Celiac.com 03/03/2017 - Previous studies have shown us that men are generally less troubled living with celiac disease than are women, but most studies of men with celiac disease have been mostly quantitative, and have a bio-medical emphasis.
A team of researchers recently set out to explore the social experience of young men with screening-detected celiac disease and to highlight daily life situations five years after diagnosis. The research team included Ethel Kautto, Cecilia Olsson, Anneli Ivarsson, Phil Lyon, Agneta Hörnell, and Lena Alex. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Food and Nutrition and Umeå Center for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Sweden, the Department of Food and Nutrition, Umeå University, Sweden, the Department of Public Health and Clinical Med...

Celiac.com 12/29/2017 - Do you remember the moment when you were diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity? Most people I talk to have it etched in their memory. After all, the information is life transforming. Yet, I doubt if most of us understood the enormity of the information until time passed and we had the opportunity to actually fully understand what it meant besides the gluten free diet (GFD).
Along with having to learn that gluten is everywhere, we also learn that having to eat differently is, to put it mildly, upsetting. In fact, the psychological impact of living with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity usually involves depression and anxiety. There are other emotional responses as well; these include grief and, for some, trauma (depending upon how long it took...

Celiac.com 02/25/2022 - Developing independence from parents or guardians, forming long-term relationships, living at college, becoming financially self-reliant, going into full time employment, traveling for pleasure and on business and starting a family—each can be affected by celiac disease as children grow into teenagers and young adults.
Dietary compliance can be a challenge at this critical stage in life. There is no evidence that children with celiac disease can go back to a gluten containing diet in their teens—or ever. Occasionally this idea gets put forward because a teenager no longer has any obvious symptoms if they eat gluten-containing food. The medical position remains clear—celiac disease is a life long condition—ingestion of gluten will cause damage to the intesti...

Celiac.com 04/15/2022 - This is the continuation of the book Gluten-Centric Culture, the result of a nation-wide study conducted by Dr. Jean Duane. Chapter 1 opens with the question: How do I gracefully navigate social scenarios with people I love without alienating them or compromising my health? Chapter 2 studies the different cultural norms perpetuated by religious beliefs, government, schools, rules of etiquette, the media, etc. to understand why there seems to be resistance when we disclose to people we need to maintain a gluten-free diet. Chapter 3 examines venues where the long-held “truths” discussed in previous chapters collide in the doctors office, at the grocery store, at school, and at church. Chapter 4 segues to how women’s bodies are particularly challenged and scrutinized in ou...