Five Important Things You May Not Know About Celiac Disease

Great article. I plan to give to all my clients newly diagnosed with celiac so they "get" why it is important.

Along with bone loss and weakness comes frequent fractures. My daughter who was diagnosed @ 7 years old (but had tummy problems since introducing solids as a baby). Her bones are unusually weak and has had 6 fractures already - mostly to the smaller/accessory bones. Her long bones seem to have taken all the calcium & D. Her most recent fracture was the scaphoid in her wrist - her doctor can't remember anytime in his career where a child has a fractured scaphoid.. She is on high-dose supplement for severe vitamin D deficiency.

Along with bone loss and weakness comes frequent fractures. My daughter who was diagnosed @ 7 years old (but had tummy problems since introducing solids as a baby). Her bones are unusually weak and has had 6 fractures already - mostly to the smaller/accessory bones. Her long bones seem to have taken all the calcium & D. Her most recent fracture was the scaphoid in her wrist - her doctor can't remember anytime in his career where a child has a fractured scaphoid.. She is on high-dose supplement for severe vitamin D deficiency.

I am 70 years old and was diagnosed with celiac at 62. I feel like I have had it since I was about 12 years old. I had no symptoms, seemed to thrive on wheat, and had what seemed to be a perfectly function digestive system. My rheumatologist diagnosed it on a hunch. I was being treated for fibromyalgia and the more meds they gave me the worse my pain got. He ran some blood tests and I was off the charts in the celiac tests and had a severe Vitamin D deficiency. Going gluten free has made the fibromyalgia go away. What I have is celiac disease, Hasimotos Thyroiditis, osteo arthritis, and seasonal allergies and allergies to cats, some trees and some medicines. I do best on a simple diet, but still have many very bad mornings and usually can't go anywhere until about 10 or 11am. It has improved however because early after diagnosis, I had the same problems after dinner most nights. I don't go to many restaurants because of cross contamination.

I would advise a simple diet of meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts if tolerated, lactose free milk or Almond/Coconut milk and plenty of water. During the fall apples are fresh and I like to have a large apple with peanut-coconut spread for lunch. I don't get sick if I eat an apple every day. Now I'm trying broccoli with a little cheese. Sometimes I make smoothies and use frozen and fresh fruit I like and a dab of raw honey if it needs more sweetness and I make my own plain yogurt and add a cup to it. It's refreshing, healthy and seems like a milkshake without the bad. Blend with a little ice and she will love it.