Toxic Staple, How Gluten May Be Wrecking Your Health - And What You Can Do about It! - Softcover

Anne Sarkisian has been an authoritative advocate for the awareness of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten intolerance since 2004. To this end she has attended more than half a dozen medical conferences on the topic, read numerous books, and examined over 2000 abstracts and research studies from around the world. Along the way, she also has interviewed hundreds of people who have found relief from a variety of medical conditions by adopting a gluten-free lifestyle.
Sarkisian is constantly discovering new data that associates gluten with common symptoms and maladies, some of which can be degenerative, others life-threatening. There is no shortage of information! What is lacking is a workable mechanism by which research findings can be made readily available to doctors and health care professionals. Toxic Staple brings more adequate blood testing information and cutting-edge testing information on this topic to the medical community and the general public alike.
Sarkisian is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and taught elementary school before leaving the teaching profession to raise her family. As a member of an artisans' cooperative she is a fiber artist and designs hand-painted silk scarves and creates pins and earrings from silk and paper enhanced with wire and beads and one-of-a-kind gemstone jewelry.
Sarkisian also loves to garden and is a Master Flower Show Judge accredited by the National Federation of Garden Clubs. She has exhibited at "Art in Bloom" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for twenty years. At the New England Spring Flower Show, also in Boston, she is an ardent competitor and has won numerous awards, including Best of Show for her abstract/interpretive floral design.
Almost a decade ago, nearly every member of Sarkisian's family was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity. At that point she became determined to learn everything she could about this substance that was wrecking havoc with her family's well-being and with the well-being of millions of families across the country. The result was Toxic Staple, a book she hopes will empower readers to become their own advocates in a quest for better health.
Sarkisian lives with her husband in a totally gluten-free household in New Hampshire.

"Sarkisian raises valuable awareness not only about celiac disease, but about non-celiac gluten intolerance, putting this book on the cutting edge of this topic. It is a must-read for physicians and patients alike." Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Gastrointestinal Surgical Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

"truly amazing book...fully referenced...an invaluable resource.... All health professionals should read it cover to cover, because universal recognition of gluten-related harm will transform medical care." Prof. Rodney Ford, MB, BS, MD, FRACP (paediatrition, gastroenterologist), Christchurch, New Zealand

“...amazed by her sincerity, and determination to confer the truth about so many toxic gluten effects... .a gift, full of knowledge which could help many people suffering from enormous reactivity to gluten to live healthier... . supported by appropriate reference from peer reviewed scientific journals that make it credible, not only for forward-thinking medical doctors, but also for all health professionals...” Zorica Juranić, PhD, Research Professor, Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia

"Combining personal accounts with exhaustive research, this outstanding book should become a definitive resource on gluten intolerance." ForeWord Reviews by Barry Silverstein, April 15, 2014

"Enhanced with a number of appendices, extensive endnotes, a substantial bibliography, and a comprehensive index, 'Toxic Staple, How Gluten May Be Wrecking Your Health - And What You Can Do about It!' is very highly recommended for personal and community library Health & Medicine reference collections." Midwest Book Review, March 2014

"If you've been wondering about the reason you are seeing more gluten-free foods for sale and wondering if it is just the latest trend, you should read Toxic Staple . . . Judging from the praise the book has received from health professionals, she is clearly onto something." Bookviews by Alan Caruba, January 2014