A new urine test is on the market that could help with tracking gluten free diet adherence and whether your patients and clients are unknowingly getting gluten cross-contamination.
Early life infections may play a role in later development of celiac disease. Children with 10 or more infections by the time they turned 18 months old had a significantly greater risk for later development of celiac disease compared with children who had four or fewer infections.
The gluten free labeling rule that went into effect in August 2014 indicated difficulty in scientifically detecting gluten in fermented and hydrolyzed foods and that the FDA would release a proposed ruling on that issue in the future. The future is now.