Gluten and Celiac Disease. Why are we here today?

Gluten and Celiac Disease

Why are we here today?

Gluten and Celiac Disease

What are some of your favorite foods?

What are some of your favorite foods?

FLU

SICKBAD

NO FUNGROSS

HEADACHE

FLU

SICKBAD

NO FUNGROSS

HEADACHE

FLU

Remember these?

What if you could only eat blue food?

What if you could only eat blue food?

Allergic to food thatIS NOT BLUE

Celiac Diseas

e

Allergic to food thatIS NOT BLUE

Celiac Diseas

e

Allergic to food thatIS NOT BLUE

HAS

GLUTEN

Celiac Diseas

e

Allergy

Allergy

AllergyCeliac

Disease

AllergyCeliac

Disease?

Allergy

Allergy

Celiac Disease

Allergic to food thatIS NOT BLUE

HAS

GLUTEN

Celiac Diseas

e

Allergic to food thatIS NOT BLUE

HAS

GLUTEN

Celiac Diseas

e

Allergic to food thatIS NOT BLUE

HAS

GLUTEN

Celiac Diseas

e

REACTION

REACTION to food that

HAS GLUTEN

Celiac Diseas

e

What’s Happening in Your Body?

What’s Happening in Your Body?

● Autoimmune disorder

What’s Happening in Your Body?

● Autoimmune disorder

● Destruction of the villi in the gut

Celiac Disease

No Celiac

Disease

Celiac Disease

The Immune system

The Immune system

Y

YY Y

YY

Y

Antibodies

B Cells

The Immune system

Y

YY Y

YY

Y

Antibodies

B Cells

T Cells

The Immune system

Y

YY Y

YY

Y

Antibodies

B Cells

T Cells

Macrophages

The Immune system

Y

YY Y

YY

Y

Antibodies

B Cells

T Cells

Dendritic CellsMacrophages

The Immune system

Y

YY Y

YY

Y

Antibodies

B Cells

T Cells

Dendritic CellsMacrophages

Natural Killer Cells

The BIG ISSUE: Gluten

The BIG ISSUE: Gluten

● What is it?

The BIG ISSUE: Gluten

The BIG ISSUE: Gluten

● What is it?

● What is it found in?

What’s Wrong With Gluten?

What’s Wrong With Gluten?

Binds to MHC

What’s Wrong With Gluten?

Binds to MHC

MHC activates killer T

cells

What’s Wrong With Gluten?

Binds to MHC

MHC activates killer T

cells

Killer T cells

destroy villi in the

gut.

Symptoms

FatigueBloatingCrampingWeight LossGastrointestinal Issues

Long Term Effects

Increased Chance of CancerWeak and Brittle BonesInfertility4x Higher Death Risk

More than just physical effects.

Emotional Component

It’s ostracizing

Food is important in our culture

So how do you avoid this reaction?

Gluten

Gluten

NO Gluten

Gluten

NO Gluten

GLUTEN FREE

Gluten

NO Gluten

GLUTEN FREE

How can you tell if something has gluten in

it?

Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

Your Turn!Does this food have gluten?

Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

Your Turn!Does this food have gluten?

Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

Your Turn!Does this food have gluten?

Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

Your Turn!Does this food have gluten?

Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

Your Turn!What is this food? Gluten Ingredients

-Wheat

-Wheat flour/starch

-Barley

-Rye

-Gluten

-Oats

-Modified Food Starch

This all sounds a little discouraging… but here are some important things to remember!

Solutions!

There are so many foods you CAN eat!

You can eat these too, so long as they say “Gluten Free!”

At the Grocery Store...

Stick to the periphery of the grocery store

Don’t forget to look for gluten free aisles!

No more symptoms!

As soon as you stop eating gluten, your body can heal, and you won’t be sick anymore!

How Do We Make a Gluten-Free Kitchen?

Greater Conscientiousness,NOT Greater Cost.

What Does This Entail?

- different gloves

- different knives

- different section of the kitchen

Thanks For Watching!

For more information, go to:www.celiac.org www.celiacnow.org www.celiaccenterofminnesota.org