| People who eat high-glycemic loaded foods for | | | | toxins and gluten fragments reach the |
| years can develop a condition called insulin | | | | bloodstream. |
| resistance. This is when the body has so much | | | | The excess zonulin causes the cells in the small |
| insulin all the time that it doesn't respond as it | | | | intestine to open too much allowing unhealthy |
| should any more. The body can't lower the blood | | | | contaminants into the bloodstream. In people with |
| sugar levels efficiently and it remains in a state of | | | | celiac disease, their bodies see gluten fragment as |
| elevated insulin levels which can be very damaging | | | | invaders. So it launches an all-out attack but the |
| to the body. | | | | body attacks itself as well. Their body's immune |
| Damages can include: | | | | system produces antibodies that attack healthy |
| - Adult onset diabetes (Type 2) | | | | tissues causing inflammation and damage. |
| - High blood pressure | | | | Specifically, the body attacks the villi (tiny, |
| - Hardening of the arteries | | | | finger-like projections that come out from the wall |
| - A rise in bad cholesterol | | | | of the small intestine that assist in the |
| - Elevated blood uric acid levels that can cause | | | | transference of nutrients into the bloodstream). |
| gout and kidney stones | | | | The villi are shortened and nutrients stop going |
| - Weight gain | | | | into the bloodstream creating nutritional |
| - Excess of fat in the bloodstream | | | | deficiencies. |
| - Too much cortisol (a stress hormone) that | | | | Research shows that about 6% of people with |
| accelerates the aging process | | | | Type 1 diabetes have celiac disease but many |
| About 6% of people with Type 1 diabetes have | | | | don't know it. Celiac disease causes contamination |
| celiac disease but many don't know it. Managing | | | | in the bloodstream which causes an increase in |
| blood sugar levels is a lot easier on a gluten-free | | | | blood sugar levels which can lead to diabetes. |
| diet. | | | | The Solution |
| What is celiac disease? | | | | A person who are sensitive to gluten can't do |
| When a person eats wheat or another food that | | | | anything about their genetic predisposition or |
| contains gluten when the food reaches the small | | | | environmental issues, such as pregnancy, physical |
| intestine the problems begin. Everyone who eats | | | | injury or emotional trauma, but the one and main |
| wheat has the same problem in the small | | | | thing they can control is the consumption of |
| intestines, wheat produces too much zonulin (a | | | | gluten. And that is the key to improved health. If |
| protein). The difference between people who | | | | gluten is eliminated early enough, diabetes may be |
| have little or no reaction to wheat and those with | | | | prevented. |
| celiac disease is what happens when the excess | | | | |