The Gluten Doctors: March 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

Dr Vikki Petersen's Gluten Blog

It's here! Our new web site and blog are live!

Here's the link to the new blog: http://www.healthnowmedical.com/category/gluten-intolerance-celiac/

This is the link to the new website:
http://www.healthnowmedical.com/
Please visit and let me know your thoughts. But remember to comment on the new site not this one.

The content of this blog will be moved over to the new site so nothing will be lost. New content will continue, of course, on the new site while I transfer the older posts.

On the new site you will also have access to my youtube videos, as well as other blogs, all in one location.

There is a page on the site entitled: "Am I Gluten Sensitive" that is continuing to be enhanced as we go forward. The purpose and goal of that section is to create a dramatic increase in awareness of not only celiac disease but gluten sensitivity on a nation-wide scale.

So please do let me know you thoughts and anything you would like to see on future blog posts.

Lastly, please become a member of the site. It's not only free but you can get updates as they happen as well as engage with other members. Come join our community!

To your good health,

Dr Vikki Petersen

Founder of HealthNOW Medical Center

Co-author of "The Gluten Effect"

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Where Have all the Blogs Gone?

What I Have Been Doing Recently

Hello dear friends. You may have noticed that I have been a bit remiss in posting this past month. I wanted to let you know what I’ve been doing instead of blogging!

I have been up to my ears in developing a brand new website for my clinic that will have this blog as part and parcel of the site.

We Have a Brand New Site… almost!

You will love this new site! It will have this blog , all my Youtube videos, blogs from other areas of expertise in our clinic, including clinical nutrition, physical therapy, internal medicine and chiropractic and “Doctor Approved Recipes”.

The new site also has a “community” area where we can have a “forum” to chat, exchange ideas, new foods, recipes, etc. There will be a wealth of information that is continually updated and I hope you find it extremely informative.

When it goes live the address will be the same as my current clinic site (www.healthnowmedical.com), it just will go to the new site instead.

It truly should be just a few more days until it goes live – of course I thought that two weeks ago but … here’s hoping! I will leave this post up here as I methodically move over each and every earlier post to the new site while continuing with new content. The only downside is that the comments will not transfer from this site to our new one. I apologize for that as you have all asked great questions in the past.

I Can’t Wait to Hear Your Feedback!

I welcome your feedback of the new site and those of you for whom I have an email address, I will send you a personal reminder of the new address.

See you soon!

To your good health!

Dr Vikki Petersen

Founder of HealthNOW Medical Center

Co-author of “The Gluten Effect”

The Gluten Doctors - Who are we?

The Gluten Doctors are a group of doctors consisting of M.D.s , Naturopaths and Certified Clinical Nutritionists. Two of the doctors authored the bestseller, "The Gluten Effect", one of whom is your host on this blog, Dr Vikki Petersen DC, CCN.

The doctors specialize in the area of digestive problems, especially gluten sensitivity and celiac disease. The clinic, HealthNOW Medical Center, is a unique medical clinic that combines the best of internal medicine, clinical nutrition, physical therapy and chiropractic. At your side is a team of doctors who proactively work together to resolve your unique health problems and conditions.

What really sets HealthNOW apart from most medical clinics highlights a very unfortunate fact about the medical industry.

HealthNOW is about what every medical clinic in the world should be: finding and fixing the root cause of health problems.

For more information on HealthNOW Medical Center, please see our website at: http://healthnowmedical.com/.

Are you suffering from the gluten effect?

It is estimated that up to 40% of our population is gluten sensitive while celiac disease afflicts over 1% of our population - together they form the population suffering from gluten intolerance.

We have discovered that undiagnosed celiac disease and gluten sensitivity creates symptoms well beyond digestive problems and in fact is known to have adverse effects on most symptoms of the body. There are over 100 symptoms associated with gluten intolerance.

Why? Gluten acts as a toxin to many people. It slowly erodes and damages the small intestine. As the small intestine is responsible for turning food into the fuel which nourishes all the cells of the body (we have trillions of cells, by the way), one can imagine what problems might be created when food is unable to be converted into fuel. A damaged small intestine (or leaky gut) also signals a weakened immune system, another reason gluten reactions can create disease in many different areas of the body.

Different bodies react differently to gluten. One person may have irritable bowel syndrome, another may feel exhausted or stressed, and another may develop thyroid problems or an autoimmune disease like arthritis or diabetes. Symptoms truly are all over the map. And therein lies the problem. We live in a medical community which likes to take individual symptoms and give them drugs to mask them. That not only does nothing to address the root cause but it negates the whole concept that there IS a root cause.

We specialize in getting to the root cause of health problems. And while we're not saying that all health problems are a result of gluten sensitivity, so many are and considering it is missed 99% of the time, being screened is well worth the effort.

We can help you to find out if you're suffering from the gluten effect.