The Doctor Gluten Project

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Cindy wrote this to me: “First of all Dr. Gluten, you are fantastic!!!” (thanks for your compliment, Cindy) . “We are hitting a brick wall with our Doctor.  We have found out that our son does not have celiac, but every time we ask our Doctor if he is gluten sensitive she says, "there is no such thing, you either have celiac or not".  The blood tests you suggested she said are outdated.  Could you explain please?”

The answer is “yes and no!”  Your GP is correct is saying that the antibody test for gluten is out of date BUT this is ONLY true if you are strictly only looking for tissue damage of celiac disease.

Unfortunately, your GP does not understand that gluten can cause more than just celiac disease.  If you are interested in gluten sensitivity (and I am), then the only test available right now is the IgG-gliadin antibody measurement. 

An additional difficulty is this test is not available in Auckland, or most other centres in New Zealand or Australia.  Cheers Dr. Rodney Ford

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