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Need to understand proper Celiac diet restrictions and guidelines so you can reduce the impact of your illness? Learning about what makes an ideal Celiac diet means that you can avoid the damaging food choices.
A Celiac diet based on food elimination is the only way of managing this chronic illness, so it's vital for sufferers to be aware that there are still a variety of foods available to them on a Celiac. So what makes an exciting Celiac diet?
People with this illness suffer from an intolerance to gluten. Gluten is present in wheat, oat, barley and other grain products. After sources of gluten are eliminated from your eating plan, the damage to your intestine will heal over time. If the sufferer adheres to the diet, the symptoms will usually go away completely. Unfortunately, once you have the condition, you have it for life, so if you eat even a small amount of gluten, the symptoms will return, even if you don't feel ill right away.
The most obvious offenders are bread products, cereals and baked items. What most people don't know is that gluten is also present in surprising foods that don't obviously come from grains. Items to watch out for include: candies like licorice, jelly beans or hard candy, some soups, soya sauce, cold cuts, over-the-counter medications, and sometimes low fat products. Because of this, it's vital to read ingredients listed on food labels and avoid things like modified food starch, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, binders, fillers and malts.
Your GP can provide you with a comprehensive list of foods containing gluten, along with a list of vitamin supplements to make sure you get the nutrients you need.
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