Bone and gut disorders 'linked'

"Roman Bystrianyk" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Bone and gut disorders 'linked'", BBC News, March 1, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4306133.stm

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It's the other way around. People with osteoporosis are not
likely to be celiacs, but celiacs are most likely to suffer from
osteoporosis due to their inability to absorb calcium properly.
Calcium is absorbed by the same part of the intestine that
gets damaged as a result of gluten intolerance.

Roman Bystrianyk said:

http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=649

Quoted message said:

"Bone and gut disorders 'linked'", BBC News, March 1, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4306133.stm

Osteoporosis patients should be screened for a gut disease, US
researchers believe.

A Washington University Bone Clinic study of 840 people found those
with the brittle bone disorder were 17 times more likely to have
coeliac disease.

The disease, an intolerance to gluten which makes digestion

difficult,

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is found in 1% of the general population.

The team told the Archives of Internal Medicine the study provided
evidence of the benefits of a screening programme.

Although coeliac disease patients commonly have a low bone mineral
density, the benefit of screening everyone with osteoporosis has been
unclear to date, the Archives of Internal Medicine reported.

The team tested 266 patients with osteoporosis and 574 without,

putting

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those with positive coeliac tests on gluten-free diets.

Lead researcher William Stenson said the coeliac risk rate was "high
enough to justify a recommendation that all individuals with
osteoporosis undergo screening."

He said osteoporosis patients should first be tested using a simple
blood test, known as serologic screening which tests for antibodies
associated with the disease.

Diagnosis

If that test proved positive, he suggested patients should undergo a
more accurate intestinal biopsy to confirm the diagnosis.

And he added the patients could then be put on a gluten-free diet,
which could then benefit the osteoporosis.

"Treatment with a gluten-free diet for a year resulted in improved

bone

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density in individuals with coeliac disease and osteoporosis."

Dr Martin Sarner, honorary secretary of Core, formerly the Digestive
Disorders Foundation, said he would welcome a screening programme in
the UK.

"It would be a positive move, the blood test is relatively simple and
could be carried out by GPs. It would not be hugely expensive so

could

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prove cost effective.

"The problem is not that many doctors know about the test, I fear

this

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is the reason it has not been introduced yet."

Lead researcher William Stenson said the coeliac risk rate was "high
enough to justify a recommendation that all individuals with
osteoporosis undergo screening."

William Stenson:

William F. Stenson, M.D., Division of Gastroenterology, Washington
University, St. Louis. Paid consultant for Pharmacia. (JAMA
2000;284:1247-55)

Pharmacia was bought out by Pfizer in 2003.

and of course they sell drugs for stomach problems:

http://www.pfizer.com/do/counter/digestive/index.html#dramamine

TC

There is no medical treatment for celiac disease other than a
gluten-free diet.

My doctor thought I had "celiac-sprue," as he called it, but I got
worse, and eventually learned that I had severe osteoporosis. I did
my own research, realized that I had hardly any stomach acid, and so
supplemented it, and also ate lots of butter and avoided
polyunsaturated fatty acids, and was able to resolve the problem to a
large degree within less than half a year. I eat plenty of wheat now,
but only the easy-to-digest unbleached flour, often organic pastry
flour, and I never eat food that is difficult to digest, like beans.

patchel said:

There is no medical treatment for celiac disease other than a
gluten-free diet.

Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet
by Elaine Gloria Gottschall
Paperback
Publisher: Kirkton Press; Rev edition (August 1, 1994)
ISBN: 0969276818

TC

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Roman Bystrianyk said:

http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=649

Quoted message said:

"Bone and gut disorders 'linked'", BBC News, March 1, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4306133.stm

Osteoporosis patients should be screened for a gut disease, US
researchers believe.

A Washington University Bone Clinic study of 840 people found those
with the brittle bone disorder were 17 times more likely to have
coeliac disease.

The disease, an intolerance to gluten which makes digestion

difficult,

Quoted message said:

is found in 1% of the general population.

The team told the Archives of Internal Medicine the study provided
evidence of the benefits of a screening programme.

Although coeliac disease patients commonly have a low bone mineral
density, the benefit of screening everyone with osteoporosis has been
unclear to date, the Archives of Internal Medicine reported.

The team tested 266 patients with osteoporosis and 574 without,

putting

Quoted message said:

those with positive coeliac tests on gluten-free diets.

Lead researcher William Stenson said the coeliac risk rate was "high
enough to justify a recommendation that all individuals with
osteoporosis undergo screening."

He said osteoporosis patients should first be tested using a simple
blood test, known as serologic screening which tests for antibodies
associated with the disease.

Diagnosis

If that test proved positive, he suggested patients should undergo a
more accurate intestinal biopsy to confirm the diagnosis.

And he added the patients could then be put on a gluten-free diet,
which could then benefit the osteoporosis.

"Treatment with a gluten-free diet for a year resulted in improved

bone

Quoted message said:

density in individuals with coeliac disease and osteoporosis."

Dr Martin Sarner, honorary secretary of Core, formerly the Digestive
Disorders Foundation, said he would welcome a screening programme in
the UK.

"It would be a positive move, the blood test is relatively simple and
could be carried out by GPs. It would not be hugely expensive so

could

Quoted message said:

prove cost effective.

"The problem is not that many doctors know about the test, I fear

this

Quoted message said:

is the reason it has not been introduced yet."

Lead researcher William Stenson said the coeliac risk rate was "high
enough to justify a recommendation that all individuals with
osteoporosis undergo screening."

