The Gluten-Free Guide

Vanessa and Sandy are live at Digestive Disease Week meeting with doctors, researchers and patient advocacy groups about the latest and greatest developments about celiac disease and related autoimmune conditions. In this Live from Digestive Disease Week episode they sit down with Dr. Jocelyn SIlvester from Boston Children's Hospital to discuss a quote from Dr. Peter Green, "Patients with celiac disease deserve a medication."  Tune in to see what they have to say about this bold statement and very hot topic!

Today’s podcast hits on an important topic that comes up regularly in the media. We hear lots of news reports about people going on a gluten-free diet when they don’t need to be medically. We most often think about this as happening in adults, but a study led by a team of researchers at the Mayo Clinic now reports this is happening amongst school age children as well. 

To share more with our listeners about this controversial topic, I have Dr. Imad Absah in the studio with me. Dr. Absah is a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic and a leader of the Gluten-Free Diet in School Aged Children in Olmsted County, Minnesota study that was published in the Avicenna Journal of Medicine.  

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

Today’s podcast is about advances in new ways to diagnose celiac disease. One thing we struggle a lot with is making sure that people are getting a proper celiac disease diagnosis before starting a gluten-free diet. Often times patients will go on a gluten-free diet to try it out to see if symptoms improve…they all of a sudden feel great so go to the doctor to get tested, only to learn that they can’t actually get tested for celiac unless they are eating gluten…..But a new test is hoping to change that by allowing for celiac screening while someone is on a gluten-free diet. 

To help our listeners better understand this new test, we have Dr. Jocelyn Silvester…a gastroenterologist from Boston Children’s Hospital in the studio with us today. Dr. Silvester is a true leader in the celiac disease community and is working on new research herself about the future of diagnostic tests.

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

Traveling is such an incredible part of life. There are so many sights around the world and thankfully, there are also lots of places with amazing gluten-free options. To discuss some of the best (and worst) destinations, we've got the Gluten-Free Globetrotter Erin Smith! She's an avid travler and has lots of wisdom to pass along! 

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

With $6.00 loaves of bread and pasta that's double the price as it's gluten-containing counterparts, sticking to a gluten-free diet can become quite an expensive task. To help our listeners keep some extra change in their pockets, we've got Beth Moncel of Budget Bytes in the studio today to discuss lots of money saving tips for gluten-free consumers. 

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

Today’s podcast is all about meal delivery services. For those of you who have been listening since the beginning of our Podcast, you may remember the one last spring where we talked about Hello Fresh, Blue Apron and Terras Kitchen. We received so many great comments about that episode that we decided to do an update and include even more services that offer gluten-free meal delivery options including Plated and Sunbasket. We know how busy you all are and how helpful it can be to find some convenient options to make the hectic dinner process a little bit easier.

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

Can kids be exposed to gluten at school? During this week's podcast, Vanessa and Joyana discuss an exciting project that hopes to determine the potential levels of gluten exposure for kids with celiac disease in a school setting.

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

Today’s podcast is about how celiac disease may affect pregnancy for women. Our guest is the Dr. Louise Grode from the Department of Medicine at Horsens Regional Hospital in Denmark who is the lead author on a new study published in the journal Human Reproduction. The study team looked at the chance and timing of pregnancy as well as potential complications including live and stillbirths, molar and ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages, and found an increased risk of stillbirths and miscarriages in women with undiagnosed celiac disease. We are so excited to have Dr. Grode join us to talk about this important research and how women with celiac disease can plan to have successful pregnancies.

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

Today’s podcast is all about parenting a child with celiac disease. We know this is a super important topic to many of our listeners - you're working everyday to help your kids understand the lifelong need for a gluten-free diet and how to navigate different social situations. Thankfully there are many parents who have gone through this already and two of them are joining us in the studio today to talk about their journey of raising kids with celiac disease. We have Katie Rothenberg who is mom to 7-year-old Nadia and Jon Landy who is dad to a teenager, Matthew. Both are members of the Celiac Program Advisory Board at Children’s National and we are so glad to have them joining us to share their experiences of strategies that were great, and some that they might change in the future.

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.

Today’s podcast is all about natural ways to boost important nutrients in our diet, specifically iron, calcium, vitamin D and magnesium. This is especially important for patients with celiac disease who may be nutrient deficient. To help us dive into the topic, we have Dietitan Kathleen Walters in the studio to talk about these specific nutrients and foods that contain lots of them. 

Thank you to the Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute for their ongoing support to make this podcast possible.