Study links osteoporosis and gluten intolerance (old news - 05:57PM Monday Feb 28 2005)
Some people develop osteoporosis, the mineral loss disease that leads to brittle bones, because their bodies cannot tolerate wheat flour, a study has said.
Gluten intolerance, called celiac disease, can be treated, so the damage done by osteoporosis can be reversed in such patients, added the report published in the current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday.
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