Long term recovery

[James47]

Hey everyone I hope all are well and having a good 2025 so far.

I am 50 this year and I only got diagnosed with celiac in June 2023.

I have followed my diet to the letter since and they said after so many years undiagnosed it would take a long time to recover.

Although I feel I have lot more energy and health and wellbeing is a lot better I still have severe gluten belly even though I work out daily and have a physical job.

Any advice or info of anything else I can do would be greatly appreciated 👍 👍 

[Mari]

Hi James47,

You are less than 2 years into your recovery from Celiacs.  Tell us more about the problems you are having. Do you just want to get rid of belly fat or are you still having symptoms like gas and bloating.    For symptoms you may need to change your diet and take various supplements that you cannot adsorb from the foods you eat because of the damage caused by the autoimmune reaction in your small intestine. 

[Scott Adams]

Many people with celiac disease, especially those who are in the 0-2 year range of their recovery, have additional food intolerance issues which could be temporary. To figure this out you may need to keep a food diary and do an elimination diet over a few months.

Some common food intolerance issues are dairy/casein, eggs, corn, oats, and soy. The good news is that after your gut heals (for most people who are 100% gluten-free this will take several months to two years) you may be able to slowly add some these items back into your diet after the damaged villi heal.

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[James47]

Aw thank you that's really helpful.. thanks to everyone who posted back 

 

James