In this week’s episode, Dr. Fasano discusses the effects of gluten as well as other potential triggers that aggravate the gut. What does it take to heal the gut? How can we prevent leaky gut? Find out more in this episode.
Advancing innovation in research, clinical care and education, Alessio Fasano, MD, has dedicated his life to improving the quality of life for people with celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders. He founded the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1996. In 2013, he moved the Center to Massachusetts General Hospital and renamed it the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment. He is chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at MassGeneral Hospital for Children and professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
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Traditionally, Italians eat WHITE pasta and bread every day and if gluten was the “poison” it’s made out to be by this gluten phobia of today, then Italians would be either the unhealthiest people on the planet OR they would have been extinct a long time ago — neither of which is true, obviously. The new generation of Italians who are following the bullcrap diet advice of today (cut out gluten, eat whole grains, eat low fat, etc) are the fat sick ones, whereas their parents and grandparents who followed the traditional Italian diet that included a lot of gluten, were healthy and slim.
PR Institute yes I understand that but there are many Italians in Canada and the USA who eat NA gluten every day just like they did/do in Italy, and are perfectly healthy. So perhaps you’re one of the few people who really does need to avoid gluten?
+Francesca Bartley are they perfectly healthy? Thats sounds like an assumption to me. I like looking at lab work and evaluating the individual myself. Until then I will not trust anyones opinion. In the end we are all free to believe what we want. However I dont think belief has anything to do with some of Fasanos findings. His work is fascinating and my practice is largely successful because of work like his.
As for myself I can tell you that when I go to my home in Italy and eat pasta and bread there I do not have any symptoms. Coincidence? Obviously there are other factors like stress and environmental exposure.
“Traditionally, Italians eat WHITE pasta and bread every day…”
This is a MYTH. When they do eat it, it’s a small side dish.
The wheat from 60 years ago had 10 times less gluten than what is in wheat today. Gluten rich wheat was selected and refined and grown today. Not available to Italians 60 years ago. So the Italians eating WHITE pasta and bread ate 10 times less gluten 60 years ago than the new generation of Italians who are intolerant to gluten.
My point is that if gluten was as bad as we’re led to believe, Italians as a whole would be a lot sicker than any other group of people… the number of Italians with celiac disease should be off the charts compared to other people…. as well as all diseases which are supposedly caused by gluten. But the fact is, that’s not the case at all.
William Regal LOL
Fantastic interview. I learned alot of new information. I truly love hearing interviews directly from the researcher. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic interview. It was so enlightening to hear directly from Dr. Fasano rather than other people’s well-meaning interpretations. Thank you both.
This is really developing into quite a sensorial experience 🙂