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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE C1 ARTS & LIFE arts@ freepress. mb. ca I WINNIPEGFREEPRESS. COM I SHOWBITS C3 I HOROSCOPE C4 I MOVIES C2 TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 C 1 Check the rulebook before taking your dog to the beach / C5 T ORONTO - Clara Cohen may covet croissants and go bonkers for baguettes, but she's given them up in pursuit of good health. Joining a growing number of Canadians experimenting with the latest in nutritional trends, Cohen has gone gluten- free and plans to stay that way. But as the diet - used to treat celiac disease - morphs into a movement of sorts, some experts caution against mistaking a medically required lifestyle for a food fad. For her part, Cohen says going gluten- free has so far been a good thing. The Port Moody, B. C., resident says focusing on fresh foods and avoiding gluten- free versions of processed products has resulted in weight loss, clearer skin and reduced bloating. She says it's also eliminated monthly migraines. " The gluten- free thing, for me it's fascinating," said the 45- year- old acupuncturist, who changed her eating habits last August after hearing about the purported benefits of the diet. " I wasn't really expecting much. But I think it really helped." Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune condition that damages the gastrointestinal tract and hinders the absorption of vitamins and minerals. Sufferers react badly to gluten, the protein component that gives elasticity to dough and is found in foods made with wheat, rye, barley and their derivatives. Symptoms of the disease, which affects one in 100 people, include cramps, constipation, diarrhea, anemia, bone pain and migraines. Experts say the variety of warning signs mean the disease, which can only be confirmed with a blood test and a biopsy of the small intestine, is underdiagnosed. And some say they are concerned about the growing popularity of the gluten- free diet, fearing it could cause cases of celiac disease and gluten sensitivities to go unnoticed for even longer. Gluten, and the damage it inflicts on those who react badly to it, needs to be present in a person's gut when tests are run, explains Shelley Case, a Regina- based registered dietician who sits on the professional advisory board of the Canadian Celiac Association. Allowing the disease to go undiagnosed can lead to more serious conditions like thyroid disease, cancer of the gut and arthritis. " It's really important that people actually go get tested for celiac, because if you go on the gluten- free diet because it's the latest buzz then it's almost impossible to get an accurate diagnosis," said Case. THE Wall Street Journal 's blog Smart Money reported that although founder Mark Zuckerberg recently took the leap into marriage, Facebook is itself is prompting many divorces around the world, and justices are getting wise, and using evidence on Facebook during divorce hearings. Smart Money said more than a third of divorce filings in the U. K. last year contained the word Facebook, according to a survey by Divorce Online, a U. K.- based legal services firm. And over 80 per cent of U. S. divorce attorneys say they've seen a rise in the number of cases using social networking, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Gary Traystman, a divorce attorney in New London, Conn., told Smart Money that of the 15 cases he handles per year where computer history, texts and emails are admitted as evidence, 60 per cent exclusively involve Facebook. " Affairs happen with a lightning speed on Facebook," says K. Jason Krafsky, who wrote the book Facebook and Your Marriage with his wife Kelli. In the real world, he says, office romances and out- of- town trysts can take months or even years to develop. " On Facebook," he says, " they happen in just a few clicks." The social network is different from most social networks or dating sites in that it both reconnects old flames and allows people to " friend" someone they only may have met once in passing. " It puts temptation in the path of people who would never in a million years risk having an affair," he says. Even when extra- marital affairs develop with no help from Facebook, experts say the site provides a deceptively comfortable forum for people to let off steam about their lives and inadvertently arouse the suspicions of spouses. " The difference with Facebook is it feels safe, innocent and private," says Randy Kessler, an Atlanta, Ga.- based lawyer and current chair of the family law section of the American Bar Association. " People put an enormous amount of incriminating stuff out there voluntarily." It could be something as innocuous as a check- in at a restaurant, he says, or a photograph posted online. Courts are increasingly examining Facebook for evidence, also, the blog reported. Last year, a superior district court judge in Connecticut ordered a divorcing couple to hand over the passwords of their respective Facebook accounts to the other's lawyers. - McClatchy Tribune News Service T ORONTO - Canadian comedy giant Russell Peters is renovating many facets of his life these days. The Brampton, Ont.- raised standup star says he's remodelling parts of his five- bedroom, elevator- equipped Los Angeles mansion that's been featured on MTV's Cribs . He's going through what he describes as an amicable divorce with Monica Diaz, whom he wed in August 2010 and has an 18- month- old daughter with. And he's on a world tour that features " no old material," notes the outspoken arena- packing quipster, who's known for skewering racial stereotypes, including those of his Anglo- Indian heritage. " The subject matter will be from the same pool but the jokes will be different," Peters, 41, said last week in Toronto, where his Notorious World Tour played at the Air Canada Centre as part of a tour of Canada. The tour stops in Winnipeg Wednesday night at the MTS Centre. Divorce attorneys really like Facebook By Victoria Ahearn Notorious C. O. M. E. D. Y. Superstar Canadian comedian Russell Peters is paying homage to his rap hero on new tour By Diana Mehta Gluten- free goes mainstream but expert cautions against adopting diet on a whim Continued Please see GLUTEN C 4 Kathy Smart: focus on fresh food Comedy Preview Russell Peters: Notorious World Tour . MTS Centrre . Wednesday at 7: 30 p. m. . Tickets: $ 49 and $ 121.75 at Ticketmaster Continued Please see PETERS C 4 C_ 01_ Jun- 26- 12_ FP_ 01. indd C1 6/ 25/ 12 5: 28: 12 PM ;