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Dr. Kenneth Fine profiled on Nourishing Wellness
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 posted by
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Dr. Allen & Jeanne Peters, the physician/dietician team of Nourishing Wellness in Redondo Beach, have an online radio show hosted by HealthyLife.net. You can hear them live on Thursday mornings at 9am. What’s even better is that you can listen any time by going to the HealthyLife “archives,” clicking on the Peters’ name, and selecting a program.
Anyway, the most recent show added to the archives aired November 08 2007 & features Dr. Kenneth Fine of EnteroLab. (Those are the folks who do the mail-order stool testing for “anti-gluten”-antibodies.) Dr. Fine talks about his experiences as a gastroenterologist, the prevalence of gluten intolerance, possible reasons for this epidemic, and the paleolithic diet.
I’ve never heard Dr. Fine speak before. He actually makes a good case, and I’ve got quite a bit I want to mull over in future posts. Oh joy for you.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:23 am
Thanks Sandee for the posts! And yes, any of your clients can type into their browser the url http://www.healthylife.net and hit the archive button to hear the show.
In that show, Dr Fine says..that his research indicates that as much as 70% of the population is probably sensitive to gluten!
As I say, when in doubt..take it out! Thank goodness there are resources like your bakery for those that live the gluten free lifestyle!
Hope to interview you and your chef soon on the radio show,too
December 10th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Hi, Jeanne! Thank goodness, too, for practices like yours!
But, 70%?!? I heard him say “as high as 50%, maybe more.” And since then I’ve been wondering, where is the data to support that number? It’s something I’m exploring in another post, which I should post already.
It’s possible that you all are working with a skewed population of likely-gluten-intolerant people, pre-selected by the very fact that you’re seeing them in your office.
December 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Wow, Jeanne, that came out harsh. I was thinking about this in the morning, when I first saw your comment, and then went off to do car-pool, etc., and later saw the open window on my desktop and pushed “submit” without re-reading….
I look around me at my personal universe and suspect 50% to be gluten-sensitive. But I hesitate to make any conclusions. It’s POSSIBLE that my world consists of a lot of northern-European Jews. It’s possible that I’m looking for gluten-sensitivity, that it is I that am pre-disposed to seeing it.
Without a doubt, though, there is much more gluten-sensitivity out there than the traditional medical community supposes. And it is good that people who would otherwise not even consider diet as a factor in their health can get help and guidance from people like you and your husband.