How does gluten damage the gut in people with celiac disease?
The decision to change one's diet or habits is most often preceded by a desire to improve one's well-being or lose weight. However, sometimes it is our health ailments that make it necessary to make a quick change in the daily menu. People struggling with celiac disease are particularly vulnerable to the severe health consequences of consuming certain groups of products. Then it becomes necessary to exclude specific ingredients from your diet. Why gluten destroys the gut in people with celiac disease? What can be the negative consequences of gluten consumption for people with intolerance or allergy to gluten?
Celiac disease is most commonly diagnosed
in childhood and in people
aged 30-50
What gluten does to the intestines of people with celiac disease?
After consuming products that have gluten in them, an allergic reaction occurs... The reaction is caused by compounds found in products with gluten:
wheat,
barley,
triticale,
oats - naturally, this cereal does not contain gluten, but it is often contaminated with gluten.
The body's reaction to gluten is caused by compounds that are abundant in gluten cereals - gliadin and glutenin. The body treats gluten as an enemy and tries to fight it - produces antibodies. In this way, our own body damages the cells of the digestive tract, intestines. The intestinal villi are particularly vulnerable to damage. And what are intestinal villi? These are protuberances in the small intestine that increase the surface area for absorption of important substances from the intestines into the blood.
Gluten consumption harms the intestines and with the passage of time, there is such severe damage to the intestinal villi that the body will not be able to absorb much-needed nutrients... From chronic inflammation through complete loss of intestinal villi!
About 400,000 people in Poland have been diagnosed with celiac disease!
Gluten-free diet is the only treatment...
People diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten intolerance should absolutely follow a gluten-free diet! In this way, the body will not be exposed to damage to the intestinal villi and very negative effects on the whole body. A gluten-free diet is the only way to get rid of gastrointestinal symptoms. Celiac disease is a disease for which i've been sick all my life, therefore, a gluten-free diet must be followed at all times...
Gluten-free dishes can be delicious and very simple, such as gluten-free pancakes made with Moncana powdered flour. Choose gluten-free flours (millet, chickpea or corn) instead of wheat flour. Gluten-free diet can be followed by anyone.
