Many of you who are trying to recover your health may not have looked at your medications as a potential to create nutritional deficits and subsequently create health problems. Often times the health problems caused by nutritional deficits are the same issues that we are being prescribed a medication for in the first place.  This can lead to long term confusion and failure to address the full scope of our illnesses.  Fox News recently interviewed me on this very vital health topic…

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Your Doctor Should Consider Nutrition

Regardless of the medication being used, your doctor should consider the potential for long term vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Failure to do so can lead to additional health problems for you. The following diagram illustrates a common example (high blood pressure patients) of the cycle I see in patients trying to recover from gluten:

Is a Multi Vitamin Enough?

Although a good place to start, a multi vitamin is not always enough to correct these deficiencies. Often times a therapeutic dose is required to overcome the deficit. The best thing you can do is to have your doctor run appropriate lab testing to measure for vitamin and mineral deficiencies every 6 months for as long as you are taking the medication(s).

If you want to learn more about how specific medications can deplete vitamins and minerals, go here now <<<

Always looking out for you,

Dr. O

What to do when going gluten free is not enough to restore your health…

***We will be giving away more than $2000 in door prizes!

Bring yourself, bring your family, bring your friends.

A Gluten Free Diet Might Not be Enough

Many go gluten free and continue to have persistent health issues. This meeting will focus on how to improve health beyond the gluten free diet. Including:

• What lab tests you should ask your doctor to order
• How vitamin and mineral deficiencies can hinder the healing process
• Rebound symptoms of going gluten free
• How hidden food allergies can secretly keep you sick

Place: 550 Eldridge Road, Sugar Land, TX 77478

Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

I was recently invited to speak about gluten and food allergies on Fox News.  In the interview, I discuss some of the newer research pertaining to gluten sensitivity.  Additionally, I discuss how many legumes (soy, peanuts, etc) can create the same type of damage as gluten.  I also referred to a new research study has identified 2  forms of corn gluten that trigger an immune response in patients with gluten sensitivity.  You can watch the video below:

About the new study on corn maize (gluten)

Two forms of corn gluten were found to stimulate an immune reaction is patients with gluten intolerance.  In a published report, the scientists stated:

some maize prolamins (zeins) contain amino acid sequences that resemble the wheat gluten immunodominant peptides…Results concur to indicate that relative abundance of these zeins, along with factors affecting their resistance to proteolysis, may be of paramount clinical relevance, and the use of maize in the formulation and preparation of gluten-free foods must be reevaluated in some cases of celiac disease.

This is not the first research study that has identified corn glutens as detrimental.  It is just the most recent.

Gluten Free Food Industry Needs To Make Changes

Gluten free substitute products are full of corn and corn byproducts.  For a comprehensive list of corn based ingredients go here <<< Aside from containing a detrimental form of gluten, corn is not a healthy staple food.  As a matter of fact, the U.S. government banned the sale of processed corn products in 1943 because they induce B-vitamin deficiency disease.  Today, this grain must be fortified with synthetic B-vitamins before being sold.  Does that sound healthy to you?

The excitement continues as only one week remains until the Houston Glutenology Gluten Free Expo remain. Below is the tentative schedule of speakers for the event. **This schedule may change some, so stay tuned to our updates.

Special Session For Doctors and Other Health Care Providers

9:00 am to 11:00 am – Dr. Peter Osborne will be training physicians and other health care providers on gluten sensitivity. This is part 1 of a three tiered certification by Gluten Free Society. For more information on the certification, click here <<==

General Session

11:00 to 11:30 am – Mrs. United States, Shannon Ford will be discussing the gluten free diet and her trials and tribulations with celiac disease.

11:30 am to 12:45 pm – Dr. Peter Osborne – world renowned gluten sensitivity expert and founder of Gluten Free Society.

12:45 to 1:00 – Mrs. United States – Shannon Ford

1:00 to 1:45 – Pam King from the Center For Celiac Resarch – University of Maryland will be discussing new discoveries in gluten research:

• Leaky gut syndrome
• Gluten and its effect on healthy intestinal bacteria

1:45 to 2:00 pm – Mrs. United States – Shannon Ford

2:00 – 2:45 pm – Delight Magazine Executive Editor, Vanessa Maltin Weisbrod

2:45 – 3:30 pm – Jaqui Karr – Nutritional Expert and Celiac Patient

Vendor Hall

Opens to the public from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Tickets

Get your Early Bird tickets now before they sell out!

