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News & Views: A Protein in the Gut May Explain Why Some Can’t Stomach Gluten
Posted on January 7, 2016 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: MD Lesson2-1, MD Unit2, Metabolic Disease | | Add comment |

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Some people who don’t have celiac disease say they feel better on a gluten-free diet. Researchers have long been puzzled as to why. A study suggests it could be because of a protein called zonulin.

Read more at NPR.org.