This article was in this mornings paper.
Enzyme could help treat digestive disorder
An enzyme from a common fungus can break down gluten in breads and pastas-and can survive in the acidic conditions of the human stomach-opening the possibility for the first treatment of the digestive disorder celiac disease, according to a studay published today. Dutch researchers said an enzyme called AN-PEP broke down gluten in the test-tube experiments within a relatively short period, fast enough that patients could take the enzyme with their meals to avoid the intestinal inflammation caused by gluten. The findings, published in the American Journal of Physiology, follow a study from Stanford University researchers published Monday describing another enzyme, EP-B2- found in barley seeds-that gave similar results.
Well, this is promising news. Not certain how I feel about it...I think we should just ban all gluten products-period.
Love,
Joanna
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Wow, if that really does work (even with some non-critical side effects) there will be a LOT of gluten sensitive/celiac's getting in on that one I'll bet. ALL the docs will be prescribing it too.I'm like you, not sure how I feel about it. Seems like everything comes with a price to pay.
Love, Shirley
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Looks like it made Forbes.
Read this
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health ... 33554.html
Anyone interested in clinical trials? There is alot of talk about this on the internet....what do you all think? BTW, it takes a few minites for this site to load.
Love,
Joanna
Read this
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health ... 33554.html
Anyone interested in clinical trials? There is alot of talk about this on the internet....what do you all think? BTW, it takes a few minites for this site to load.
Love,
Joanna
THE GLUTEN FILES
http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/
http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/
Interesting Joanna!
Now if they would only develop enzymes that could break down dairy and corn and soy, etc., I'd be in luck! At this point I don't seem to care so much about gluten - guess I've been GF for so long that I no longer miss processed foods. But it would be nice to eat a little cheese.........sigh.
The good news is that research continues, and one of these days they might even have something for MIs. Thanks for sharing.
Love,
Polly
Now if they would only develop enzymes that could break down dairy and corn and soy, etc., I'd be in luck! At this point I don't seem to care so much about gluten - guess I've been GF for so long that I no longer miss processed foods. But it would be nice to eat a little cheese.........sigh.
The good news is that research continues, and one of these days they might even have something for MIs. Thanks for sharing.
Love,
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
Interesting article...........strange thing happened when I tried to close the window though. I got the following message
This window is busy?
Closing this window may cause problems.
Do you want to close it anyway?
I thought....busy? doing what?
Problems...........what kind?
close it anyway? Naw, I just want to look at this particular window all day until it's finished being "busy"..................NOT. I closed it anyway. Perhaps I'll never be able to get on again
but I doubt it 
Love, Shirley
This window is busy?
Closing this window may cause problems.
Do you want to close it anyway?
I thought....busy? doing what?
Problems...........what kind?
close it anyway? Naw, I just want to look at this particular window all day until it's finished being "busy"..................NOT. I closed it anyway. Perhaps I'll never be able to get on again
but I doubt it Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
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Shirley,
It may have just been an MS Windows "thang", or the site may have been busy trying to get past your computers firewall to download a spyware program to your hard drive, or searching your computer for information. Call me paranoid, but I don't trust messages like that either.
Love,
Wayne
It may have just been an MS Windows "thang", or the site may have been busy trying to get past your computers firewall to download a spyware program to your hard drive, or searching your computer for information. Call me paranoid, but I don't trust messages like that either.
Love,
Wayne
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
This is probably the original publication of the research results on this project:
http://ajpgi.physiology.org/cgi/content ... 034.2006v1
Love,
Tex
http://ajpgi.physiology.org/cgi/content ... 034.2006v1
Love,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.