What causes Coeliacs Disease?
Coeliacs are sensitive to gluten, which reacts with the small bowel lining, damaging it and causing loss of villi. The exact reason for this sensitivity & reaction to gluten is not known. Some believe Coeliacs are born with an enzyme deficiency (not yet identified) which causes abnormal breakdown of gluten and the accumulation of a toxic portion. Others think an abnormal immune body defence reaction to the “foreign” (non-human) gluten is responsible.
