It’s national celiac disease awareness month – a lesser known disease that affects approximately 1 in every 133 people, the disease makes it difficult to maintain a typical diet.
Celiac disease is an auto-immune disorder. If an individual with the disease consumes gluten, their body attacks their intestinal tract.
Many living with the disease suffer from malnutrition, and repeated exposure can lead to long term cancer.
Gluten is common protein in wheat, barley, rye, and oats. If you have celiac disease, you need to be very careful about what you eat.
One of the trickier things as opposed to a typical allergy is that someone with celiac disease is usually very sensitive to cross contamination.
If you’d like to learn more about celiac disease, you can learn more from Celiac Canada.
