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I need your help...

Before going gluten-free, I had applied for some insurance.  Not wanting
to lie, I told them about my recent trips to a regional heart center for
treatment of high-blood-pressure.  After having a multitude of tests,
the cardiologist simply told me that high-blood-pressure was just a part
of "you being you" and there was nothing that could be done about it
(they couldn't find anything wrong).

After going on the gluten-free diet, my blood pressure has stabilized to
a normal range.  My cardiologist (at one of East Tennessee's most
prestigious regional heart centers) told me that Celiac Disease would
have "absolutely nothing" to do with blood pressure.

To make a long story short, I was denied insurance because my records
(from The Heart Institute) reflect that Celiac Disease can have NO
effect on blood-pressure.

I scheduled a visit with him next week and I need an arsenal of
information to prove him otherwise.  I would love to get from the users
of this list any information, links to information, personal
testimony's, ANYTHING that I can take in and TEACH THIS DOCTOR that
Celiac CAN affect blood pressure.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help, I will let you know how I make
out.

By the way, any personal testimony's would carry more clout if you could
list a doctor's name, region, phone #, etc.

Mitchel in Tennessee
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