Re: TI diabetes and gluten intolerance

[Guest guest]

>I thought this was good. It is known

> that gluten intolerance and T1 diabetes are linked, but some

> people believe it is because the same set of genes is involved,

> others think that avoiding gluten could prevent the diabetes.

> This seems to show the latter.

>

> -- Heidi Jean

Good study. On NPR the other day they had a medical call in show on guilt

with a psychologist. Father of a 12 yr. old celiac girl called in about his

sympathetic, guilty feelings eating gluten while she ate gluten free.

Psychologist asked father if celiac was caused by him. I lost it there.

Father responded that celiac was believed to come along with her T1

diabetes. The rest of the discusssion was no less perturbing. 12 yr. old

ended up having the least issues, Dad's were workable, expert needing most

work.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

>Good study. On NPR the other day they had a medical call in show on guilt

>with a psychologist. Father of a 12 yr. old celiac girl called in about his

>sympathetic, guilty feelings eating gluten while she ate gluten free.

>Psychologist asked father if celiac was caused by him. I lost it there.

>Father responded that celiac was believed to come along with her T1

>diabetes. The rest of the discusssion was no less perturbing. 12 yr. old

>ended up having the least issues, Dad's were workable, expert needing most

>work.

>

>Wanita

Oh, I'm glad I missed that one! I'd still be ranting!

There is no way I'd eat gluten in front of my kid who couldn't ... even

forgetting about contamination issues and the fact he might share

the same genes! I get really angry sometimes at these parents

who talk about the " special diet " for their kid ... so this 3-year-old

or whatever is walking around a house loaded with bread and

cracker crumbs and fancy cereal boxes he can't touch (and an

oven loaded with gluten-fumes). And the parents wonder why

the kid doesn't get better.

I know a couple of T1 folks though, with T1 kids, and NO ONE

has said anything to them about this research. Why aren't

they testing the kids before their pancreas shuts down?

Heidi Jean