Author Archive for Carl Lowe
Carl Lowe has written about health, fitness and nutrition for a wide range of publications including Prevention Magazine, Self Magazine and Time-Life Books. The author of more than a dozen books, he has been gluten-free since 2007.
If You Have Weak Bones, Get Checked For A Gluten Problem
Many people take vitamin D and calcium supplements because these nutrients are supposed to help strengthen bones. But if you have celiac disease and gluten has damaged your digestive tract, these nutrients won’t do you any good. You can’t absorb them.
More Evidence That Gluten Harms The Brain
Medical researchers continue to uncover alarming evidence that gluten can harm the brain. In the latest discovery, researchers find that babies born to mothers who are gluten sensitive have twice the risk for developing schizophrenia 25 years later.
To Lose Weight, Lose The Alarm Clock
If you feel draggy, cranky and groggy when your alarm goes off in the morning, the jarring ring of the clock may be making you obese and unhealthy. Social jet lag, the fact that your body’s internal clock is at war with your daily waking and sleeping schedule, may be working to expand your waistline.
As You Get Older Your Chances Of A Gluten Problem Grow
Although some people still insist the movement to eat a gluten-free diet is a passing fad, medical research is proving that health damage from gluten is actually an under-appreciated problem. A scary aspect of the gluten situation: Unlike allergies, which many people outgrow, you can grow into an autoimmune reaction to gluten. And it can threaten your life.
Here Comes Another GMO Corn And More Herbicide
Dow Chemical is about to win approval for a new genetically modified organism (GMO), a type of corn that will allow farmers to spray massive amounts of a chemical weed killer called 2,4-D intended to wipe out pesky invasive plants. The new corn can survive 2,4-D. But many people question how well farmers and consumers will survive this planned escalation of agricultural chemical warfare.
Gluten, The Weird Protein That Nobody Digests
You need protein to live. The body uses the protein it digests from food to build its tissues. But there’s a unique form of protein that never gets completely digested by anyone: gluten. Alarmingly, if your immune system reacts to gluten, it doesn’t attack this unusual protein. It attacks the body. That can lead to serious illness and death.
The Incredible Inedible Chicken
Recent studies of supermarket chickens show that they are being fed arsenic, banned antibiotics, Benadryl and caffeine. Much of this undoubtedly ends up in our chicken dinners.
Top Ten Gluten Myths
Gluten, a group of proteins found in wheat, rye and barley, directly threatens the health of more than 2 million Americans who unknowingly suffer celiac, an autoimmune disease.
Eating Gluten: An Evolutionary Mistake
More and more older people are developing celiac disease (an autoimmune response to gluten) who didn’t seem to have this issue when they were younger. Nobody knows for sure why this is happening, but research shows that the scope of the gluten problem is growing rapidly.
The Gluten-Free Diet: Fad, Necessity Or Tool For Optimal Health?
Over and over again, advice on avoiding gluten ominously warns that you should consult a dietitian or other nutritional expert before attempting a gluten-free diet. Seems to me, this is exactly backwards.
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