Celiac Disease

Authors Note: I have celiac disease and I wanted to know more about it. I wrote this to hopefully get a better understanding of it.  I hope you learn as much as I did. 

Have you ever had unexplained bloating or weight loss? You might just have Celiac disease. It affects about one in every 133 people(Adams). Although it is rare, it can be fatal.

I bet your wondering what Celiac disease really is, it is an auto-immune disorder. It is not an infectious disease. It is an auto immune disease, caused by a missing/extra gene. Because of its effects on the digestive system it is classified as a gastrointestinal disorder. The villa in your intestines shut down, fall off, or the body kills them as though if they were bacteria. “The damage is due to a reaction to eating gluten, which is found in wheat, barley, rye, and possibly oats,” says the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia(Celiac disease - sprue). People with Celiac have to avoid food containing any of those ingredients-you’d be surprised at how much gluten there is in the normal humans diet(Adams). Even some beverages contain gluten, mostly only alcoholic beverages like beer or whiskey.

It really annoys me that this forced lifestyle is becoming a fashion trend. Yes, I like the fact that my food are more available, but come on! If you don’t have it why hog all the food needed by some, just because you think you have SOME of the symptoms. Okay, I am sorry I got off track, continue reading and just ignore this paragraph.

Anyone  can get it, at any age. I have had it since I was born, although it is more common in the adolescent or young adults(Celiac disease). Women have a higher chance as well as Caucasians and those who are of European decent. Like all auto-immune disorders, it comes from a messed up gene, once it is in the genetics, it is passed down through the generations. So if you have it your children are at risk of getting it or another auto-immune disorder.

Being the nerd I am, I have to bring in science-fiction. In Star Trek when they evolved after going through warp ten, it looked like a big issue. It was, but only because he was evolving at a faster pace than normal; thousands of years faster than he should have been. In my theory, all the things that doctors say are wrong with you, is exactly what is right. It happens for a reason, and that reason might just be evolution. (Wait, do I have to cite this too?)

Okay, review time. Celiac is a genetic issue, it can be fatal, or just annoying. People have many questions about it, and most aren’t answered. The answer to all of them might just be evolution. Well, I had a great time writing and researching this and I hope you had fun reading this. Live long and prosper! 

 

 Bibliography

Adams, Scott. "A Sumary of Ceiliac Disease and Gluten Intolerance." 26 July 1996. Ceiliac.com. 19 April 2012 <http://www.celiac.com/articles/572/1/A-Summary-of-Celiac-Disease-and-Gluten-Intolerance-by-Scott-Adams/Page1.html>.

Celiac disease. 13 September 2011. 23 April 2012 <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/celiac-disease/DS00319>.

Celiac disease - sprue. 20 January 2010. 16 April 2012 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001280/>.

Madisons Choice

Authors note: These are my perceptions of Once Dead Twice Shy and Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison.

Madison was just a normal teenager. Doing the best they could in their normally troubling life, but Madison’s life was not normal. She was becoming the dark-time lord, and she had no other option. She had never believed in fate, and she was supposed to keep it in balance by killing those who got in the way of their final plan.

            Madison’s choice of human choice over fate, changed tons of things. First, she wasn’t going to kill those who wanted to tip the natural balance, which kind of ruined the whole need for the light-time lord, and upsets him.  Another thing that she had caused was one of the light reapers to go dark to join her side, making the light-time lord even madder. Madison also named and claimed a guardian angel as her own. The previous time lord no longer existed, so she has to learn from one of the dark reapers as much as she can. And to top it all off, she was dead, letting her do more and less things.

            Reading Once Dead, Twice shy and Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison, have opened up new possibilities in my mind. What if it was true? Well, we would be missing out, big-time. What if it was false? We would have no problem living without knowing, just like we do now. It also reminds me that someone out there has it worse then you. I liked the story plot, even though it got confusing at times. Maybe you will it, you might be able to find the books in your local library. Go on, looking won’t hurt you. Before you go, I have one more question for you. Are you ready?

Reincarnated

Authors note: I have begun reading the Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose and to further understand the main character and his conflicts, I have written this character development piece.

            Josh Rider, simple name, simple person, you would assume. I thought the same thing, until I read further. As you read further you realize he is not only himself but Julius, and Percy Talamage as well.  How can someone be three people at once, you may ask. I am still trying to figure that out for myself, but he was Julius and Percy. You see, there is this thing called reincarnation, it’s when you die you simply move on to the next body and live a new life. Some people believe it others don’t. Josh was having flashbacks of his past life. If you don’t believe it, you might just think he was insane.

            Despite Josh’s reoccurring, unexplainable flashbacks to other lives, he strives to find the missing pieces to all his lives. His stories seem to weave together around something. Josh finds out about the memory stones by a professor, Julius was a priest given the task of protecting them, and Percy found out from his dad. It couldn’t be a coincidence; it must have some higher purpose.

            Though there is barley any physical description of him, I see him as a moderately tall man in his twenties or thirties. He would look like a normal man for his age, but the style it was written makes it hard to understand. I have read very little of his story and I do suggest you read this exiting book.