Everyone's talking about gluten-free food, but does that add up at the checkout? According to SPINS, a market research and consulting firm for the Natural Products Industry, gluten-free product sales in 2011 exceeded $6.2 billion - a 16.9% increase from 2010 (SPINscan Natural, 52 weeks ending Sept. 3, 2011). |
New York Times Magazine article "Should We All Go Gluten-Free?" Interesting highlight on web site GlutenFreely.com and the growing gluten free market.
Comparing blood samples from the 1950s to the 1990s, Murray found that young people today are nearly five times as likely to have celiac disease, for reasons he and others researchers cannot explain. And it’s on the rise not only in the U.S. but also in other places where the disease was once considered rare, like Mexico and India. “We don’t know where it’s going to end,” Murray says. “Celiac disease has public health consequences.” And therefore, it has a market.
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NFCA Awarded FDA Grant to Study Gluten in Medications. Read more.
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Yet another athlete talking about the benefits of a gluten free diet. This time Florida State QB tells everyone he has Celiac Disease. Read more.
Add Green Bay Packer running back James Starks to the list of professional athletes who are reaping the benefits of going gluten-free, after experiencing health issues. Read more.
Gluten free Novak Djokovic wins U.S. Open championship.
(9/11/11)He is a hero in our house. Although, he doesn't have Celiac Disease.
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