| Have you recently given birth to a child and then | | | | this means that while a woman will have been |
| suddenly started to experience symptoms related | | | | able to eat foods containing gluten all her life |
| to celiac disease? Is it really possible for celiac | | | | before the pregnancy, after the pregnancy she |
| disease to appear only after a woman has given | | | | will then have to avoid these foods. |
| birth? | | | | This will mean giving up all normal bread, pasta, |
| Celiac Disease usually requires three things: | | | | cakes, biscuits, many baked products, and also a |
| - Particular genes - a combination of the DQ2 and | | | | lot of other common foods with gluten hidden in |
| DQ8 genes. Almost all people suffering from | | | | them. |
| Celiac Disease at least one of these. | | | | What you will need to start doing is buying a lot |
| Approximately 30% of the population has them, | | | | of your food from specialist health food shops. |
| but everyone who does will go on to develop | | | | Also, another thing you can do is to buy a lot of |
| celiac). | | | | raw ingredients and then make a lot of your own |
| - A trigger of some sort - illness, a period of | | | | foods yourself at home. There are many ways |
| stress, pregnancy. | | | | to create gluten-free bread or cakes, for |
| - Exposure to gluten - usually eaten, for example | | | | example. It's really just a case of substituting one |
| in bread or pasta. | | | | ingredient (e.g. wheat flour) with an alternative |
| Pregnancy is actually a very common trigger. So | | | | ingredient (rice flour, corn flour, etc.). |