RE: prevalence of gluten intolerance (was: opioids, sugar, etc.)

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> Re: prevalence of gluten intolerance (was: opioids, sugar,

>etc.)

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>>Heidi,

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>>Where are you getting the " 10% " figure from? The 30% is from Dr. Fine's

>>stool test, right?

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>>Suze Fisher

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>10% is from Dangerous Grains and most of the writups ... it's the number

>of random Americans that test high for IgA in blood tests (rather than

>stool tests).

Ah, I thought so. From my understanding then, the 10% figure is probably

quite inaccurate since the blood test is not nearly as sensitive as the

stool test. If the stool test is indeed much more sensitive and accurate

than the blood test, then the stool test figures at 29% prevalence would be

the current accurate figure, it seems.

Suze Fisher

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[Guest guest]

>Ah, I thought so. From my understanding then, the 10% figure is probably

>quite inaccurate since the blood test is not nearly as sensitive as the

>stool test. If the stool test is indeed much more sensitive and accurate

>than the blood test, then the stool test figures at 29% prevalence would be

>the current accurate figure, it seems.

>

>Suze Fisher

I agree. I'm not sure most people are quite willing to hear that though!

Folks are still getting used to the idea that " as many as 1 out of 100 "

people react negatively to wheat. When the 1 in 230 figure came out

a few years ago, scientists in the US were shocked, because it had

been thought to be so very very rare ...

Heidi Jean