To get ready for Gluten-Awareness Month in May, Pamela's Products (a well-known gluten-free line of foods) is teaming up with the Gluten-Intolerance Group to pose a Gluten-Free Challenge to everyone. Whether you have celiac disease, gluten allergy or not, the challenge is to eat one gluten-free food or dish ...

New genetic research shows that there is a relationship between Type 1 diabetes and celiac. Apparently, the same genes that result in other autoimmune diseases (including rheumatoid arthritis) are also linked to celiac. In celiac, the body's immune system overreacts to gluten, the protein found in many common grains - ...

Gluten-sensitive enteropathy is also known as celiac disease or celiac sprue. This autoimmune condition is known to affect 1 in 133 US residents. If you have celiac disease yourself, your offspring have a 5 to 15 per cent chance of having it themselves. It's also true that your genetic siblings ...

If you introduce your baby to gluten before six months of age, you could be in for trouble. Babies exposed to gluten before six months were much more likely to have problems with constipation at 2 years of age. Gluten is a protein that is found in certain grains - ...

Celiac disease is a devastating condition: not only does it mean a huge change in diet, it can also result in severe damage to the small intestine, caused by gluten. It is also a life-time condition: there is no known cure. There is now hope for patients suffering with celiac ...