Hipster Celiac Susceptibility Thread...

Hmmm. .... I haven't seen a study regarding susceptibility of gluten intolerance for hipsters.....

 

Anne Barfield
www.chickenparadise.com
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From: Joe Barfield [mailto:joe@joebarfield.com]

Caucasian refers to people of a common stock originally from the Caucasus mountains in Central Eurasia including Turkey and several areas in Russia. Anthropologists include Indians as Caucasian.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race.

 

Of course, there are a bunch of other usages for caucasian, notably to mean "white folk" in an exclusionary manner.

 

But for the most part, caucasoid differentiates from negroid and mongoloid, hipster, etc.. There are contexts where these broad terms are useful, including discussions of disease susceptibility.

 

At least that's my take on it.

 

Yip,

Joe Barfield

 

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From: Frances Kelley [mailto:fkelley@austin.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:19 AM
To: dholladay@swbell.net; 'Anne Barfield'; 'Lynn Rainwater'; 'Kelly paolini'; 'JoeH Barfield'
Subject: RE: Google Alert - Celiac

I agree with Debbie that there was some factual misinformation here like the statement that celiac is "a Caucasian disease".  But in the prior paragraph is says it effects people in India.  Whenever I see an error I get suspicious.

That said, overall this sounds intriguing.  But I am concerned about the error rate (if that is the right term?).  Does any gluten not get broken down before it moves from the stomach to the small intestine?  And if yes, then why type of damage if any are you doing to the small intestine?

What I would really like is to see what Drs. we know (Green, Fasano, etc.) are saying about this. 

Francie


At 12:21 PM 7/4/2006, Debbie Holladay wrote:

Anne, this sounds very interesting.  I wonder if it is the same enzyme that is in GlutenEase?  I need to ask my chemist-daughter if she can tell from the chemical names.  While this may not be a substitute for the GF diet, it may be a help when traveling or eating out, when cross-contamination is an almost unavoidable issue.
 
Did you notice this paragraph (next to last), though?

Celiac disease is an HLA-linked disease related to Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis in which autoimmune reactions cause the disease; similarly, immune reactions can lead to organ transplant rejection. Koning said it isnt likely that AN-PEP would be of any therapeutic value in any of these HLA-associated diseases because Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are real autoimmune diseases, where the immune system attacks parts of the body. In celiac disease, it is the gluten that is the target, not the body.
Someone has missed the fact that the body is under attack as a result of the autoimmune response to gluten, or did I totally misunderstand the authors statement?  I was going to pass this information along, but I hesitate to do so without a disclaimer about that statement.
 
Debbie

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