An Introduction to Gluten and Celiac Disease
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The purpose of this article is to maybe save a life or two. Awareness is the first step.
Gluten is found everywhere. Gluten is not just found in grain-based (wheat, barley, rye) food products. In addition to gluten being found in non-grain-based food products (due to contamination and/or processing issues); gluten can be found in prescription drugs, vitamins and other nutritional supplements, cosmetics, and other health and beauty products.
Celiac disease is an immune-system reaction to gluten. It is estimated that 1% of the U.S. population suffers from this disease. Many are not even aware that they have it. Celiac disease is hereditary.
Here is a helpful government site for more info. The second sub-link lists symptoms and other useful information.
- Welcome to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign
Home Page. - Celiac Disease - National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
Contains general information about celiac disease. Describes symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Some untried recipes. As of this May 2012 update, the commenters were not too thrilled with them.
For those folks of a more scientific bent, the link below this chart will give you an advanced and complete description of the celiac disease processes and related info.
You are not alone. Please share the above information so as to help others. The more people that are knowledgeable, the better off we all are.
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I read it. It is a good hub.
For anyone who is interested, here is the link.
Paradigmsearch,
This is the most compact article I have seen, with the greatest amount of information!!! Well done!!! :)
I've begun a writing a series of hubs on gluten free living and have previously published gluten free recipes. My first in the series is http://beth100.hubpages.com/hub/Gluten-Free-Living
Thank you for inviting us to post our links to gluten free hubs in your hub's comment section.
As I stated in mine, sharing our knowledge and experience will help us all, whether gluten intolerant or not.
Beth
Thank you for posting these important resources! I have a friend with Celiac Disease and thanks to cooking for her, I have learned a lot about the necessity for many people to avoid wheat in all it forms. (Not to mention that plain white bread is just not that good for you!)
Thanks to my experience with my friend, I've been able to write a number of articles on gluten-free topics, such as http://classicalgeek.hubpages.com/hub/Amaranth-Flo http://classicalgeek.hubpages.com/hub/making-flour http://classicalgeek.hubpages.com/hub/Prickly-Pear and http://classicalgeek.hubpages.com/hub/Nut-Crusts. I hope these turn out of be of help to someone. And thank you for allowing us to post our links in your comments section!
This is succinct and very useful indeed! It seems that every article on celicacs that I read gets needlessly complex. How refreshing it is to read a straightforward summary!
You did indeed make it simple to understand. Very nicely done!
Do you know that the green glowing cat has taken over your profile? Are you okay?
Thanks, guys.
And keep those links coming in. :- )
Celiac disease is actually intolerance to gluten and it usually affects the respiratory system and stomach. People start suffering from gastritis and experience an allergic reaction such as suffocating. I'm not intolerant, but allergic to gluten, milk proteins and nuts. The allergy affetcs my skin (urticaria & neurodermitis), stomach (gastritis) and central nervous system (auto-immune disease). I stick to a strict diet, take pills to allay "the attack" when it takes over me :(
People suffering from celiac or gluten allergy have to check their foods for additives, such as additive colors, natrium-glutamat, food enchancers, flavors and many other agents. It's not just wheat. It's not easy, but it's a must, otherwise things could get much, much worse...
Thank you for the introduction to celiac disease, paradigmsearch. Gluten intolerance is such an important topic, and more and more people seem to be experiencing this problem. Thanks also for letting us post our links to our hubs about gluten. Mine is at http://aliciac.hubpages.com/hub/Gluten-Free-Flours
Wow! This was an awesome hub filled with important info that was easy to understand. Thanks for sharing-voted it up.
These relatively new information is very useful in the knowledge bank of every one .In fact what is the total if and buts of celiac disease and its cure in the treatment is it possible to explain.
So is the gluten is approved by FDA norms to be included
in food or not?
but I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO READ YOUR ARTICLE
I WILL VOTE THIS USEFUL.
So much info in such a short hub! Very, very well done. Up and quite useful!
We stopped our daughters Jessicas' epileptic seizures within weeks of putting her on a gluten free diet, and are approaching the two year mark when she has been seizure free, without any chemical medicines. (I have hubs about that and gluten also)
Great info and as already said, so compact.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
kat11 Level 2 Commenter 8 months ago
You are so right! A few weeks ago I placed on the hub pages a list of places that gluten free products can be purchased at in nation wide grocery or food marts like Wal-Mart.