The Sensible Celiac recently celebrated its 3 year anniversary
Jun 15th, 2007 Posted in For Celiacs, Gluten Free Food, Recommended, celiac disease, celiac living, celiac shopping, gluten free diet | Comments Offthe sensible celiac
2007-06-14 19:22:54 - For 3 years now The Sensible Celiac has been serving the celiac disease community and all those following a gluten free diet. With a discussion forum, celiac-related news, videos, recipes, and several shopping pages, The Sensible Celiac is a much used resource. Visit sensibleceliac.com to learn more about celiac disease.
The Sensible Celiac was founded by a webmaster with celiac disease whose daughter, a Registered Nurse, also suffers from the disorder. The original motivation for starting the site was to debunk false information about the gluten free diet, and to give people affected by celiac disease a place to share their experiences.
Celiac disease is a genetically mediated auto-immune disorder characterized by an intolerance for specific protein peptides found in certain widely used grains. When a person with celiac disease ingests any of these grains, even in very small amounts, their immune system reacts to these protein fragments as though they were an invading organism, and attacks the villi lining the small intestine in a misguided defense strategy.
In order to prevent triggering this self destructive immune response, persons with celiac disease must avoid certain grains for the rest of their lives. The offending grains are wheat, rye and barley.
At first this might seem like a simple thing to do, but in fact there are many foods that contain ingredients derived from wheat, barley or rye.
Celiac disease was once considered to be a rare disorder, but random blood tests in the general population for the antigens produced by a person with this autoimmune disorder suggest as many as one person in 133 suffers from celiac disease. There may be as many as 2 million undiagnosed cases of celiac disease in the US alone.
Today several hundred people are members of the discussion forum at the Sensible Celiac Sensible Celiac Discussion Forum and the site is still growing. Visit sensibleceliac.com today to learn more about celiac disease.
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