A basics talk on celiac disease and gluten free eating.

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2. Some signs and symptoms of malabsorption, malnutrition, vitamin and/
or mineral deficiencies associated with
celiac disease:
Abdominal cramps & bloating
Anemia
Borborygmi
Coetaneous Bleeding
Diarrhea
Easy Bruising
Epistaxis
Failure to Thrive
Fatigue, General Weakness
Flatulence
Fluid retention
Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Hematuria
Hypoclampsia
Hypomagnesemia
Infertility
Iron deficiency
Lymphocytic Gastritis
Muscle Weakness
Muscle Wasting
Nausea
Osteoporosis
Pallor
Panic Attacks
Peripheral Neuropathy
Stunted Growth (children)
Vertigo
Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Vitamin D Disease, Deficiency
Vitamin K Deficiency
Vomiting
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3. Celiac is a genetic autoimmune disease that attacks villi in the small intestine which creates
an inability to absorb nutrients, essentially the person starves without diagnosis. Celiacs can
also have effects to the brain and skin.
Eventually, the decreased absorption of nutrients (malabsorption) that occurs with celiac
disease can cause vitamin deficiencies that deprive your brain, peripheral nervous system,
bones, liver and other organs of vital nourishment.
Celiacs deal with increased risk for other autoimmune diseases such as: 40% increase for
cancers, Thyroid, Diabetes, Autism*, Rheumatoid Arthritis.
No treatment can cure celiac disease. However, you can effectively manage celiac by a
change in your diet.
People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley.
Gluten is found mainly in foods but may also be found in everyday products such as
medicines, vitamins, and lip balms.
what is celiac?
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4. 1/133
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5. According to Dr. David Clark DC, a functional
neurologist and endocrinologist:
There’s not a disease or health condition you can
think of that does not have an association – in the
research literature – with gluten sensitivity.
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6. to hell and back
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7. conditions and disorders associated with
celiac disease:
Addison’s Disease
Anemia
Arthritis
Ataxia
ADD
Autism
Bacterial Overgrowth
Cancer, Lymphoma
Candida
Casein Intolerance
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Cognitive Impairment
Crohns disease
Dermatitis
Depression
Diabetes
Downs Syndrome
Dyspepsia
Epilepsy
Infertility, Pregnancy
Miscarriage
Fibromyalgia
Flatulence
Gall Bladder Disease
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Heart Failure
Infertility, Impotency (male)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Kidney Disease
Liver disease
Malnutrition, BMI
Migraine Headaches
MS
Obesity, Overweight
Osteoporosis, Osteomalacia,
Osteopenia, Bone density
Psoriasis
Refractory, Collagenous Sprue
Schizophrenia, Mental health
Sepsis
Sjogrens Syndrome
Skin Problems
Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Thyroid Disease
Pancreatic disorders
Tuberculosis
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8. why should you care?
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9. Ancient and modern wheat.
Wheat at time of Shakespeare; tall, difficult to harvest, susceptible to strong winds
Modern wheats: dwarf and super-dwarf wheats.
not grandmas wheat anymore
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10. gluten free going
global
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11. questions?
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12. thank you
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