Mend Your Diet

does any one really know the dangers of not following a gluten free diet with celiacs desise?

My wife and daughter have celiacs desise They have no obvius side effects but no doctors will give me a real answer on what the chances are of coming down with more problems if they dont follow that gluten free diet does any one have any insight on that ?

Public Comments

1. you can't absorb the nutrients in your food. you are tired all the time. you can get some nuitrion-related disorders. don't do it. you're torturing yourself.
2. You die like everyone else one the plant.
3. people with coliac desease cannot take gluten! if they do: the villi in the intestines will flatten out causing a reduction in surface area for absorbtion so the food they eat wont be absorbed as well and this will lead to malnutrition. however as far as I know the villi will go back to normal if you stop eating gluten for a while. If you dont eat gluten you will have difficulty choosing foods and will have to resort to other sorces of energy(like rice/corn). I hope that helps
4. Basically, that cool guy said it all. Itd probably cause them to die a painful/slow death due to lack of nutrients. Be careful, as I'm sure you know...if you don't follow the diet it can affect just about every system in the body and ravage your body. Just because they are asymptomatic doesnt mean they arent affected. Despite them not having side effects, it still is damaging their body as much as any other Celiac. Trust me, it's not worth it. Not to mention there are plenty of wonderful gluten-free foods out there and it's a rapidly growing market. It's also a ton healthier.