Posted by Peg Smith | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 22-03-2010
Peggy D. Smith has a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising from University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. She double minored in Journalism and Marketing. Peggy has run her own Marketing Communications company as a Consultant for over 20 years. She has coordinated a variety of educational programs in her local community and conducts regional business training events and teleconference training calls. She is a Business Coach and Creative Director and has owned her own health education business for the past several years.
Posted by Peg Smith | Posted in Allergies, Mental Health | Posted on 22-03-2010
It’s amazing the number of cases of ‘mental illness’ that have a nutritional basis. The latest example of this to catch our eye is the likelihood that celiac disease, an allergic reaction to gluten, can cause schizophrenia.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore followed up earlier studies that found that acereal-free diet helped remission levels among schizophrenic patients.
They tested the theory on a group of 7,997 patients who were admitted to a Danish psychiatric unit for schizophrenia.
Even before beginning their tests, they found that four patients, five mothers of patients and three fathers of patients were already being treated for celiac disease. They also tested for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which have been linked to schizophrenia.
They discovered that those suffering from celiac disease were over three times more likely to suffer schizophrenia than someone who didn’t have the disease, while the risk associated with Crohn’s is lower at 1.4 times, and lower still for ulcerative colitis.
(Source: British Medical Journal, 2004; 328: 438-9).
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Posted by Peg Smith | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 21-03-2010
No, I didn’t mix up my words. It actually did snow in Dallas, TX on the first day of Spring. How crazy is that! I for one, am glad the snow has come and gone. Two inches of snow on the first day of spring, and a day later, we’re back into the upper 60′s with plenty of blue skies and warm sunshine. Global warming is real, and it is evident everywhere in nature. Just take a look outside your window today.
