Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s Gluten Free Diet
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the co-hosts on The View, was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in the year 2000. For years she had the symptoms but didn’t even realize it. But now that she has learned how to control the disease she has recently published a book, The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide
“My grandmother was giving me her meatball-and-sauce recipe. When she got to the part about adding breadcrumbs, she looked up at me and said, ‘Elisabeth, you can add whatever you want here.’ I thought, if my Italian grandmother can understand being G-free, anyone can.”
Symptoms of Celiac Disease include: stomach cramping, loose stools or constipation, muscle/bone aches, gas, bloating, fatigue, weight loss and energy loss. Emotional feelings of irritability, depression and inability to concentrate are also symptoms.
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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects the small intestine. The body will develop antibodies against gluten a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. If you have had chronic symptoms of abdominal bloating, weight loss, diarrhea see your physician. You can blood tests that will test for these antibodies but definitive diagnosis is based on a biopsey of the small intestine.
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David Brown { 04.19.09 at 12:04 am }
The first best thing any of us can do for Celiac Disease is to donate funds for research. The second best thing any of us can do for Celiac Disease is to inform and educate the public at large. With our voices loud and clear we can get companies to better label their products and produce their products minus the gluten. The louder and clearer the voices, the better the outcome for the Celiac sufferers. Please remain vocal and out there for the many that suffer!. Thank you!
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JC { 04.19.09 at 8:14 pm }
There is currently no cure for CD, so what exactly will a doctor do other than tell the individual to go on a Gluten free diet?
Personally, I don’t think a gluten free diet is the way the go. It does not heal the inflammed small intestine. And the problem with a Gluten-free diet is that while it alleviates the symptoms, the individual does not realize that he or she is losing out on the protein and other nutritional benefits.
If you go to Bob Red Mill’s site, you can see the difference:
All purpose flour – Protein = 3 g serving
Gluten flour (used for making seitan) = Protein – 23 g per servingThat is almost 8 times the difference!, and seitan is highly nutritious. It is “vegan meat”.
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MM { 04.21.09 at 5:01 pm }
JC, what would you propose that people with celiac disease do? Keep eating gluten and stay sick? Celiac disease is no joke, it can kill you if you ignore it. There is no other way for them to get better than to adhere to a gluten-free diet.
While it is true that there is no cure for celiac disease, you are mistaken in your claim that the gluten-free diet does not heal the small intestine. It is the ONLY way the intestine can heal in a person with celiac disease.
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JC { 04.22.09 at 1:01 am }
There’s no doubt that CD (celiac disease) is a very serious disease. It can lead to a host of serious diseases (ie. osteoporosis) as well as mortality. CD is an autoimmune disease, which means the mucosal lining has been torn. Picture a lining separating the good and the bad. When that lining is torn, the good and the bad will fight like crazy and damage will occur.
People with CD also lack IgA, and the lack of this type of antibodies is what causes gastrointestinal permeability, aka. leaky gut. We all have B cells in our bodies, which some of it is used to make IgAs. As long as our immune system is healthy and unsuppressed, we will continue to make IgAs throughout our lives. But if we take certain drugs or eat certain foods that suppresses the levels of IgA, such as Dexamethasone, a more potent form of Prednisone, then that lining will remain “unheal”. And this is the part that doctors leave out. One can go on a gluten free diet, take gluten drugs and/or drugs that suppress their IgAs and not even know it. How puzzling is that? It’s like the doctor plays “good”, yet the doctor doesn’t want the patient to heal.
If you have CD, google “Gluten Free Drugs”. You will be surprised that most steroids (drugs ending with “oid” or “one”) do not make the list, and alot of people do take these drugs. Perhaps, this is the reason people with CD are not healing because they keep taking drugs that suppress their IgAs. On one hand, going on a gluten diet has stopped them from further damaging the lining, yet on the other, the suppression of IgA is not healing the lining either. So when they do go back on a gluten diet, they will have issues again because the lining is still “torn”.
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Jen { 04.23.09 at 6:26 pm }
JC, you clearly don’t have basic knowledge of CD. A person with celiac can never “go back on a gluten diet.” They must remain off gluten for the rest of their lives, even once the intestine has healed. Otherwise, the damage will occur all over again. I suggest reading up on the disease before spreading misinformation.
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kelley { 04.24.09 at 7:43 pm }
[quote comment="5111"]There is currently no cure for CD, so what exactly will a doctor do other than tell the individual to go on a Gluten free diet?
Personally, I don’t think a gluten free diet is the way the go.
It does not heal the inflammed small intestine. And the problem with a Gluten-free diet is that while it alleviates the symptoms, the individual does not realize that he or she is losing out on the protein and other nutritional benefits.
