Monday, July 29, 2013

Type 2 Diabetes - Dealing With Celiac Disease and Diabetes

About 1 in 250 people living with Type 2 diabetes will have celiac disease. So if you have Type 2 diabetes and suffer from regular symptoms of celiac disease, then you should get tested to rule it out. It could make all the difference to your overall health and mood.
Symptoms of Celiac Disease:
  • bloating
  • abdominal pain
  • headaches and migraines
  • diarrhea
  • vomiting
  • lack of appetite
  • anemia
  • osteopenia (low bone density)
  • fatty liver
  • reoccurring skin rash
  • recurrent miscarriages
  • unexplained hypoglycemia (often true for people with diabetes)
  • dizziness
  • neurological disorders
  • emotional issues
Remember, you may only have one of the above symptoms and sometimes a person with celiac disease may have none of the digestive complaints. If celiac disease is left untreated, it can cause serious damage to your bowels, brain, skin, liver, bones and central nervous system.
One of the ways serious damage can occur is from the severe nutrient deficiencies it causes. This happens because the villi of the small intestine that help you to absorb nutrients from food, become flattened and cannot do their job, hence malabsorption occurs.
Severe nutrient deficiencies are also at the root cause of many serious chronic diseases.
What is Celiac Disease?
This disease is categorized as an autoimmune digestive disorder, being caused by eating foods that contain gluten. Gluten is a type of protein found in:
  • rye
  • wheat
  • barley
  • bran
  • bulgur
  • Kamut
  • Orzo
  • semolina
  • spelt,
and small amounts are found in rice, sorghum, corn and oats.
When a person with celiac continues to eat these gluten containing foods, it causes the immune system to react and attack its own tissue and organs; in this case causing most damage to the small intestine, especially at first. This is what causes the inflammation and bloating often associated with the disease.
How to Get Tested For Coeliac Disease:
You first need to speak to your doctor who will refer you for a blood test. At present, a blood test is the only way to diagnose true celiac disease. You will need to ensure you have eaten gluten containing foods for at least 30 days beforehand to make sure the gluten is still in your system so the blood test can pick up on whether or not it's causing a problem for your immune system at the time you are tested.
If your blood test comes back positive, the best way to treat it is to avoid all gluten containing foods, reduce the inflammation, and fix the damage the gluten containing foods will have caused by taking a good quality multivitamin and a good omega-3 supplement.
If your blood test comes back negative to celiac disease, and you are still suffering with certain symptoms typical of this disease, you may be suffering from gluten intolerance (sensitivity) which has the same symptoms but cannot be detected with a blood test. For this, again, the best way to treat it is to avoid gluten containing foods.

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