Gut health and overcoming celiac

[Karen101]

Hello I have had celiac from 7 and I am now 60yrs. 
 

my mother brother and sister also have celiac their whole life.

 

it was interesting growing up with not much to eat. 
 

I am wanting to know how to express to my friend who is into gut health that you can’t get rid of celiac. 
 

she is determined that if the gut is cleansed and only eat clean foods no meat dairy ect you can change your genetics from your gut. 
 

is this possible as I don’t brlieve it 🌴

[trents]

You are correct and your friend is wrong. There is a field of genetic science known as epigenetics which studies the influence of environment and lifestyle on gene expression. But once the genes are expressed, you can't turn them back off.

[Scott Adams]

Agreed, celiac disease, like diabetes, is a lifelong condition:

 

[Blue Roan]

I know someone who had a celiac diagnosis for 7 years. After a follow-up endoscopy, her GI doctor told her that she no longer had the diagnosis. However, she must be an anomaly because all other material I've read indicates that the disease is lifelong. 

[Scott Adams]

Was she gluten-free during the 7 years? If so, her villi would heal, and if a follow up endoscopy was done it would show no celiac disease damage--which is normal after being gluten-free, but this does not indicate that the disease has been cured, only that the damage has healed due to the treatment--a gluten-free diet. If she starts eating gluten again the damage will eventually return, as it is a lifelong condition. If the doctor told her otherwise they are incorrect.