The Diagnosis of the Future

Being the youngest member of my extended family and the youngest member of my immediate family, I have dreaded that portion of a health questionnaire that asks for a Family History of health and disease for fear that I may overlook something. My family and I have dealt with a number of health issues: heart disease, food allergies, asthma, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, gall stones, appendectomy, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, cirrhosis and (most recently) non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Could all of these be inter-related or have some sort of commonality?After reading the Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf, Good Calories BadCalories by Gary Taubes, watching the movie In Search of the Perfect Human Diet, some nutritional experimentation (i.e. The "Fat Bet"), and reading a number of articles on Pubmed, I thought I might have found that commonality in the having celiacs disease. My test came out negative, but a most intriguing study has me thinking that I may consider myself "gluten sensitive".For approximately 15 years, I have limited the amount ofWith my educational background in Microbiology and health and as my children have grown, I have tried to observe any signs of allergens they may have.Rob Wolff, the author of the Paleo Solution, said that "leaky gut" syndrome will be the diagnosis of the future.