Gut Reaction

Summary:

Documentary about Celiac Disease

Website:

http://www.csaceliacs.org/

Additional Credits and Funding:

Made possible by a grant from the members of the Celiac Sprue Association. CSA helps individuals and families live full, healthy lives with Celiac Disease.
Corporate support comes from The Gluten-Free Mall, which offers gluten, wheat and dairy-free foods for those with celiac disease, by Ancient Harvest Quinoa, a source for gluten-free Quinoa grain and Quinoa-based products since 1982 and by Amy's Kitchen, offering 52 organic gluten free products.

Tones:

Contemplative, Emotional, Inspiring

Language:

English

Description:

There is a disease you've probably never heard of, but chances are you have it or someone you know or love has it and doesn't know. Doctors now believe that 1-in-133 Americans have Celiac Disease (an intestinal disorder where your immune system attacks wheat, barley and rye as if they were a virus), though only 1-in-4,700 gets diagnosed.

Celiac is more common than diabetes and hypertension, but because the means to diagnose it are only 2 or 3 years old, the disease is practically unknown in this country - both to sufferers and their doctors.

REACTION TO THIS PROGRAM

"This is terrific. Multiple storytelling idea fits this topic beautifully."
     -Michael Skoler, managing director for news, Minnesota Public Radio

"I very much like the way you have put the material together -- the rhythm of it and the seamless moving from one person to another. The opening is immediately engaging and, followed by people talking about the fact that they had never known what Celiac Disease was -- intriguing. Certainly makes you want to listen."
     -Maria Balinska, editor, BBC Radio

"This superbly-produced program, graphically depicting the symptoms of Celiac Disease, will enlighten patients who have been either mis-diagnosed or undiagnosed, as well as the medical community."
     -Bob Holland, Program Manager, Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Information on Celiac Disease:

<a href="http://www.csaceliacs.org/">Celiac Sprue Association</a>
(who underwrote the production of this program)

<a href="http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/">National Institutes of Health site on Celiac Disease</a>

<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi/">National Library of Medicine</a>
Type "Celiac Disease" into the search engine

Corporate Supporters of this program:
<a href="http://www.glutenfreemall.com/">Gluten-Free Mall</a>
<a href="http://amys.com/">Amy's Kitchen</a>
<a href="http://www.quinoa.net/">Ancient Harvest Quinoa</a>

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