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Hopes and Wishes for Celiac Disease in 2018 EP055

January 5, 2018

by Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN with No Comment Podcast

As we ring in the New Year, many of us take the time to jot down our aspirations for the next twelve months. What are your hopes and dreams for 2018? Health and happiness? An opportunity to travel? Stronger relationships?

Whether you have big plans to hike the Grand Canyon this year, or you simply resolve to get a little more sleep, it’s likely that aspects of health and wellness are a big part of your vision for 2018. The Gluten Free RN wants you to be happy and healthy in the coming year, and today she is sharing her hopes and wishes around celiac disease for 2018.

Nadine offers insight on taking control of what you can, including the food you eat. She shares her wish for widespread access to high-quality food and nutritional information that is NOT influenced by corporations. She explains the need for universal healthcare, better comprehensive testing for celiac disease (performed annually), and appropriate follow-up care for patients with a celiac diagnosis. Listen in to understand why Nadine advocates for a global celiac education campaign and learn how to evaluate new information about the disease with a critical ear. Let’s get happy and healthy in 2018 so that we can pursue all of our hopes and dreams!

What’s Discussed:

Nadine’s wish for health, happiness and wellness

Reevaluate your choices and control what you can (sleep, food, activities)

Why Nadine advocates for universal healthcare

Everyone deserves access to high-quality healthcare without financial strain

The need for better comprehensive testing

Healthcare providers should be educated in ordering, interpreting labs

Nadine’s hope for worldwide knowledge of celiac disease

Patients in US not diagnosed correctly for 70 years
Consider mini-mass screening of patients/family

The importance of accurate media coverage

Stories not influenced by sponsors, pharmaceuticals, etc.

Why friends and family should be tested every year

Early diagnosis important
Can be ruled in, not ruled out

The value of nutritional information not influenced by food companies

Understand where food comes from, how processed

Nadine’s aspiration for universal access to high-quality food

Organic, whole foods with minimal processing
Provides fuel today, building blocks of healing

The need for appropriate follow-up care

Labs to address nutritional deficiencies, associated issues

Nadine’s insight around celiac education

Seek information, evaluate with critical ear

by Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN with No Comment Podcast

In 11 years as the Gluten Free RN, Nadine has done an incredible amount of research on celiac disease and delivered more than 2,000 lectures. No question she is frustrated to see misinformation continue to make its way onto celiac support sites and Facebook groups. How does the average person sift through all the material that’s out there—material that may be influenced by corporations and pharmaceutical companies with a vested interest in the way celiac disease is perceived—to get to the most accurate information?

Just in time for the holidays, the Gluten Free RN is sharing her wish list around the direction of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity in the next ten years. She discusses the need for a global mass screening, explaining how celiac disease meets the World Health Organization’s criteria. She covers the reasons why pharmaceutical companies have no place in celiac research as well as the bad publicity the gluten-free community receives in the media.

Nadine speaks to the grievous lack of education about celiac disease among healthcare providers and shares her hope for a cultural shift to support people on a gluten-free diet, explaining the role nurses can play in ending the needless suffering. She talks about why a gluten-free diet is NOT dangerous and how to make the best food choices based on your lifestyle and current situation. Listen in and get empowered to accept responsibility for your health!

What’s Discussed:

The need for a global mass screening

Celiac disease meets WHO criteria
30-50% of population carries gene

Why pharmaceutical companies should not be involved in celiac research

Diet change resolves symptoms
Pharmaceutical involvement gives false hope for cure

The misinformation about celiac disease in the media

Misrepresentation in recent episode of Freakonomics Radio

The need to educate healthcare providers around celiac disease

Recommended in 2004 NIH Consensus Statement
Never happened in standardized form

Nadine’s call for support of people on a gluten-free diet

Don’t assume intentionally being difficult

The unique position of nurses to use their influence

Prevent needless suffering with understanding of celiac disease

Why you must accept responsibility for your own health

Take advantage of available resources
Find practitioners open to other modalities

How to avoid processed foods

Focus on raw, whole foods
Choose fresh fruits, vegetables
Don’t fall victim to convenience marketing
Use community, intuition to make decisions

Why a gluten-free diet is NOT dangerous

Nadine restored her health by eliminating grains
Unethical to suggest that celiac patient go off gluten-free diet

Resources:

Freakonomics Radio: The Demonization of Gluten

2004 NIH Consensus Statement on Celiac Disease

Connect with Nadine:

Instagram

Facebook

Contact via Email

‘Your Skin on Gluten’ on YouTube

Books by Nadine:

Dough Nation: A Nurse’s Memoir of Celiac Disease from Missed Diagnosis to Food and Health Activism

Celiac Disease and the Media EP026

June 2, 2017

by Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN with No Comment Podcast

The gluten-free movement is often dismissed in the media as a fad. Even so-called experts actively discredit the gluten-free diet and apply a negative connotation to terms like PWAG. Have you ever wondered why there is so much misinformation about celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity in the media? And who sponsors the coverage that dissuades people from going gluten-free?

Today, Nadine explains how the big business of wheat affects which voices we hear in media treatment of the gluten-free movement. In addition, she covers how the for-profit healthcare system in the US affects the timely diagnosis of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

Celiac disease is a medical, social and economic issue with political implications. Listen and learn how to choose high quality, nutrient dense foods, and leverage your power as a gluten-free consumer!

What’s Discussed:

Misinformation in the media

Some coverage dissuades from adopting a gluten-free diet
Program/print sponsors may be corporations that depend on people eating wheat
Wheat/grain industry threatened by rise of gluten-free diet (33% of people in US and Canada on variation of gluten free diet)

The illusion of options in the area of food production

8-10 corporations own nearly every food company
Nadine patronizes farmer’s markets, co-ops and local companies

Nadine’s rules for buying food products

Label must be clear, easy to read
Five or fewer ingredients
Must be able to picture each ingredient

The importance of reading labels

May be gluten in products that are typically gluten-free (i.e.: pesto, kombucha)
Companies are given six months to update labels after making changes
Barley and rye are not on list of allergens

Nadine’s story