Malignant Cancers are a Hidden Danger for Celiacs

3 hours ago, trents said:

I don't know. Depriving one's self of gluten free comfort foods may create anxiety that does more harm than the comfort food.

That’s just me. It’s full of junk. I wasn’t much of a carb eater to begin with so the diet has been easy for me. My biggest worries come from accidentally getting it.  Knowing the link between celiacs and diabetes I just stay away from it. If someone needs it to feel   better mentally I say go for it. 

7 hours ago, trents said:

I don't know. Depriving one's self of gluten free comfort foods may create anxiety that does more harm than the comfort food.

I sympathise with this, coming from England where afternoon tea has been a big part of our family's traditions!

I have managed to reduce my sugar consumption from time to time but I find it hard to give up totally, partly because I have a sweet tooth (nature or nurture, who knows?!) but also as a coeliac often the only food available at a cafe or restaurant which has been made in a guaranteed gluten free facility is a pre-packed cake or cookie.  So while everyone else is eating their food, at least I can order a coffee and a gluten-free brownie.

I love being able to eat something when I go out that I know is safe, and if all there is is something sweet, I'll eat it.  I know people will say to me they are never glutened if they order a jacket potato and salad, but I've been glutened several times by eating just that, including last week.  I eat out rarely, but there is one chef I can trust at a local pub.  Turns out both time I've been glutened there she was off duty!  

9 hours ago, cristiana said:

I sympathise with this, coming from England where afternoon tea has been a big part of our family's traditions!

I have managed to reduce my sugar consumption from time to time but I find it hard to give up totally, partly because I have a sweet tooth (nature or nurture, who knows?!) but also as a coeliac often the only food available at a cafe or restaurant which has been made in a guaranteed gluten free facility is a pre-packed cake or cookie.  So while everyone else is eating their food, at least I can order a coffee and a gluten-free brownie.

I love being able to eat something when I go out that I know is safe, and if all there is is something sweet, I'll eat it.  I know people will say to me they are never glutened if they order a jacket potato and salad, but I've been glutened several times by eating just that, including last week.  I eat out rarely, but there is one chef I can trust at a local pub.  Turns out both time I've been glutened there she was off duty!  

 

It’s perfectly fine. He was commenting on the post I made. I was only saying that the link to cancer in celiacs may not be a direct link. It could be the processed gluten free foods we eat. The gluten free processed food could be the reason we have a higher risk of cancer. (According to their study) Many other studies say something different. 🙂

51 minutes ago, LP023 said:

It’s perfectly fine. He was commenting on the post I made. I was only saying that the link to cancer in celiacs may not be a direct link. It could be the processed gluten free foods we eat. The gluten free processed food could be the reason we have a higher risk of cancer. (According to their study) Many other studies say something different. 🙂

No problem - I am sure all the processed stuff can't be doing much good on all sorts of levels. My mother in law has always cooked from scratch and enjoys fantastic health in her 80s, I'm sure that's why. 

I have no doubt it is the low vitamin D and iodine levels we are encouraged to follow.  And deficiency in other vitamins that prevent defective DNA by apoptosis. It's like losing all of your local police due to attrition. US adults are 42% deficient in D, the communication net of the immune system and barely enough iodine for thyroid health. There are others.  That's why it is important to exceed the Recommended Daily Allowances.

     June 1, 2014 Iodine and Cancer     "The first report of geographical regions with high rates of goiter having higher rates of cancer mortality was published in 1924."

Choline and dna

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In the US, dietary intake of choline is marginal. Choline deficiency in people is associated with liver and muscle dysfunction and damage, with apoptosis, and with increased DNA strand breaks...   Choline deficiency alters DNA methylation, which alters gene expression for critical genes involved in DNA mismatch repair, resulting in increased mutation rates. Any dietary deficiency which increases mutation rates should be associated with increased risk of cancers, and this is the case for choline deficiency. In rodent models, diets low in choline and methyl-groups result in spontaneous hepatocarcinomas. In human epidemiological studies, there are interesting data that suggest that this also may be the case for humans, especially those with SNPs that increase the dietary requirement for choline. Dietary Choline Deficiency causes DNA Strand Breaks