The live portion of the Gluten Summit is coming to a close with only a few days left. Here’s my recap of the past few days since my last post at the halfway point.

Dr. Daniel Amen was a fascinating interview! Connected brain health to imaging and nutrition! Change your diet, change you brain! Very easy to listen to and understand.

JJ Virgin is someone I had never heard before! I love her plan and probably a plan I  should consider doing every few months of so! Eliminate 7 bad foods for 3 weeks! She’s also quite the travel ninja with lots of tips while on the road!

Deanna Minich shared her love affair with food, whole Food, colorful food, healing food. I enjoyed the visual of learning to fall in love with food on your own too! How many times do we just sit down and stuff our faces to stop hunger? Deanna wants her clients to treat the food they eat better and with love. She also offers great advice about finding gluten free support groups in your area! This is something I wish I had done.

Jeffrey Smith The No-GMO guy! Ok I’m convinced, celiacs(I suppose no one should either!) shouldn’t consume GMO foods! We already struggle with tender gut linings… GMO’s don’t help!

Sayer Ji the editor of the Greenmedinfo.com! A brilliant discussion of Lectins and Wheat agglutinins. I wasn’t exactly sure what these were, but lots of research being done now relating them to arthritis, neurotoxicity, and cardiovascular issues, fascinating!

Dr. William Davis I read Wheat Belly when it came out a few years ago and am a regular follower of the Wheatbellyblog.com! Amazing to actually hear a cardiologist mention that he hasn’t seen a heart attack in a few years! Also, I like what he has to say about cupcakes, cakes and all the treats! If the ingredients are right, eat all you want! Plus Dr. Davis is easily the most approachable and tech savvy nutrition leaders online today!

Lots of info to digest! I did pick up the Digital Download Package. I think it’s well worth the $67 I don’t know if the price will go up after the free live broadcasts end. I enjoy having the transcripts as I can often skim a transcript faster than listening for an hour, even though I enjoy getting lost in that hour of learning. With the package you get the transcripts, audios and videos, pretty cool deal for about 30 hours of info! So if you’re so inclined click on the banner below or head to the Gluten Summit Order page and get it before the price goes up!

I’ve been following along with most of the content that been released this week during the Gluten Summit as time allows. Amazed that over 100,000 people have registered! There are 3 days left to jump in and here some great content. I’ll have to purchase the digital package to hear it all, and I’m ok with that as I want the transcripts to browse and refresh my memory. There are so many nuggets of great information that it’s hard to retain it all.

A couple of highlights that come to mind:

Dr. Alessio Fasano(whom I wrote about meeting last year here) mentioning that “the gut is not like Las Vegas, what happens in the gut doesn’t stay in the gut.” And the ground breaking research that gluten is not digestible by humans and causes permeability in all humans!

Dr. Mark Hyman talking about how he’s transitioned to testing every patient he sees for celiac disease and is amazed at how many cases he discovers with no history of GI distress. And of course the fact that the average american consumes 135-140lbs of sugar each year!

Dr. Aristo Vojdani’s excellent explanation of the various parts of the immune system and why the skin prick test only measures one portion of the immune system and that it’s important to measure the other responses.

Liz Lipski knows diets that heal!

Melinda Dennis was fantastic with gluten free tips eating out! She has celiac disease herself and she knows and understands the stigma with eating out. Empowering.

Dr. Rodney Ford is a real advocate for a gluten zero life. So refreshing to hear a practicing clinician that is able to change lives with food!

As I was seeing my own patients this week I also started to review medical histories differently. Usually I look for things on the history that will affect what I do. Antibiotic allergies, blood thinners, blood pressure meds, etc. This week I started looking at what diseases they have been treated for. What’s interesting is how many chronic diseases I see on a daily basis that are all related to gluten exposure. Heart Disease, Diabetes, Arthritis, Neurological diseases, Cancer and many more. Which makes me want to dig in and figure out the relationship with gluten/intestinal permeability and periodontal disease and tooth decay, both of which are inflammatory diseases and have strong relationships with other inflammatory diseases, i.e. diabetes.

So if you haven’t had a chance to catch any of the free interviews, they are all available as digital downloads for a lifetime fee of $67.