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I was inspired to create an easy, short, scientifically-sound quiz,
now available free at http://www.glutenfreequiz.com, after seeing a middle
-aged woman referred to me for lifelong varied symptoms.
Shortly after adopting a gluten-free diet, her insomnia, fatigue,
abdominal cramping and discomfort dramatically subsided.
Over 10,000 people have now taken the Gluten Free Quiz, and many are
printing it from the website to take to their physician to ask "Should I
be tested?"
To predict the best candidates for laboratory testing, readers may
wish to take the easy, short, fun quiz themselves and utilize it in their
practice.
Gluten Free Quiz: Noninvasive Screening for Celiac Disease
I was inspired to create an easy, short, scientifically-sound quiz,
now available free at http://www.glutenfreequiz.com, after seeing a middle
-aged woman referred to me for lifelong varied symptoms.
Shortly after adopting a gluten-free diet, her insomnia, fatigue,
abdominal cramping and discomfort dramatically subsided.
Over 10,000 people have now taken the Gluten Free Quiz, and many are
printing it from the website to take to their physician to ask "Should I
be tested?"
To predict the best candidates for laboratory testing, readers may
wish to take the easy, short, fun quiz themselves and utilize it in their
practice.
Competing interests:
Founder, http://www.glutenfreequiz.com
Author, ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
http://www.drjohnlapuma.com
Competing interests: No competing interests