New Book on Gluten Intolerance Released!

I am very happy to announce the release of my e-Book entitled: "Gluten Intolerance - What You Don't Know May be Killing You".

Get Your Free Copy

The book is available free of charge to all new members of our HealthNOW website beginning today. Simply go to our home page here and become a member. Then follow the instructions for downloading the e-Book and enjoy!

This 20 page e-Book is easy to read and full of vital information for those who are gluten intolerant or suspect they may be. Some of the sections include:

• Vital facts about gluten intolerance

• A 'Self Test' to help you determine if gluten intolerance is affecting your health

• What you can and can't eat on a gluten free diet (including some little known data)

• What is a leaky gut and how to heal it

• The secondary effects of gluten that can cause continued ill health despite being gluten-free

I Don't Want You To Be a Statistic

I have written this book for you, your friends and family.  The sad facts are that we only diagnose 5 out of every 100 individuals suffering from celiac disease. And those wait an average of 10 years before receiving a diagnosis.

Those suffering with gluten sensitivity have it even worse. The most conservative estimate puts gluten sensitivity incidence at 10 times that of celiac disease. Considering that celiac is the most common life-long disorder in the US and Europe, that makes gluten sensitivity extremely common. But do we diagnose it efficiently?  Far from it. It is likely that 98% of those suffering from gluten sensitivity remain undiagnosed and suffering... needlessly.

If you have friends or family whom you think would enjoy the new book, please refer them to our website (www.healthnowmedical.com) where they too can become a member and download it. Membership has its privileges and we will continue to provide special benefits that you will be alerted to as they are made available.

Tell Me What You Think

Please give me your feedback and comments once you have read the book. I very much would like to hear back from you.

Here at HealthNOW we are dedicated to improving health by diagnosing and treating the underlying root cause that is creating the symptoms. All too often the diet, and specifically gluten intolerance, has a contributing, though unknown, role in many problems. We are committed to increasing awareness and raising understanding of gluten intolerance and all its many manifestations in the human body - there are over 300!

We created our Destination Clinic for that exact purpose and regularly treat patients and their families from across the country and internationally.  We are truly here to help.

Visit us at www.RootCauseMedicalClinic.com. If you have questions or need any help, I’m here for you! Call 408-733-0400.

I look forward to hearing from you.

To your good health,

Dr Vikki Petersen, DC, CCN, CFMP


IFM Certified Practitioner

Founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic
Co-author of “The Gluten Effect”

Author of the eBook: “Gluten Intolerance – What You Don’t Know May Be Killing You!”

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/ 

Here are some titles of new posts that you can find on the new blog:

• You Don’t Need to Have Celiac Disease to Go Gluten-free

•  Why Do Some with Celiac Disease Never Heal? 

• Gluten Intolerance & PMS – What’s the Association?

• Gluten Intolerance and Celebrity Status

On the new site you will also have access to my youtube videos, as well as additional blogs written by other doctors on the HealthNOW team, all in one location.


Please 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!

Visit us at www.RootCauseMedicalClinic.com. If you have questions or need any help, I’m here for you! Call 408-733-0400.

I look forward to hearing from you.

To your good health,

Dr Vikki Petersen, DC, CCN, CFMP


IFM Certified Practitioner

Founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic
Co-author of “The Gluten Effect”

Author of the eBook: “Gluten Intolerance – What You Don’t Know May Be Killing You!”

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!

Visit us at www.RootCauseMedicalClinic.com. If you have questions or need any help, I’m here for you! Call 408-733-0400.

I look forward to hearing from you.

To your good health,

Dr Vikki Petersen, DC, CCN, CFMP


IFM Certified Practitioner

Founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic
Co-author of “The Gluten Effect”

Author of the eBook: “Gluten Intolerance – What You Don’t Know May Be Killing You!”

Dr Vikki Petersen

Founder of HealthNOW Medical Center

Co-author of "The Gluten Effect"

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.

Visit us at www.RootCauseMedicalClinic.com. If you have questions or need any help, I’m here for you! Call 408-733-0400.

I look forward to hearing from you.

To your good health,

Dr Vikki Petersen, DC, CCN, CFMP


IFM Certified Practitioner

Founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic
Co-author of “The Gluten Effect”

Author of the eBook: “Gluten Intolerance – What You Don’t Know May Be Killing You!”

CNN Poll Ranks Gluten-free Diet First

This data comes from the Celiac Central Quarterly, a newsletter of the NFCA (National Foundation for Celiac Awareness).

2011 is going to be another big year for gluten intolerance (celiac and gluten sensitivity both). I personally have big plans to raise awareness and I was delighted to see the results of a recent lunchtime poll that CNN conducted.

Due to increased public attention and news coverage about gluten, CNN conducted a poll on the gluten-free community utilizing the following question: “Do you or a family member adhere to a diet that’s been prescribed by a health care professional?” They were interested perceptions about a diet and any medical need behind adopting a certain diet.  As you may recall CNN had a recent spot about gluten where they insinuated that it was a “fad” and that people ate gluten-free because they “wanted” to more than they “needed” to. 

More than 12% of the respondents selected a gluten-free diet, placing it first among all the diets included. (Other diet options were free of various ingredients such as sugar, nuts, shellfish and sodium.) If you think the percentage should have been higher, let me lend some perspective.  It wasn’t until I started writing in this area and getting responses from people around the world that I started to appreciate how difficult most people find it to have their doctors do any testing for gluten intolerance.  And I don’t need to remind you the problem of utilizing insensitive tests or tests that only measure severe intestinal damage associated with celiac disease.  We are unfortunately still very much ensconced in a medical community that thinks a gluten problem means celiac disease, that celiac is rare, and that all celiac have severe digestive symptoms.

Yes, that’s the bad news, but the research is proving that gluten problems are anything BUT a fad and I truly believe that the truth will prevail.

Visit us at www.RootCauseMedicalClinic.com. If you have questions or need any help, I’m here for you! Call 408-733-0400.

I look forward to hearing from you.

To your good health,

Dr Vikki Petersen, DC, CCN, CFMP


IFM Certified Practitioner

Founder of Root Cause Medical Clinic
Co-author of “The Gluten Effect”

Author of the eBook: “Gluten Intolerance – What You Don’t Know May Be Killing You!”