William Stenson:

William F. Stenson, M.D., Division of Gastroenterology, Washington
University, St. Louis. Paid consultant for Pharmacia. (JAMA
2000;284:1247-55)

Pharmacia was bought out by Pfizer in 2003.

and of course they sell drugs for stomach problems:

http://www.pfizer.com/do/counter/digestive/index.html#dramamine

TC

By the time they find the celaic disease due to osteo much damage
is done. Given the rate of celaic disease in the population, it make
more sense to screen all the young for it. It would sure save on
the family meds budget.

There are events is early childhood that influence
how severe the manifestation of celiac disease will be.

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Roman Bystrianyk said:

http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=649

Quoted message said:

"Bone and gut disorders 'linked'", BBC News, March 1, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4306133.stm

Osteoporosis patients should be screened for a gut disease, US
researchers believe.

A Washington University Bone Clinic study of 840 people found those
with the brittle bone disorder were 17 times more likely to have
coeliac disease.

The disease, an intolerance to gluten which makes digestion

difficult,

Quoted message said:

is found in 1% of the general population.

The team told the Archives of Internal Medicine the study provided
evidence of the benefits of a screening programme.

Although coeliac disease patients commonly have a low bone mineral
density, the benefit of screening everyone with osteoporosis has been
unclear to date, the Archives of Internal Medicine reported.

The team tested 266 patients with osteoporosis and 574 without,

putting

Quoted message said:

those with positive coeliac tests on gluten-free diets.

Lead researcher William Stenson said the coeliac risk rate was "high
enough to justify a recommendation that all individuals with
osteoporosis undergo screening."

He said osteoporosis patients should first be tested using a simple
blood test, known as serologic screening which tests for antibodies
associated with the disease.

Diagnosis

If that test proved positive, he suggested patients should undergo a
more accurate intestinal biopsy to confirm the diagnosis.

And he added the patients could then be put on a gluten-free diet,
which could then benefit the osteoporosis.

"Treatment with a gluten-free diet for a year resulted in improved

bone

Quoted message said:

density in individuals with coeliac disease and osteoporosis."

Dr Martin Sarner, honorary secretary of Core, formerly the Digestive
Disorders Foundation, said he would welcome a screening programme in
the UK.

"It would be a positive move, the blood test is relatively simple and
could be carried out by GPs. It would not be hugely expensive so

could

Quoted message said:

prove cost effective.

"The problem is not that many doctors know about the test, I fear

this

Quoted message said:

is the reason it has not been introduced yet."

This is an interesting example of how an insight, into a disease, that
might hurt the pharmaceutical industry is co-opted to sell tests.

The study found a link between coeliac disease and osteoporosis. We
already know that gluten-containing foods have a causal relationship
with coeliac disease. The intelligent person would deduce that
gluten-containing foods may be one of the the causes of osteoporosis.
If that is the case, we may be able to conclude that we can effectively
treat or even cure both these conditions by a simple change in diet. No
drugs, no testing, just apply a change of diet and possibly cure two
conditions at once. Kinda like advocating low carb, except the carbs
being restricted are strictly the gluten-containing carbs.

But that does nothing for pharmaceutical sales does it?

So what they do instead is suggest that we now test all people with
osteoporosis for ceoliac disease. They can now sell millions of tests
for ceoliac disease.

Now that's marketing.

And I notice that they say precious little about actually treating
osteoporosis with a gluten free diet. I would think that that would be
a breakthrough considering that the mainstream is obsessed with people
getting enough calcium in their diets to pre-empt osteporosis. This is
a clear indication that getting calcium in the diet is not as critical
as removing gluten-containing foods from the diet. This represents an
entirely different approach to treating osteoporosis than what is
currently done.

TC

"A Washington University Bone Clinic study of 840 people found those
with the brittle bone disorder were 17 times more likely to have coeliac
disease.

The disease, an intolerance to gluten which makes digestion difficult,
is found in 1% of the general population. "

As I read this, it means that perhaps 17% of people with osteoporosis
may have coeliac disease. That seems to me to be a high enough
proportion to warrant testing, but far too low a proportion to suggest
that everyone with osteoporosis go on gluten-free diets without any testing.

Janet

Do you mean test automatically? Should there be some kind of symptoms
present?
bj

"Janet Price" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"A Washington University Bone Clinic study of 840 people found those with
the brittle bone disorder were 17 times more likely to have coeliac
disease.

The disease, an intolerance to gluten which makes digestion difficult, is
found in 1% of the general population. "

As I read this, it means that perhaps 17% of people with osteoporosis may
have coeliac disease. That seems to me to be a high enough proportion to
warrant testing, but far too low a proportion to suggest that everyone
with osteoporosis go on gluten-free diets without any testing.

Janet

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The disease, an intolerance to gluten which makes digestion difficult,
is found in 1% of the general population.

1% may have true diagnosed Celiac disease, but as many as 15% have gluten
sensitivity. The difference may be only in degree.

Even for Celaic disease, a 2000 study in the Journal of Pediatrics on 1200
children found the incidence as high as 3%.

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The disease, an intolerance to gluten which makes digestion difficult,
is found in 1% of the general population.

1% may have true diagnosed Celiac disease, but as many as 15% have gluten
sensitivity. The difference may be only in degree.

Oops, I meant gluten INTOLERANCE. And, the 15% includes wheat intolerance.

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Even for Celaic disease, a 2000 study in the Journal of Pediatrics on 1200
children found the incidence as high as 3%.

Not all celiacs have symptoms.