Brain, ADD, Gluten Are Connected: Dr Tom O'Bryan's Fall Lectures

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This is a Personal Note To Me From Dr Tom O'Bryan:

"I'm in the midst of my Fall seminar series on the Neurological and Musculoskeletal Complications of Gluten Sensitivity. As you know, and like you, I have a passion to get the word out about the impact of our food selections on the function of our bodies.

These talks are for health care providers, so some of your list may appreciate the fall schedule. [Dr O'Bryan is from Chicago and you can learn more about Dr O'Bryan here.]

These are the cities I'll be presenting my full-day program in before the end of the year:

November 8, 2008     New York, NY
November 9, 2008     Boston, MA
November 16, 2008     Denver, CO
November 22, 2008     Minneapolis, MN
December 6, 2008     Phoenix, AZ

I am quite comfortable in assuring Participants that by the end of the day, they will have a deeper understanding of the 'Big Picture' of this Gluten Sensitivity Syndrome than 95% of their Colleagues out there. So perhaps some of your Dr.s who read your site, will be interested. I'll include in this email one
Summary Sheet of comments about the day. And it is quite representative of what we hear every week.

I also want to connect with the lay public. So in 4 of these cities, we've been able to setup lectures to the local Celiac Support Groups. That 2-hour presentation (with 1-hour for questions) is entitled

'How Wheat Effects the Brain:The Neurological and Cognitive Complications of Gluten Sensitivity'

PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES

The objective of this presentation is to:
1)    walk attendees through the history of medicine's understanding of wheat/gluten sensitivity
2)    recognize the diversity of symptoms patients may present with as a result of wheat/gluten sensitivity
3)    become familiar with the effectiveness of treatment for the various presentations of wheat/gluten sensitivity

For References and City Contacts Continue...

ABSTRACT

The notion that wheat/gluten sensitivities are solely or exclusively a gastrointestinal condition is a historical misconception. Numerous systems of the body outside of the GI tract have been identified as
'target organs' for autoimmune response to wheat/gluten ingestion in sensitive individuals. The brain and nervous system is particularly vulnerable. For example:
•    Emerging findings suggest that dietary factors play major roles in determining whether the brain ages successfully or experiences a Neurodegenerative disease, (National Institute on Aging, Annals of Internal Medicine,Vol.139,no.5 2003, 441-444)
•    73% of Celiac patients have clinically diagnosed Trait Anxiety Disorder and 63% have Depression (American Journal of Medicine Volume 116, March 1, 2004)
•    All children clinically diagnosed with ADHD or their parents report a significant improvement in their behavior and functioning after 6 months on a gluten-free diet (Journal of Attention Disorders, March 2006, 1-5)
•    70% of unrelenting migraines were completely relieved on a gluten-free diet (Neurology, Vol. 56/No. 3, Feb.13, 2001),
•    In young adults with unrecognized, silent Gluten Intolerance, scholastic attainment and professional underachievement was 400% more likely (Scan.J.Gastro,2005;40:1407-1412)
•    50% of children with drug-resistant epilepsy successfully achieve remission on a gluten-free diet (Lancet 1992 Aug 22;340(8817):439-43).

This presentation will outline the historical development of our understanding of this condition and focus on both its neurological/cognitive manifestations and effective treatments..

Here's the cities and Contact people in each city:

October 26th Nashville-Middle TN Celiac Support Group 615-758-7967
October 30th Bellingham, Washington (Seattle area)
http://www.glutenfreeway.info/cae.html
November 17th Denver, Denver Celiac Support Group 303-433-4401
November 21st Minneapolis, Greg Peterson 800.444.9998 ext 119

Chuck, if we can get this word out, it might bring in a few more people, and you know how the trickle down effect of 1 person hears about it > tells the neighbor whose son has Down's Syndrome > who
decides to look into this gluten sensitivity question...

Thanks, Tom

- and, fyi, testimonials from a previous presentation:

Download some_testimonials_regarding_dr_obryans_celiac_information.pdf