Celiac Disease vs. Gluten Sensitivity or Gluten Intolerance

Thank you for this site. Since I am relatively new at this, help is needed. There are so many good articles and recipes that choosing what to peruse first is a little bit difficult, but doable.

Thank you for this site. Since I am relatively new at this, help is needed. There are so many good articles and recipes that choosing what to peruse first is a little bit difficult, but doable.

I agree completely. Such a wealth of information is almost overwhelming, but in a good way. It's so nice to find answers.

I appreciate all the info. I recently learned I am intolerant to gluten so have had to make some big changes in my diet. Lots to learn.

Thank you for this site. Since I am relatively new at this, help is needed. There are so many good articles and recipes that choosing what to peruse first is a little bit difficult, but doable.

Thank for the info. To Brenda and others, I have found 3 favorite cooking sites on line that are of great help besides this one. I really like the biscuit recipe here. The Gluten Free Goddess is a great site to learn the properties of the different flours you can use to cook with as well as fantastic recipes. The Baking Beauties is wonderful as well and one I use a lot. Elaina's Kitchen is my 3rd choice and a favorite of my friend. Once off of gluten, it is easy at home, less so in public, because of cross contamination. How kind of a famous sandwich place to have gluten-free bread, but a celiac can't eat there because of cross contamination. Many don't see the importance of this. Even buying from bulk bins at grocery stores is prohibited for the same reason. So buy packaged baking goods to guarantee gluten-free. Make it an adventure in cooking, not a "I can't have....anymore".

I appreciate all the info. I recently learned I am intolerant to gluten so have had to make some big changes in my diet. Lots to learn.

Just starting to read all the info on 'gluten intolerance' which I THINK I may have... I'm going to try to eliminate the cereal I have every morning! Do the 'digestive enzymes' help when trying to figure it all out?

Excellent post. My hubby is a severe celiac, diary and soy free. So when I needed to go on the gluten-free diet, it was pretty easy for me. After a week I could go up and down stairs and do the laundry WITH NO PAIN! And gas leaks stopped! It was a miracle. I could go places again. The digestive enzymes hide the stomach pain. I only take them now if I have gut pain and then re-read the box and there it is: may contain. Enzymes do not break down food, they are supposed to help digest, but they don't seem to work with wheat and dairy... Thank you for this post.

Hi. My wife has been diagnosed with gluten intolerance / celiac disease (it was done in the 80s). Since then she has been on the diet (on and off really - allowing herself to eat gluten stuff every now and then). She had always had some of the listed symptoms after she had eaten gluten.

Now the good news: after switching to a 100% (maybe 99%) diet for her pregnancy in 2010, and then giving birth to our daughter in 2011 she has been declared as cured. And the professor who was treating her said that she had self-healed herself.

So keep up the hope.

Hi. My wife has been diagnosed with gluten intolerance / celiac disease (it was done in the 80s). Since then she has been on the diet (on and off really - allowing herself to eat gluten stuff every now and then). She had always had some of the listed symptoms after she had eaten gluten.

Now the good news: after switching to a 100% (maybe 99%) diet for her pregnancy in 2010, and then giving birth to our daughter in 2011 she has been declared as cured. And the professor who was treating her said that she had self-healed herself.

So keep up the hope.

To Chris, whose wife has been declared "cured": if your wife was diagnosed with celiac disease via biopsy, then she has celiac disease for life. Celiac disease is an incurable autoimmune disorder. Even if she does not seem to be having symptoms, if her original diagnosis was indeed correct, she will still be causing serious damage to her body when ingesting gluten.

If she is gluten sensitive or intolerant, it is possible that her body has changed over time and no longer has a poor reaction to gluten. I hope your wife gets herself checked out by a knowledgable GI doctor before returning to gluten for good. It would be a shame for her to be damaging her body by ingesting gluten if she believes that she has been cured, but in reality, is not.

I have recently determined, by an elimination diet, that I probably have a wheat sensitivity. My dad is also sensitive to wheat. My problem is finding food substitutes that don't cost an arm and a leg. I haven't yet had chance to check out the companies you list on this wonderful website. I plan to have my physician run two blood tests: IgG ant-wheat and Anti-gliadin. These tests should provide definitive answers. Again, thanks for this website.

I appreciate all the info. I recently learned I am intolerant to gluten so have had to make some big changes in my diet. Lots to learn.

My wife has been on a gluten free diet now for three years and we have discovered that even makeup and some shampoos have gluten. Yes there is a lot to learn.

Hi, I am unsure if I have celiac disease, or just a gluten deficiency. I have no medical and can't afford to go see a doctor for this. Also I read that in order for the test to be performed, I have to be glutened. I am so deathly afraid of gluten (I've gone gluten-free for 3 weeks now) cause ingesting it basically tears my bowels apart! I've been diagnosed with IBS, cause I had constant diarrhea for years, however no weight loss. I also suffer from Fibromyalgia for 15 years and now read here, that it is a symptom of celiac disease. How can I know for sure without seeing a doctor? Please don't urge me to do so, because I don't think I can handle another intestinal attack, which in general lasts up to 4 hours. Thanks

Very good site. We can all learn from each other.