Celiac Disease Soars and Deaths Quadruple
People who have celiac disease can’t tolerate gluten. If they consume gluten, damage to the small intestine occurs. This further interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food. Celiac disease was once thought to be a rare childhood disorder but now over 2 million Americans have the disease and cases are increasing.
Celiac disease is over four times more common today than 50 years ago. Researchers have also discovered that people who didn’t know they had celiac disease were more likely than others to have died during the years of the study follow-up. Celiac symptoms often include abdominal bloating and pain, chronic diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, foul-smelling stools, weight loss, unexplained iron-deficiency anemia, fatigue, bone or joint pain, arthritis, unexplained infertility, loss of teeth, depression or anxiety.
It is interesting to consider that gluten today is different from those in the past. For example, while most gluten comes from food, it is also found in other products like medicines, vitamins, and lip balms. Another possibility…could genetically modified crops have gluten that is more reactive in the human immune system?
