue Study Group.

Cattedra di Statistica Medica, Universita di Milano-Bicocca, 20126,

Milano, Italy. giovanni.corrao

 

BACKGROUND: Although previous studies have shown increased mortality

in patients with coeliac disease and their relatives, no data are

available in relation to different patterns of clinical presentation.

We assessed mortality in patients with coeliac disease and their

first-degree relatives. METHODS: We enrolled, in a prospective cohort

study, 1072 adult patients with coeliac disease consecutively

diagnosed in 11 gastroenterology units between 1962 and 1994, and

their 3384 first-degree relatives. We compared the number of deaths

up to 1998 with expected deaths and expressed the comparison as

standardised mortality ratio (SMR) and relative survival ratio.

FINDINGS: 53 coeliac patients died compared with 25.9 expected deaths

(SMR 2.0 [95% CI 1.5-2.7]). A significant excess of mortality was

evident during the first 3 years after diagnosis of coeliac disease

and in patients who presented with malabsorption symptoms (2.5 [1.8-

3.4]), but not in those diagnosed because of minor symptoms (1.1 [0.5-

2.2]) or because of antibody screening (1.2 [0.1-7.0]). SMR increased

with increasing delay in diagnosis and for patients with poor

compliance with gluten-free diet. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma was the main

cause of death. No excess of deaths was recorded in relatives with

coeliac disease. INTERPRETATION: Prompt and strict dietary treatment

decreases mortality in coeliac patients. Prospective studies are

needed to clarify the progression of mild or symptomless coeliac

disease and its relation to intestinal lymphoma.

 

PMID: 11502314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Guest guest]

Thanks for finding it. I wanted to send it to a friend.

 

K

 

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