Celiac Disease 101

Celiac Disease 101: I’ve Been Gluten-ed Now What?

25.01.2012

Accidently ingesting gluten when you have celiac disease is unfortunately likely bound to happen at one point or another. Whether through cross contamination, not reading the labels right or a well-meaning friend or family member ensuring you it’s safe, getting ‘glutene-ed’ [as we all call it] is no walk in the park. What do you do now [...]

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Gluten Free 101: What is Gluten?

15.12.2011

Pretty much the first question anyone asks when either you are first put on the gluten free diet or explaining to someone that you are on the gluten free diet is “What is gluten“. A huge component in so many foods today, yet there is still a widespread confusion over what it is. Gluten is [...]

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Could You Benefit From The Gluten Free Diet?

29.07.2011

Gluten intolerance, gluten sensitivity and celiac disease affect a lot of people – the current statistic being 1 in 133 people have celiac disease {and a majority of those people are not diagnosed or misdiagnosed}.The truth is many more people have un-diagnosed gluten intolerance/gluten sensitivity with an estimate of it affecting up to 10-15% of the population. [...]

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Canadian Food Labels About To Get Much Simpler For Food Allergic, Intolerant & Celiac Disease Consumers

19.05.2011

On February 16, 2011 Health Canada published amendments to the Food Allergen Labeling Regulations and with it means big things for those of us with celiac disease (as well as for people with one or more of the major allergens as well as sulphite sensitivities) when it comes to purchasing safe pre-packaged foods. The Food and Drug Regulations require that most prepackaged foods [...]

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Celiac Disease 101: What Is Cross Contamination?

03.03.2011

Cross contamination is not an issue that only people with celiac disease have to worry about but it is an issue that sets celiac disease apart from many allergies & intolerances. Cross contamination is a serious factor that those living with celiac disease need to be aware of and one of the main reasons the [...]

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Celiac Disease 101: The Gluten Free Diet

24.02.2011

Treatment for celiac disease is a life long gluten free diet. So to understand what that means you need to know what gluten is. Gluten is a protein found in wheat (including spelt & kamut), barley, rye and oats. Gluten is what gives elasticity to breads, doughs & helps it keep it’s texture and is [...]

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Celiac Disease 101: Diagnosis & Treatment

17.02.2011

The number one thing i need to mention regarding getting tested for celiac disease is that if you are already on a gluten free diet — the testing (other then the genetic markers test -HLA DQ2 and HLA DQ8 genes) will all be ineffective. So if you are wanting to get a confirmation with a [...]

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Celiac Disease 101: What Is It & What Are The Symptoms?

12.02.2011

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that occurs in genetically predisposed (identified genes are HLA-DQ2 & HLA-DQ) people that can occur from infancy into adulthood. Gluten in the system (specifically gliadin) causes an autoimmune reaction which creates inflammation in the body & specifically in the small intestines. The inflammation in the small intestines flattens & [...]

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Uncommon Symptoms of Celiac Disease

23.02.2010

We all know the most common symptoms of celiac disease being mostly digestive symptoms including bloating/gas, bowel changes and fatigue. When I am talking about celiac disease to some people I have had them confuse it for something like lactose intolerance which does have similar symptoms with one big difference. Celiac disease is an autoimmune [...]

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