When I first started working in this field, the term gluten sensitivity was used interchangeably with the term celiac disease — they basically meant the same thing.
Times have changed. We are now learning that there is a group of people who do not have celiac disease and do not have an allergy to wheat but nonetheless can not tolerate gluten. This condition is being called “gluten sensitivity.”
Very little research has been conducted on gluten sensitivity. However, a study abstract on this condition was recently presented at a medical conference known as Digestive Disease Week. One of the study authors was Alessio Fasano, M.D., Medical Director of The University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research.
Dr. Fasano was gracious enough to answer some questions about gluten sensitivity.
The term non-celiac gluten sensitivity is being used with more frequency. Can you please define what it is and how it differs from celiac disease?
Gluten sensitivity is a non-allergic, non-autoimmune ...
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