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Coeliac Journey Through Covid-19 – Thoughts On Leicestershire

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Thoughts On Leicestershire

In High Risk Of Coeliac Disease In Punjabis. Epidemiological Study In The South Asian And European Populations Of Leicestershire, I wrote a section entitled Cases Of Covid-19 In Leicestershire, where I said this.

This article on the Leicester Mercury is entitled 11 Areas Of Leicestershire Have Among Worst Infection Rates in the UK.

In Coeliac Disease: Can We Avert The Impending Epidemic In India?, I started like this.

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Indian Journal Of Research Medicine.

With the high levels of COVID-19 in Leicester and an Indian population who make up 28.3 % of the population of the city, I was searching the internet to see if there was any connection between those of Indian heritage and coeliac disease.

I know you should not try to prove a theory. But as a coeliac, I’m very interested to see how the millions of diagnosed coeliacs on a gluten-free diet like me, are faring in this pandemic.

I then talk about some extracts from the Indian research.

In a section entitled, which is entitled All Wheats Are Not Equal, I say this.

The other dimension to this problem is that not all wheat is alike when it comes to inducing celiac disease. The ancient or diploid wheats (e.g. Triticum monococcum) are poorly antigenic, while the modern hexaploid wheats e.g. Triticum aestivum) have highly antigenic glutens, more capable of inducing celiac disease in India, for centuries, grew diploid and later tetraploid wheat which is less antigenic, while hexaploid wheat used in making bread is recently introduced. Thus a change back to older varieties of wheat may have public health consequences.

So did all these factors come together to create the high levels of Covid-19 in Leicestershire?

Conclusion

I am getting bored with saying this. More research needs to be done!

May 7, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Health | Coeliac, Coeliac Journey Through Covid-19, COVID-19, COVID-19 And Coeliac Disease, Leicester