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Meet … student … foodie … blogger! Below she shares her health journey leading up to a diagnosis of both gluten and lactose intolerance and also provides great tips for dining out in Puerto Rico! Hello, my name is Paola! I was born in Puerto Rico and still live here with my family and my dog Cleopatra. I’m a recent LLM graduate of UC Berkeley specializing in Intellectual Property and will soon study at Indiana University, Bloomington

Children not receiving proper follow-up care after initial diagnosis of celiac disease, according to research According to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology many children are not receiving proper follow-up care after initial diagnosis of celiac disease. According to a recent article on www.healio.com Although guidelines recommended dietitian education regarding a [gluten-free diet] and annual GI follow-up visits many may not be receiving appropriate treatment as 1 in 6 patients did not receive [gluten-free diet] education, and 9% had no GI follow-up after diagnosis,” they wrote. It cannot be assumed that patients lost to GI follow-up are doing well nor that they receive specific follow-up in primary care.

As researchers continue to study which environmental factors may contribute to the cause or trigger of celiac disease, a review in Frontiers in Pediatrics (Microbial Transglutaminase Is Immunogenic and Potentially Pathogenic in Pediatric Celiac Disease) reports that microbial transglutaminase, a common food additive, could possibly be both a cause and trigger, though more research is needed. Learn more about the review on ScienceDaily.com (1.3.19)

Turkey’s Health Ministry and Education Ministry are set to cooperate for students who are gluten-intolerant, ordering schools across Turkey to offer gluten-free meals for pupils with the celiac disease. If they do, the school will be obligated to offer a gluten-free diet during lunches. School managements will make sure canteens offer gluten-free products, too, among other products. The canteen owners and personnel will be given a training regarding celiac disease.