What is gluten’s sensitivity or celiac disease?
Celiac disease is a digestive condition triggered by consumption of the protein gluten, which as you now know is found in bread, pasta, cookies, pizza crust and many other foods containing wheat, barley or rye. If you have celiac disease and you eat foods containing gluten, an immune reaction occurs in your small intestine, causing damage to the surface of your small intestine and an inability to absorb certain nutrients. What are the symptoms of celiac? Although there may be no detectable symptoms of the immune response to gluten, there are typical symptoms that celiac patients develop, when the reaction begins to damage the intestines. The symptoms of celiac, resulting from malabsorption or improper digestion of dietary nutrients, include abdominal bloating or pain, diarrhea, constipation, gaseousness, or nausea with or without vomiting. Other symptoms celiac patients experience include fatigue, joint pains, mouth ulcers, bone pain, abnormal menses in women, and infertility. What are
