Celiac Disease, also referred to as CD, is intolerance to gluten which is found predominantly in wheat but is present in other grains such as oats, barley rye and others. CD is definitely on the rise for previously only 1 in every 3000 was diagnosed and now it is 1 in every 133.
What You Should Know about Celiac Disease
What is celiac disease? How is it treated? Here’s what you need to know
“What on Earth is a Celiac?”
Celiac Disease, once considered rare,was recently listed in an article by Reader’s Digest Magazine as one of the “Top Ten Diseases Doctors Miss”. And prominent studies completed in the past two years indicate that Celiac Disease is not really rare at all, but actually quite common. And if a Celiac is not diagnosed properly, they become vulnerable to a host of secondary autoimmune diseases as well.
Coeliac Disease
Coeliac Disease is something which affects many people but which is not widely understood or discussed. It is a medical condition which affects the gut and digestive system of the sufferer and which people can be genetically pre-disposed to.
The disease often runs in families, due to the genetic predisposition of the condition. However, it can be brought on through environmental factors at any point in ones life. Coeliac Disease is most prevalent in British people, with …
Tasty Gluten Free Products
In the gluten-filled world where we have spent most of our lives until now, we learned as children which products we liked to eat and which we didn’t. Now, as sufferers of celiac disease or as a gluten intolerant, we find ourselves thrown into the task of finding gluten-free products to replace all those foods containing wheat, rye, barley and oats that we loved to eat–like bread, cookies, cakes and pastas. Our lives have suddenly become much more complicated.
Gluten Inedible Products
A common question among the newly diagnosed with celiac disease, an autoimmune condition triggered by the presence of gluten (wheat, rye, barley and oats), is whether you should be concerned about gluten found in inedible productsproducts that you don’t eat but only use. The answer is yes. After using inedible products that contain gluten, make sure that you wash your hands well with non-gluten soap and water so that any residue found in the products will be washed away and …