Attack of the gluten intolerant sex addicts, Mark Morford

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101. Do you have a study to prove that many people mistakenly diagnosis themselves

with gluten-intolerance, or do you only have anecdotal evidence?

Do you have a study to prove that the people who actually suffer from the condition are "less likely to broadcast it" than people who don't? Everyone I know who has a diagnosed gluten-sensitivity MUST broadcast it, because it's the only way we can eat when we're not at home.


http://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/1215/p2259.html

From the American Academy of Family Physicians:

Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Disease): More Common Than You Think

SILENT CELIAC DISEASE
A number of investigators believe that clinically apparent gluten-sensitive enteropathy represents the “tip of the iceberg” of the overall disease burden.7 Patients who were detected in the seroprevalence studies8–11 were asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic (so-called “silent” celiac disease).

Family physicians should consider serologic testing in patients with the following: family history of celiac disease, personal history of thyroid disease or type I diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, anemia (especially iron deficiency), chronic diarrhea, chronic fatigue, unexplained weight loss, short stature, epilepsy, infertility,18 or unexplained elevation of transaminase levels. Asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic patients are still at risk for complications of celiac disease.