Top 10 Symptoms of Celiac Disease

Top 10 symptoms of Celiac disease

1. BONE LOSS 
2. ANEMIA
3. LIVER DISEASE
4. DIARRHEA
5. BLOATING
6. CANKER SORES
7. IBS
8. CONSTIPATION
9. ACID REFLUX
10. RECURRENT MISCARRIAGES

Symptoms Of Celiac

 Symptoms of Celiac disease.

May Celiac Awareness Month

 May is Celiac awareness month

BUD LIGHT SELTZER ???????????

 Is Bud light seltzer gluten free??  Many people are asking this question.  Many of the hard seltzer, spiked alcohol drinks often are made with malted barely, making those drinks not gluten free.

According to the www.gluten bee. com website, yes bud light seltzer is in fact gluten free.

TEFF

 Teff is a tiny grain that is highly nutritious and naturally gluten free.  Slowly gaining popularity as a gluten free substitute, this grain is also being used extensively in gluten free baking and cooking.

Teff has an earthy, nutty flavor and tends to be sweet as well.  It is also known as the worlds smallest grain  and measures about 1/100 the size of a wheat kernel.

Teff is high in fiber that may help with glucose control and colon health.

So I Test Positive For The Celiac Gene

 Testing positive for either HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8 does not mean you have to change your eating habits unless you have symptoms of the disease (including damage to the villi that line the small intestines). The test will simply tell you that you have a propensity for the disease, nothing more.

With that being said, most celiac specialists will advise you and your family to be regularly monitored in the event one or more of you eventually become symptomatic. This is because the HLA mutations are passed from parent to child, with some children inheriting two copies of the mutation (one from each parent) while others only inheriting one. Those inheriting two are at greatest risk.

If you have symptoms and all other test results are negative, a positive HLA test may justify a trial period during which you stop gluten to see if your symptoms improve.

Identifying The Celiac Gene

 

Identifying the Celiac Genes

Two chromosomal mutations, known as HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8, are commonly associated with celiac disease.

By definition, HLA (human leukocyte antigen) is a cellular protein which triggers an immune response. With celiac disease, aberrations in the HLA coding can cause the immune system to go haywire in the presence of gluten and attack cells of the small intestine.

Despite the fact that HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 are both linked to this effect, having the mutation doesn't necessarily mean that you'll get the disease. In fact, as many as 40 percent of the U.S. population have these mutations, mostly in people of European descent. Of those who do carry the mutation, only around 1 to 4 percent will go on to develop the disease in their adult.