| Continually doing research on my son's sensitivities to | | | | canker sores, loss of enamel, diarrhea, constipation, |
| Gluten, Dairy, Eggs and Nuts and doing my best to find | | | | unusual weight gain or loss, vitamin deficiencies, |
| Allergy Friendly or Allergy Free Foods. I've come | | | | flatulence, osteoporosis, pale looking, easy bruising, and |
| across Celiac Disease. It's something I did not know | | | | nausea. |
| exist until now, and 1 out of 133 have this condition. | | | | If you suspect or concerned about this disease, please |
| Those with Celiac Disease must adhere to a life long | | | | contact your healthcare/medical professional team to |
| diet modification without gluten. Gluten can be found in | | | | determine the correct tests to check for this malady. |
| many wheat related food products such as breads, | | | | They will probably test your blood for your Total |
| pancakes, cookies, brownies, pastas and waffles. | | | | Serum (IgA), Endomysial Antibody (EMA-IgA), |
| Some foods you would not think have gluten would be | | | | Anti-gliadin Antibody (AGA-IgG, AGA-IgA), and Tissue |
| soups and gravies that might use flour to thicken them | | | | Transglutaminase Antibody (tTG - IgA/IgG). After |
| up or some times you might dredge your favorite | | | | these blood tests, a biopsy maybe needed to confirm |
| chicken, fish and french fries with flour to crisp them | | | | the damage of the diagnosis. |
| up, and meatloaf includes breadcrumbs. Other grains | | | | Here is a list of ingredients that do not contain gluten; |
| that contain gluten are barley and rye. | | | | meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, and rice. If your want some |
| Even ingesting a small minute amount of gluten causes | | | | flour, try some flours made from rice, corn, potato, soy, |
| immunological toxic reaction that damages the villi in | | | | and almond. If you're tired of white rice, try quinoa, |
| the small intestines, and therefore the food is unable to | | | | buckwheat or lentils. If your recipe requires some the |
| be properly absorbed. So all the nutrients that you | | | | glueyness that gluten provides, then add some |
| might have gotten are passed through to the toilet. | | | | xanthum gum or guar gum. Instead of wheat flour to |
| Unfortunately, there seems to be no common thread | | | | thicken up some sauces, try starches made from corn, |
| that triggers the disease, so stress, viral infection, | | | | tapioca or potato. Remember to follow your recipes |
| pregnancy, or surgery could be culprits. The symptoms | | | | for the appropriate portions. |
| are extremely wide ranging and not always a | | | | A final note, always read the ingredients on the back |
| gastrointestinal disorder. While it is strange to associate | | | | of the box. If you're out at a restaurant, many now |
| the following with Celiac Disease, once diagnosed and | | | | have a gluten free menu. Celiac Disease is a serious |
| treated the following seem to have been know to | | | | condition that people can live with, when proper |
| disappear; joint pain, anemia, depression, irritability, | | | | precautions are taken. |
| fatigue, weakness, unusual menstrual cycles, infertility, | | | | P.S. My Gluten Free Pizza keeps getting better! |