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The Past, Present and Future of the Association between Celiac Disease and Schizophrenia

Guest post by: Anna Weber

Article Overview: Is managing celiac disease also the answer to controlling schizophrenia? Patients, physicians and family members look to continuing research for the answers. Gluten free meal choices continue to help patients manage mental health issues related to schizophrenia. What answers will future research provide?

The Past, Present and Future of the Association between Celiac Disease and Schizophrenia

Celiac disease is gaining more recognition every day as researchers dig deeper into the impact of grains and other foods that impair the body's ability to metabolize gluten, a protein necessary for healthy body function. Celiac, which presents as an autoimmune disorder leads to malnutrition, diarrhea, weight loss and other dangerous health issues - one which has long been suspected as a direct link between schizophrenia and celiac disease. Although more research is necessary to fully understand the link... past, present and future research answers the more important question that remains about whether a gluten-free diet proves beneficial to individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia who may be genetically predisposed to celiac disease.

In the relatively recent past, celiac disease and gluten intolerance have been held suspect in the onset, and complications of, schizophrenia. A February 21, 2004 report published in the British Medical Journal noted that people suffering from celiac disease are in three times the danger of developing schizophrenia than those not having been diagnosed with gluten intolerance. According to the report, over 7,000 schizophrenic patients who were placed in a Danish psychiatric facility between the years 1981 and 1988 showed a prevalence of celiac disease. This number is significantly higher than patients at the same facility who presented with other diseases such as Chron's disease and ulcerative colitis. As late as 2006, ongoing research was still considered a worthy endeavor, with much of the medical literature supporting the conclusion that in cases where schizophrenia is determined to be related to the gluten intolerance, patients are experiencing high levels of success when maintaining a gluten-free diet.

Presently, schizophrenia, which affects at least 1% of the population, is noted to be one of the top 10 causes of disability. Doctors rely more frequently on the results of long term use of epidemiological studies and controlled trials in research clinics, as a forward movement focusing on the underlying physiological basis of the association between schizophrenia and celiac disease. More physicians are devoting study to gluten and its impact on the brain, believing that food allergies are the predominating factor in mental illness. The unfortunate event is that many people suffer needlessly and report many episodes of cognitive dysfunction long before they are diagnosed -either with schizophrenia and/or celiac disease. Once the connection has been made, patients achieve a degree of normalcy once they add gluten free choices to their diet.

What does the future hold for gluten intolerant patients who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia? Understanding how celiac disease influences undesirable brain function, physicians are more alert to making an appropriate assessment when there is a family history of either psychiatric problems or gluten intolerance celiac disease. Based on more current research, logic would hold that schizophrenia is not likely a disease with a single underlying cause. The brain dysfunction associated with gluten allergies is known to be triggered by a deficiency of food nutrients; considerable evidence indicates the association through a genetic inability to process some proteins and grain based glutens. The next step is developing a gluten tolerance test that can accurately measure gluten proteins and monitor patient changes in cognitive capacity, emotions and energy which no research to date and been able to consistently document. Past, present or future, there is yet much to learn about the direct link between schizophrenia and celiac disease.

Anna Weber

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