About Tina Turbin
There are many health-conscious and gluten-free companies, doctors and nutritionists, researchers, restaurant and bakery owners, colleagues and a variety of people truly interested in this field, who contribute immensely to this incredibly resourceful site. I also have a truly wonderful team in Los Angeles as well as Florida that help me with product research so I can share these important details with my readers.
I am a published children’s author, researcher, writer and humanitarian. I became extremely interested in the subjects of gluten free, gluten sensitive and celiac disease a number of years ago. I experienced numerous years of going around in circles with tests and doctors and finding no “diagnosis” to many symptoms I was experiencing. I finally resorted to doing my own research, and with the abundance of data available on the Net, I felt I was onto something. Why had I not been tested for celiac disease or gluten sensitivity or gluten allergy?
Upon further research it became clear that the subject is not broadly understood. According to health officials, about 1 percent of the population, or 1 out of every 100 Americans, suffers from celiac disease. Currently, the total number of Americans with celiac disease stands somewhere near 3 million.
But the sad part of this is that upward of 97 percent of those affected remain undiagnosed.
For people with celiac disease, eating gluten — a protein found in wheat, rye and barley — causes damage to the lining of the small intestine, preventing the uptake of nutrients.
Delayed diagnosis can put people at risk for certain types of cancer and many other associated conditions, including infertility. Early diagnosis of celiac disease is actually quite easy and carries many advantages.
I have been actively involved in this area of research, writing, meeting and working with MANY specialists as well as developing gluten-free recipes. I am a mom who is concerned for any undiagnosed child or adult. I feel a need to do my part to ensure people are properly informed and know the signs of the various adverse affects gluten intolerance can have.
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