Having it on a Sunday is new, so we will really have to promote it big so people don't get confused!

1 Mile Walk/5k Cross Country Run

REGISTRATION begins at 10:00 a.m.
1 Mile Walk or 5K Cross Country Run at 11:00 a.m.

**Online registration is now open** at www.celiacwalk.org by April 15-th, or come early and register the morning of the walk
Registration fee $15 if registered by 4/15, $20 after 4/15 and day of event ~ children 12 and under $8 (to cover cost of shirt)

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Many thanks to all of you who have helped in the past to make this event so successful.

Best Regards,

Ruth Wyman, President

315-463-4616

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David A. Johnson, MD



Hello. I'm Dr. David Johnson, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.

Gluten-sensitive enteropathy is something that we probably need to think more about. Patients are all abuzz with this concept of gluten withdrawal, and they are saying, "I feel better. What can you tell me about this?"

I thought it would be helpful to review this topic. A recent article in the New York Times[1] caught my eye, and lo and behold, it was about an excellent article in the February issue of Gastroenterology and Hepatology by William Chey's group[2] at the University of Michigan. I thought it was time to take a look at the data and put some science behind what is currently a field that is running without much guidance.

What Is Gluten and What Is Celiac Disease?

First, let's talk about gluten. Gluten is a component of wheat and wheat-related grain products. When you start to talk about gluten withdrawal, is it really gluten withdrawal or is it wheat-product withdrawal or grain-product withdrawal? Grains are complex carbohydrates that have a number of fermentable sugars, which we would frequently remove from patients' diets because most of them are polyglycols -- fructans and galactans. We know from experience that when you withdraw fermentable sugar from patients, they frequently have improvement in symptoms such as bloating, gassy discomfort, and diarrhea.

Now let's focus on celiac disease. The prevalence of celiac disease has increased over the past several decades. Some inferential data suggest that some of it may be related to the hybridization of wheat and related grain products over the past several decades. We may actually be sensitizing more people, causing gluten-sensitive enteropathy or non-celiac gluten sensitivity, which we will discuss later.

We found that gluten-sensitive enteropathy is responsive to gluten withdrawal, but now we are seeing other patients who tell us that they feel better if they withdraw gluten. And they have found this out by going on the Internet or talking to friends and family who have had causal experience with this. Now we have patients out there doing a variety of things on their own accord and without a lot of medical judgment. That is not so good, particularly when you start talking about withdrawal and restrictive diets. >>

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... We used to think that gluten problems or celiac disease were confined to children who had diarrhea, weight loss, and failure to thrive. Now we know you can be old, fat, and constipated and still have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.

Gluten sensitivity is actually an autoimmune disease that creates inflammation throughout the body, with wide-ranging effects across all organ systems including your brain, heart, joints, digestive tract, and more. It can be the single cause behind many different "diseases." To correct these diseases, you need to treat the cause--which is often gluten sensitivity--not just the symptoms.

Of course, that doesn't mean that ALL cases of depression or autoimmune disease or any of these other problems are caused by gluten in everyone--but it is important to look for it if you have any chronic illness.

By failing to identify gluten sensitivity and celiac disease, we create needless suffering and death for millions of Americans. Health problems caused by gluten sensitivity cannot be treated with better medication. They can only be resolved by eliminating 100 percent of the gluten from your diet...

... Continue Reading at Huffpost Healthy Living >>