Celiac disease?!
Question:
Celiac disease?
i'm going to the doctor next month to get a scope and biopsy to conifrm if i have this and i was wondering if anyone else has this and what is causes i'm not famliar with it thanks.
Answers:
Hi. I"m impressed your actually being tested!! First consider yourself lucky bc it often can take 15 years to be properly diagnosed with Celiac.
If you have Celiac Disease (CD) you will need to follow a Gluten Free diet FOR LIFE. No cheating, no ifs ands or buts, you dont eat gluten. Every time u do u hurt yourself more and more.
MAKE SURE u are eating gluten prior to the test (for at least a few weeks) or your test will be wrong so DO NOT start the GF diet until after the testing is done.
There are some great links and resources out there for Celiacs and you are not alone!! Millions of ppl have CD.
Some good books:
Celiac DIsease a Hidden Epidemic by Dr Peter Greene
Living Wheat and Gluten Free for Dummies by Danna Korn
Gluten Free GOurmet by Bette Hagman (cookbook)
(she has others also)
sites:
www.csaceliacs.org (leads a national non profit support groups all over the country. Click on Local Support to find a chapter near u for help and info)
www.celiac.com (search "Forbidden Foods" ont he site and it'll take u toa list of safe vs forbidden foods on the GF diet. Print it, learn it and you will be fine!)
www.celiac.org
www.celiaccentral.org
Shopping online is helpful and cheaper:
www.amazon.com (grocery section)
www.glutensolutions.com
www.glutenfree.com
Some of my fave brands:
Bob's Red Mill
Pamelas (baking and cookie products. YUMMY cake mix!)
Glutino (AWESOME frozen pizzas)
Ener-G
Tinkyada (pastas)
Health food stores and places like Whole FOods will have alot of good GF foods.
If you do test positive for CD your first and 2nd degree relatives should be tested also, especially your parents and siblings, as CD is HIGHLY genetic and one must carry the gene ino rder to have CD. So if u have it is likely one of your parents does also and doesnt know (or hasnt had it triggered yet).
Once you go gf u will probably feel a TON better! Your body will begin to heal and you will feel like a new person!!
Best of luck and feel free to email me with any other questions.
Amy