If you go to Bob Red Mill’s site, you can see the difference:
All purpose flour – Protein = 3 g serving
Gluten flour (used for making seitan) = Protein – 23 g per servingThat is almost 8 times the difference!, and seitan is highly nutritious.
It is “vegan meat”.[/quote]
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kelley { 04.24.09 at 7:47 pm }
clearly you do not know anything about celiac disease. YOu can eat just as healthy eating glutten free. Sure I can’t eat a brownie at the store or any of those tv dinners full of perservitives.Instead if you want pasta you get corn or rice pasta and you can combine flours if you want to make brownies etc. As to intestine not healing it will if you avoid gluten. To us with celiac it is not an option. I chose not to throw up an hour after eating something with gluten. I chose to avoid eating glutten as I became malnorished and had no b 12 in my body. I have been on a glutten free diet for 7 years and I feel much healthier.
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JC { 04.26.09 at 1:00 pm }
Why are people so fixed on gluten? Gluten may not be the only culprit. And people need to look beyond this. If people understand nutrition, they will see something else.
The history of the celiac diet began during World War II (1949) when a shortage of bread occurred. Dr. Sydney Haas, a pediatrician, first observed that children with celiac greatly improved when they did not consume bread but as soon as bread became abundant, their celiac symptoms returned. This was how the gluten free diet began. It was based on the observation of one pediatrician 60 years ago.
Since 1949, people’s diets have diminished drastically. People do not eat the same things anymore. People used to spend 50% of their incomes on quality foods. Today people spend WAY less than 50% of their incomes on CHEAP food. Doritos contain coal tar, cool whip contains condom lubes, cuttle fish contains arsenic, and the list goes on. Almost everything that is processed is derived from GMO corn, a cheap “filler” – corn syrup, corn starch, corn tortilla, grain fed meat and poultry, corn oil, etc. Corn, though gluten free, is indigestible in the human gut and extremely harmful to cows. A cow will not live beyond 120 days if continuously fed on a GMO corn diet. Watch “King of Corn”. In the documentary, Allen Trenkle of Iowa State Univ. points out that the more corn the animal eats, the more acids the animal produces. And the more acids the animal produces, the more likely that animal will go into acidosis and dies. If we can’t digest corn, and cows can’t digest corn, what does this do to our digestion systems?
P.S. – Brownie and pasta are not health foods. They are caloric dense, not nutrient dense foods.
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K-Dawg { 04.26.09 at 6:14 pm }
JC — please stop posting stupid things. Someone with celiac can’t consume gluten, whether that gluten is in food, drugs, drinks, etc.
With respect of your other comments, clearly people should (within whatever dietary constraints they face) eat in the healthiest way possible to ensure a well-balanced diet. duh.
Stop posting misinformation — someone with celiac disease who is recently diagnosed may mistakenly think you know what you are talking about
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Cheryl { 04.28.09 at 12:33 am }
I have been suffering with gluten intolerance for 12 years. I never knew there was a name for it. Now maybe I will find some relief. Thank you.
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Kelly { 04.30.09 at 6:39 pm }
I am so excited that an easy to understand book was written. I am seeing more and more Celiac friendly alternatives available, and am glad that someone is able to use their celebrity to spread awareness of gluten related ailments. There are so many people out there suffering from Celiac Disease that don’t have to be. If you suspect that you may have the disease, insist on being tested, even if your doctor says that it is “unlikely” because you don’t have the textbook symptoms.
Yes, JC needs to go away, it’s sad that some people are so simple.Like or Dislike:
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Kathy { 06.20.09 at 8:56 pm }
I am gluten intolerant and have a gene typically associated with gluten intolernace. I tested with Dr. Kenneth Fine’s lab. I cut out gluten on my own after having symptoms – gastrointestinal, hip pain, headaches, that all miraculously went away when I stopped eating gluten. One accidental ingestion of gluten and I was sick for two days. People like JC need to understand that when you are suffering because your body CAN’T process something, then you NEED to NOT eat that food. I am finally well and feel normal whereas before I was getting worse and worse and didn’t know why. For many people, this is not a fad but a necessity. Eating gluten literally makes us sick – no ifs, ands, or buts.
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suzy { 06.30.09 at 5:56 pm }
I am a cancer survivor and have had “chronic fatigue” for 8++years with no real explaination as to why or how to address it. I have been to several specialists, spending lots of $$$$ seeking an explaination /treatment. Recently my blood test results came back as being allergic to gluten ( meaning not to eat gluten –EVER–as explained by my doctor). I have been on a gluten free program since and have increased in energy, clear thinking for the past 2 months. I am grateful for the awareness and availability for gluten free foods because it can make people so very sick.
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