he had celiac disease? >> besides celiac disease there are two forms of it one is gluten wheat allergy and another is gluten sensitivity. >> christina's disease she had a blood test. simple screening test they are very, very good to identify. >> do you think he got to that point because poor thing spent time before getting diagnosis. >> when diagnosed going gluten free takes longer than expected to go back to a normal life. her body took a major hit. >> here she is she is a successful actress but she is being difficult. the woman's body is collapsing from the inside out. >> she was a very successful young women in that kind of business and people have told her and told her you are too finicky>> what are the symptoms if someone has xyz that's when you demand your doctor and check me to celiac disease. >> the conditions can go from bloating to diarrhea, consultation to no stomach issues which is tricky for most people. i say whenever you sur mountable feeling of exhaustion there's something going on. if you t

>> the screening blood test for celiac. if you have celiac, you have to be very, very strict about gluten. but if not, you have to be what we call gluten aware. everybody will have a different threshold for how much gluten they can tolerate. like lactose intallgence. they can tolerate milk in their coffee but they have an ice cream sundae and they're up all night. it helps you determine where you fall on the spectrum. a lot of people fall some place, when you talk about this, is there a period of time where you know. a lot of people out there who just have some symptoms and they think, oh, i don't think that's gluten, but how long before they know it's actually working? >> gi problems and things like reflux, energy focus and you'll often know in a few days. our program recommends being gluten free for a month. fairly strict the first month. easy to be gluten free for a month and hard to be gluten free for your whole life. once you know it is affecting you, add back whole grains gradually and see what your threshold is. >> f

but the majority of people will test negative for celiac disease. for gluten sensitivity, there's no test. so you just have to get off gluten for a while. >> so if you're having troubles and they're pretty significant, you probably should get tested and a blood test is pretty accurate? >> yes. if you have celiac, you have to be very strict about gluten. if not, you have to be gluten away. everybody will have a different threshold for how much gluten they can tolerate. people can tolerate a little milk in their coffee, but they have an ice cream sundae they're up all night. there's a similar spectrum of gluten problems. our book helps you find where you fall. a lot of people fall someplace -- >> is there a period of time when you know bush dawes i imagine there's a lot of people out there who just have some symptoms -- how long before they know it's a problem? >> things like reflux, energy focus, you'll often know in just a few days. our program recommends being gluten-free for a month. fairly strict the first month. it's easy to be gluten-free for a

in this place really sucks he also writes i need assistance from a certified dietician and maybe celiacs advocacy or also for those asking i'm still being starved and i got a bag with a little peanut butter and it and told me to be flexible. well the public nature of we have situation will not result in a difference and his present treatment will be following his twitter feed for more updates from the brooklyn metro detention center. online privacy well that's a topic that continually comes up these days as the relationship between consumers and companies can ten years to evolve one california lawmaker wants to make sure that this relationship stays on the right track. now the california assembly member bonnie lowenfeld has introduced the right to know act a piece of legislation that would quote require any business that has the consumer personal data information as to find to provide a no charge within thirty days of the consumer specified request a copy of the information that the customer as well as any names and contact information for all third parties with which the business is sha

i asked doctor dave i spent a year without health insurance i have celiac disease and couldn't get it. when i didn't have insurance i d had to go to the doctors and say what will you charge me since i am outside of the system. >> the doctor gave you a discount? >> dr. dave said her father who can pay for it will pay in full people who can't pay a little bit you pay a little bit. if they can't pay you help them out. >> in this area of free market what's happened to the prices is interesting. quality and lace sicks surgery keeps improving and prices have come down 29 percent. >> when you have that sort of service it makes it better. cosmetic services have only gone up by 50 percent. medical services have gone up by 108 percent when compared to one another. >> free market works wonders. thank you, kennedy. the market will pay for elective surgery but what about the important stuff heart surgery. can we bring them back to that? yes, we can. i will show you an oklahoma surgery center where that hams as prices are much lower. when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she sa

>> it is an important development and turns out as we learn more about celiac disease and broader nutritional concerns that a gluten free diet is benefiting more and more americans and it is critical that people have that information about the nature of their products and i had hoped i might have been able at a hearing at this moment in time to be able to fa speak to the rule actually having been issued. it is in the final stages of administrative review and i do leave that you will see it soon. >> i promised congressman rogers on another matter, the first call i make will be to you. >> release 4. another area i have been concerned with is we all have a drug compounds. this safety of products sold by compound pharmacies following last year after deadly meningitis outbreak is a serious concern. in an effort to crack down on unsafe facilities the fda has recently conducted a number of inspections of these pharmacies. could you share with us your findings? >> we did recently undertake a fairly aggressive effort to about 31 surveillance inspections of facilities that we consider potentially high

rule-making process is complicated, but when will a rule be finalized which will give those with celiacisease the peace of mind that the food they purchased -- is truly gluten-free? and no matter who i speak to, everyone is on they flew in-free diet, so it would be helpful if we could be assured that what is declared the gluten-free is gluten-free. >> this is an important problem and it does turn out as we learn more about celiac disease -- that a gluten-free diet is affecting more and more a month -- americans and it is critical that people have that information about the nature of their products. able atped i might be the hearing -- to have been able to speak to the role actually happened -- having been issued but this is in the final stages of administrative review and i do believe that you will see i promise and as congressman rogers, the first call but i make will be to you. this is very important and another area i am concerned with, is drug compound in. by safety of products sold pharmacies following last year's deadly meningitis outbreak -- is a serious concern and in efforts to

this is really important problem and does turn out as we learn more about the nature of celiac diseased also broader nutritional concerns that a gluten-free diet is benefiting more and more americans. and it is critical that people have that information about the nature of the product and what a gluten-free. i had hoped i might have been able, a hearing at this moment in time to have been able to speak to the rule actually having been issued. it is in the final stages of administrative review, and i really do believe that you will see it soon. i promise congressman rogers on another matter, the first call i make will be to you when we finally get it through. >> i think it is really, really important. another area that event particularly concerned with as we all have is drug compounding. the safety of products sold by compound pharmacies, particularly following last year's deadly meningitis outbreak is a serious concern. and effort to crack down on unsafe facility, the fda has recently conducted a number of inspections of these pharmacies. could you share with us your findings? >> yes.

he mentioned he did test for celiac disease and i was negative. , my it turns out to be is friend said not to eat anything with wheat for six weeks, see how you feel. i did that just to see what would happen. as soon as i started eating wheat, i have the same terrible symptoms. i have become gluten intolerance. i let my doctor knows so they could learn from me what happened with me. he could help other patients. host: you brought up a lot. let's get responses from our guests. let's go to cynthia ogden for so she can talk about what she has observed and also the aspect of children's diets. inst: obesity was about 15% adults. 1980's andin the 1990's. one thing that is interesting about obesity is the prevalence was higher in women than it was in then. men have now caught up to women. the prevalence is the same in both genders. the pattern in adults looks very similar in children. however, it has tripled for children over the same time. differencery little by sex. host: we're seeing added sugar from foods and beverages in children's diets. what does this tell you, cynthia ogden? allison w