4/02/2009

Celiac disease and schizophrenia

Signed a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University (United States) and the Psychiatric Hospital in Aarhus (Denmark), concludes that schizophrenia may be related to allergy to gluten. According to published in the British Medical Journal ", the history of celiac disease is a risk factor for schizophrenia.

Therefore, in addition to recommending a gluten-free diet for celiac patients, commented that a clinical trial has found that eliminating grains from the diet also relieves symptoms of schizophrenia. The new study examined nearly 8,000 patients with schizophrenia in Denmark.

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