Video: Dr. Joseph Murray explains results of Mayo Clinic celiac study

Video: Dr. Joseph Murray explains results of Mayo Clinic celiac study

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Celiac Disease Study Findings - Mayo Clinic

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20080619 Nutritionist to provide advice on gluten-free diet by Karen Kemp Carroll County Times

20080619 Nutritionist to provide advice on gluten-free diet by Karen Kemp Carroll County Times

Nutritionist to provide advice on gluten-free diet

By Karen Kemp, Times Staff Writer

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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Last year, (Anna Letaw of Woodbine) started a support group in Mount Airy for parents of children with autism who avoid gluten and a milk protein called casein. Sawyer’s restrictions include eggs and soy because a test showed she is also intolerant of those ingredients, Letaw said.

To educate people on the facts and challenges of following such a restrictive diet, Letaw has invited Lisa Coleman, a nutritionist who works at Martin’s in Eldersburg, to speak at her next Free-Mealer Support Group meeting on Tuesday.

Coleman said her role as a nutritionist is to provide practical dietary advice to customers at the store. While she does not prescribe or recommend any particular eating plan, she will help people implement a diet that they or their doctors have chosen.

For her presentation Tuesday, she will talk about how to find appropriate substitutions for forbidden ingredients, read food labels, bake with gluten-free grains and prevent deficiency in certain nutrients.

Coleman said there is no proof that a gluten-free, casein-free diet helps in treating autism, but there are a couple of theories that seek to explain it.

According to research from the Center for the Study of Autism in Oregon, one theory is that these proteins pass through imperfections in the intestinal tract and negatively impact brain development in people with autism, so cutting them out can lessen symptoms.

Many autistic individuals have flaws in their digestive system referred to as a “leaky gut,” according to the study, which was among the many Letaw read when she started researching treatments for autism two years ago.

While there is a growing interest in gluten-free and dairy-free products, Coleman said there still are not many resources in the community for people who follow that type of diet.

“It’s a very, very frustrating diet,” she said. “It has to be food kids are actually going to eat, which is the hard thing.”

To complicate the diet further, there is no margin for error. Even trace amounts of these proteins could make the diet ineffective, Coleman said.

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Reach staff writer Karen Kemp at 410-857-7890 or karen.kemp AT carrollcountytimes.com

If you go

What: “What, How and Why of the Gluten-Free/Casein-Free Diet”

When: 7-9 p.m. Tuesday

Where: St. James’ Episcopal Church, 202 N. Main St., Mount Airy

Information: 410-795-7950 or annaletaw@comcast.net

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/06/19/news/local_news/newsstory3.txt

20071113 AP: MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Disable woman with celiac disease wants to keep tiny horse by DAVE GRAM

AP: MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Disable woman with celiac disease wants to keep tiny horse by DAVE GRAM

Tiny horse center of rights dispute

Published by AP: Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007

Disabled woman wants to keep pony in apartment to pull wheelchair

Photo by TOBY TALBOT / Associated Press

Patty Cooper sits in her wheelchair with her miniature horse, Earl, last month in Warren, Vt.

By DAVE GRAM ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Patty Cooper's landlord normally welcomes tenants who use animals to help them get around, such as guide dogs for the blind.

So after the disabled woman bought a 32-inch-tall miniature horse to pull her wheelchair, she asked to keep the animal in her home. When her landlord rejected the request, she filed a human rights complaint.

Cooper, 50, paid $1,000 for the 1-year-old gelding named Earl, expecting to use it for trips to the bus stop and into town. The agency that owns the apartment complex in Waitsfield denied her proposal, citing concern about horse droppings, hay storage and lack of grazing space.

Cooper insists the 100-pound tobiano pinto can be house-trained and said it "just makes me so happy whenever I'm around him. I'm not lonely anymore."

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The case has drawn national attention since it was reported last month as an example of disabled people using animals other than guide dogs for the blind.

Cooper, 50, has celiac disease, a disorder in which exposure to a protein called gluten destroys the ability of the small intestine to absorb nutrients and can cause brittle bones. Cooper, who broke her back for a second time four years ago, uses a wheelchair most of the time.

Preston Jump, executive director of the Central Vermont Community Land Trust…

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