Celiac disease
and
gluten free

Celiac disease and gluten free go hand in hand. The connection between them make changing to a gluten free diet plan Vital!

The news is infiltrated with many testimonials and articles about how each day more and more people are getting sick from this disease and are having to switch their whole life around to eat a gluten free diet. Some experts are even venturing to say that is is becoming an epidemic. Is that how you feel? You have obviously landed on my site and onto this page because you are also curious to what celiac disease means when it comes to the gluten free diet.  It leads you to ask the questions below if you haven't already researched up to this point:

What is Celiac disease?

Why does it involve a gluten free diet?

What are the symptoms?

What is Celiac Disease?

According to celiac.ca, “...It is a permanent intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat (e.g., durum, kamut, spelt), rye, barley, and triticale.

Gluten consumption causes damage to the absorptive surface of the small intestine and can result in malnutrition, anemia, nutritional deficiencies and an increased risk of other autoimmune diseases and some cancers of the gut.”

Why does it involve a gluten free diet?

Simply put, it is the only way to eliminate gluten free from your life. Without gluten in your body, your system can start to heal itself.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms associated with (also according to celiac.ca) “can vary from person to person.” If left untreated, this condition can pretty much destroy the intestinal tract, making it very difficult to digest anything, and painful to boot. “The similarities of symptoms of celiac…to other conditions often leads to a misdiagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, lactose, intolerance, chronic fatigue and many other conditions”(celiac.ca).

It is important that if you suspect having it, get diagnosed.

Don't stop until you get a diagnosis.

It can mean your health and possibly your life.

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