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Curing Celiac Disease?

I heard an episode of Freakonomics about a Doctor in Austrailia that cured MS with a "flora (poop) transplant." Got me googling. I'm curious, has anyone I know tried, successfully or not, to cure their Celiac Disease?

The more I read Michael Polan, Nina Plank and other natural food activists, the more I'm convinced that increasingly common health problems in our day are a result of processed and engineered/GMO foods. I've also wondered why a seemingly disproprotionate number of people at my church (and even in my extended family) have digestive disorders: allergies, celiac, leaky gut, etc. But, maybe it's not that disproportionate... One study I read this week estimated 40% of the US population suffers from Celiac Disease (but only about 1-2% of them are diagnosed). Could it be that the confluence of my church's theology and the generally "health-conscientiousness" of Seattle means that the people I know are actually diagnosed?

One of the other things that I found while googling, was this site (http://healthwyze.org/index.php/curing-celiac-disease.html) which asserts that Celiac is not actually gluten intolerance and that Celiac (and other leaky gut diseases) can be cured. Their claim is that gluten intolerance is actually a symptom of Celiac disease (and in fact I read in another article that two independent teams in Australia and the US have identified three specific Monsanto proteins that can escalate and aggravate gluten reactions more than organic glutens).

The conclusion that I seem to be coming across in multiple places is that Celiac and other leaky guts disorders are actually a result of an imbalance of flora (healthy bacteria) and candida (yeast) in the intestines. The claim is that by temporarily altering your diet (1-5 years) you can progressively decrease your candida and increase your flora, and the that once you have done that and maintained it, your intestines will actually heal themselves to the point where after your temporary diet, you can eat gluten (non GMO) again without any problems because your flora has the critical mass it needs to do its job.

My question is, while I know that this does not jive with what practitioners of allopathic medicine will tell you, there is a plethora of seemingly very reputable information online that supports this naturopatic cure. So, why don't more people do it, and when they are cured, why aren't they more vocal about it?

So this is an open call: Has anyone tried this with success? Let me know how it went.