Study: Gluten Allergy Grows in the United States

Interesting article about a Mayo Clinic study that showed a four-fold increase in Celiac disease since the 1950s:

"Researchers from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota conducted a study in order to determine whether Celiac disease, which occurs in people who are unable to digest gluten, is on the rise. The scientists turned to "medical archeology" for answers, specifically to frozen blood samples taken from recruits at the Warren Air Force base in Cheyenne, WY, between 1948 and 1954, where at the time strep infections were rampant. The samples are part of a now-famous study that proved treating strep infections with antibiotics would prevent rheumatic fever, a serious heart ailment that can follow strep throat."

Read the full article in the Stamford Times.