By Chris Kresser on
April 23, 2013 in Digestive problems, Food & Nutrition, Health & Healing, Myths & Truths, Paleo Diet |
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This article was first featured at The Huffington Post. Click here to see the original article.
Celiac disease (CD) was initially described in the first century A.D. by a Greek physician named Aretaeus of Cappadocia. (1) But neither Aretaeus nor anyone else knew that CD is caused by an autoimmune reaction to gluten, a protein in wheat. That didn't become clear until 1950 -- several centuries later -- when Dr. Willem Dicke, a Dutch pediatrician, conclusively proved that gluten was the ...
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By Chris Kresser on
April 19, 2013 in Health Conditions, Heart Disease, Myths & Truths |
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It’s hard to overstate the impact that cardiovascular disease (CVD) has in the U.S.. Consider the following:
Cardiovascular disease affects 65 million Americans.
Close to one million Americans have a heart attack each year.
In the U.S., one person dies every 39 seconds of cardiovascular disease.
1 of 3 deaths that occurs in the U.S. is caused by cardiovascular disease.
1 in 3 Americans have metabolic syndrome, a cluster ...
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