Between 10 and 15% of adults within the United States will be diagnosed with a kidney stone.

Recurrence rates are estimated at about 10% per year, totaling 50% over a 5–10 year period and 75% over 20 years. Men are affected approximately 4 times more often than women. Recent evidence has shown an increase in pediatric  cases. The total cost for treating this condition was $2 billion in 2003.¹

Kidney stones are an atypical symptom and associated disorder of celiac disease, however not all people with celiac disease will develop kidney stones. This article describes the pathway for the development of kidney stones that are seen in persons with celiac disease as well as the treatment and prevention. Read More »

There has never been a more important time to quickly become as healthy as you can be.

By healthy, I do not mean barely able to drag yourself through the day, only to collapse in front of the TV after work.

I mean vibrant and strong, and energetic during the day and able to sleep at night.

It is time to know how to recognize when you have a problem and understand how to fix it.

1. Know the gluten-free diet inside and out and how to adapt it to meet your needs.
2. Reduce Inflammation by eating certain foods and avoiding others.
3.  Correcting your ongoing nutrient deficiencies and health conditions.
4. Addressing your medications, so you know which ones may be impacting your health in ways you did not realize.
5. Incorporating supplements that you need to meet your individual nutritional requirements.
6. Incorporating natural remedies that boost your health.

These six steps are crucial to your health and they are all contained in the Gluten Free Works Treatment Guide.

The Treatment Guide grew out of our groundbreaking medical reference, Recognizing Celiac Disease, which was the first to list and detail over 300 signs, symptoms, associated disorders and complications. Endorsed by physicians at Harvard, Columbia, University of Chicago, Jefferson Medical College and other esteemed institutions.

The Gluten Free Works Treatment Guide is unique. The information it contains is accurate, comprehensive and based on documented medical research.

It is easy to use. Once you sign up, emails and tutorials will guide you along the way

Become as healthy as you can be, as you should be, in days, not weeks or months.

Click here to learn more about the Gluten Free Works Treatment Guide.

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many of us know someone with epilepsy. One of my cousins has epilepsy. My friend’s daughter also suffers from the disease.

3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy and about 65 million worldwide. Epilepsy is a serious disorder that affects the brain. People with epilepsy suffer from seizures. The seizures can range from small and barely noticeable to so severe that that the person loses consciousness and the body spasms.

While the exact mechanism is as yet unclear, there is definitely a link between gluten and epilepsy in a certain percentage of people. This video explains the link, the effects and how the seizures respond to the the gluten-free diet.

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This Tropical Ice Cream recipe is easy to make, nutritious and delicious. The video shows you how and includes ALL the preparation info.  Read More »

The following questions and answers were developed by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School:

Q. What is it like for a person you see who is newly diagnosed with Celiac Disease?
A. The gluten-free diet requires more preparation, taking food with you when you travel, making sure that you are safe in dining-out situations or when you are visiting with family or friends. So for some, it is very simple and straight forward and they are already experimenting with new grains like amaranth, buckwheat, millet, sorghum, and teff. But some people are Read More »

The Gluten Free Works Treatment Guide, created by Cleo Libonati, RN, BSN and Glutenfreeworks.com, is a revolutionary self-health resource that will give you the tools and information you need to take control of your health once and for all.

Should you subscribe?

Here are ten reasons why the answer is yes…

Combines Medical, Nutritional and Holistic Treatment

Standard medical treatment uses medicines, procedures and surgeries to try to fix symptoms. While this works for acute (Now) problems, it fails to prevent or cure chronic (Ongoing) problems. The Treatment Guide looks at the whole you. Your symptoms, their causes, nutrient deficiencies, current medications and remedies. Use it to treat both acute AND chronic issues.

Identify and Eliminate the Causes of Your Ongoing Health Issues

Treatment only works if it fixes the underlying causes. That said, standard medical treatment often misidentifies symptoms as if they were the underlying causes. Inflammation is an example. Inflammation ALWAYS has a cause, a trigger. The Treatment Guide helps you identify the true underlying causes and then shows you how to remove or correct them.

Get Off the Meds

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A recent Johns Hopkins study found medical mistakes are the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing between 200,000 and 400,000 per year.

The study does not even consider misdiagnoses, or how many people suffer injuries without dying. We frequently see people who are medicated for what doctors think are diseases, but are actually symptoms with underlying causes. This is why we created the Gluten Free Works Treatment Guide – to improve proper diagnosis and treatment – so you and your doctor could connect the dots between hundreds of symptoms and their causes, causes like nutrient deficiencies that doctors do not recognize.

“Medical mistakes — from surgical disasters to accidental drug overdoses — are the No. 3 cause of death in the U.S., behind cancer and heart disease, two experts argued Wednesday.

They said a careful count of all deaths from preventable medical errors shows between 200,000 and 400,000 people a year die in the U.S. from these mistakes. The only way to get the country to do something about them is to start counting them, Dr. Martin Makary and Michael Daniel of Johns Hopkins University medical school argued.

“We spend a lot of money on cancer and heart disease but we have not even recognized that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States,” Makary told NBC News.

“We have not as a country recognized the endemic problem of people dying from the care that they receive rather than the illness or injury for which they seek care.” Read the rest of the story at NBC News. The case report is available at the New England Journal of Medicine.  Read More »

The Go Gluten-Free study assessed the affects of a gluten-free diet on digestive health and fatigue in healthy people, without celiac disease. This was the largest study of its kind in the United Kingdom. Participants ate a gluten-free diet for three weeks and then went back to their regular diet.

The independent research was performed by Rowett Institution of Nutrition and Health at Aberdeen University. The results refute the claims made by many that the gluten-free diet is deficient in nutrients or in some way “bad” for people without celiac disease. In fact, these participants ate better, felt better and experienced decreased cholesterol levels, decreased salt, increased energy levels, clearer thinking and increased fiber contents of their meals.

[Editor’s Note: Article originally published July 2016.]