Pricing

Online Early Bird – $20 $15 for each adult 12 years and older. Don’t wait, these will sell out! Order Now <<<

Door Price – $20 for each adult 12 years and older

The expo is from 9 am to 5 pm.

Kids under 12 are free!
***We use an e-ticket system to prevent paper waste. Once your buy your tickets, all you have to do is show up to the event on Feb. 4th, 2012. (at The Hornberger Conference Center) You will be emailed a receipt for all purchases made. By purchasing this ticket you agree to our terms of service and refund policy.

Click here to order now!

• Thyroid disease
• PCOS
• Infertility
• Menopause
• Weight gain
• Adrenal gland burn out
• Hot Flashes
• Headaches
• Mood Swings and irritability
• Heart palpitations
• Diabetes and more…

More than $2000 dollars worth of prizes were given away, including 2 Spectracell vitamin and mineral blood tests, an Elisa Act allergy test (measures 315 food, chemical, and environmental toxin reactions), multiple bottles of gluten free multivitamins, and more.

One of our guests, Kathryn, flew in from Chicago to make the meeting. That’s me and Kathryn to the right. You can also see in this picture the front of the new Gluten Free Warrior T-Shirts. That’s right. It is official, the Gluten Free Warrior shirts have been finalized. Thanks everyone for providing us feedback to get this done.

We also had special guest, Lynn Clark, from Special Treats Gourmet. She served up organic, TRUE gluten free delicacies. I have to say, they were delicious. Lynn provides cooking classes, grocery store training, and education for those trying to improve their health. You can check out her website at www.specialtreatsgourmet.com

As usual we also had a beautiful lay out of TRUE gluten free foods. Multiple types of salad, fruits, deliciously prepared beef and fish dishes to name a few. We will be posting these new recipes to our forum section this week.

I have to say, if you missed this meeting, you missed one of the best meetings ever put on by Gluten Free Society. The information, food, and social ambiance were the best yet.

Not to worry, if you are a member, we will be posting the full meeting video this week.

Wishing you excellent health,

Dr. Osborne – The Gluten Free Warrior

P.S.

I almost forgot to show you the back of the new shirts.  After posting a prototype shirt 2 weeks ago, we took everyone’s feedback to finalize the design.  The most requested feature?  The Gluten Hydra.

Here it is:

Get Your Shirt Here <<<

It appears that the FDA is using the banner of “consumer protection” to prevent you from buying already proven and time tested vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplements.  A similar approach was taken when ephedra was banned by the FDA.  This attack on your right to natural agents stands to greatly benefit the pharmaceutical industry.  It would serve to turn commonly used supplements into prescription medications.

Why is This Dangerous for Your Health?

The vast majority of physicians in the U.S. have no nutritional back ground, making them unqualified to be the leaders on this issue.  How many times have you heard your doctor talk down to you when you brought up supplements at a visit?  Point being, do you really want to have to rely on your primary care doctor to have access to omega 3 supplements?

Many medications (both prescription and over the counter) cause vitamin and mineral deficiencies.  For example, your doctor commonly prescribes cholesterol lowering drugs (statins) and blood pressure lowering drugs.  The chemicals interfere with your body’s ability to produce the vital nutrient coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10).  CoQ10 deficiency causes elevations in blood pressure, muscle weakness, muscle pain, liver damage, and congestive heart failure.  If the FDA is successful in taking away your ability to buy supplements, you would not be able to proactively address these issues.  Think about it…can you recall the last time your doctor actually made a recommendation about a supplement to counter balance the negative nutritional side effects?

Learn more about this problem by clicking the link below…

Drug Induced Nutritional Deficiencies

What can you do?

Contact your local representative now.  I have provided a link below for you.  Let them know that you are concerned about this attack on your personal freedom to maintain your health without government intervention.