Celiac & Allergies

What is Celiac disease?

Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disease. For people with Celiac disease eating gluten, a protein found in many grains like wheat, barley, rye, triticale and spelt, triggers an autoimmune response (the body attacks itself) in the small intestine.

The only treatment for Celiac disease is a strict gluten-free diet for life.

How Celiac disease works

Over time, the villi, finger-like projections in the intestinal tract that absorb nutrients from food, get damaged (atrophy). The result can be a host of complications like mal-absorption, malnutrition and over two hundred symptoms.

Being diagnosed with Celiac disease is serious and life-changing. The only treatment is a strict gluten-free diet. We can help with that.

Dermatitis Herpetiformis (DH)

Between 5-10% of people with celiac disease also have DH. The condition shows up as intense itchy and blistering skin rashes on both sides of the body; often on the elbows, knees, buttocks, back of the neck, upper back, scalp and hairline.

At first small blisters form, which erupt and leave scars. DH usually sets in around the 30-40 year mark, but can also happen in kids and older people.

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Allergies

Allergies happen when someone's immune system is hypersensitive to harmless (for others) substances in the environment. These reactions include hay fever, food allergies, skin rashes and asthma. Causes range from ingesting the wrong food or medications to insect bites. In worst cases anaphylaxsis can occur, a shock that may even result in death.

In the developed world, it's thought that about

20% of the population suffer from hay fever
6% have at least one food allergy
20% have a skin rash at some point in life
2% or less have an anaphylactic reaction.

Allergic reactions are on the rise.

Autism

Over the years many parents have reported their children with autism seem to get better on a gluten/casein free diet. Even though there have been scientific studies that show improvements, there’s still not enough definitive research to claim that a gluten-free diet leads to improvements in behavior.