Gearing up for a gluten challenge

I know I haven’t been around much lately.  I haven’t had much I’ve felt like writing.  And I’m trying to get both some school and personal projects done (I’ve yet to be successful with those either). But one thing I did discuss with my doctor the last time I saw her was the possibility of [...]

Is gluten intolerance real?

If you are around the alternative health blogs at all, or really many mainstream health sources these days, you might have seen mention that ‘perhaps a gluten free diet can help you too!’ But if you don’t have celiac disease, is going gluten free of any use? Are there gluten issues other than celiac disease [...]

Do celiac patients die earlier than ‘regular’ people?

TL;DR: If you have celiac disease, and you continue to eat gluten, you have a significantly increased chance of dying at a younger age than someone from the general population. Recently, particularly in r/glutenfree, I’ve run into a lot of people who either don’t understand why they should be gluten free if they have celiac [...]

On being allowed in my head by myself

I love when different areas of my interests overlap. Mental health? Physical health? Science? Check! An article that came out in last weeks issue of Science, A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind, really caught my attention. We know quite well that people who exercise are supposedly happier. Something or other about endorphins. I’ve also [...]

Research from New Guinea – nuts and carbs

Two articles have come out recently that I’ve seen mentioned in both the regular news and around the blogging world. As a scientist, when I see ‘popular’ media pieces about things like this, I like to go back to original research article. Often what you see reported is a bastardization of the actual research. These [...]