How long do I have to wait after my diagnosis before I feel better?
The worst symptoms will disappear as soon as you start eating a gluten-free diet. You will feel noticeably better relatively quickly. Your doctor will determine everything else.
Physical reactions to certain foods are common mostly due to food allergy or intolerance. Food allergy and food intolerance are actually two quite distinct diseases, confused, probably, because of some common symptoms. The two terms allergy and...
Coeliac disease is a autoimmune condition involving the body’s reaction to gluten in food. The only effective treatment is to follow a gluten free diet, which means avoiding the cereals wheat, barley and rye. There are different types of coeliac...
Gluten is a protein which occurs in grain types such as wheat, barley, spelt, rye, kamut and triticale. Gluten has an exceptionally low nutritional value. It basically acts as glue which holds wheat flour together and thereby enables or simplifies...
No it's not. As soon as you've clarified everything with the doctor and moved to a gluten-free diet, you must stick to it to see positive changes. Gluten/wheat sensitivity is a distant relative with symptoms and characteristics which are very similar...
Nothing happens. It does no damage, but it is also pointless. And you get to eat less cake, pizza and bread. You are allowed to share your food with everyone else, but they can't share with you.