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Amy Jerreat <[log in to unmask]> asked:
 
>This is another mention of 'Irish' in connection with Celiacs.  Another
>post mentioned that Ireland had the highest incidenced in the world.
>Can anyone tell me why?  Is it that their grain consumption is higher
>than the rest of the world?
 
It has to do with living the furthest from the fertile crescent, where the
agricultural revolution started. The further away, the longer before the
climate warmed up enough for agriculture. This is discussed in 26K of text:
 
>From the Neolithic Revolution to Gluten Intolerance: Benefits and Problems
Associated with the Cultivation of Wheat, by Luigi Greco
 
For a copy, you can visit:  http://www.hooked.net/users/sadams/history.html
 
or send an email to:  [log in to unmask]
 
with the following in the body:  GET CELIAC CUL-WHT
 
>Being of Irish descent I am wondering if it is a gene factor.
 
This page:  http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?212750
 
has a good detailed discussion of the genetics of celiac disease. It is from
a database of articles on Mendelian Inheritance in Man from the National
Center for Biotechnology Information.
 
Don.