What on Earth is a Celiac ?

 

"Is Candida albicans a trigger in the onset of celiac disease?"

This interesting study compares a specific amino acid sequence found in Candida cell wall protein to a gliadin amino acid sequence that triggers the immune response in celiac disease. The researchers found that the sequences are “identical or highly homologous to known celiac disease-related alpha-gliadin and gamma-gliadin T-cell epitopes,” and PROPOSE THAT CANDIDA IS THE TRIGGER FOR CELIAC DISEASE....Lancet. 2003 Jun 21;361(9375):2152-4.

To clarify, this research shows that a protein found in the cell wall of Candida is very simiilar to gluten. As a result, the immune system can confuse gluten found in grains for the cell wall of the Candida and then mount a response against the gluten! The immune cell bound gluten then damages the small intestinal wall as in Celiac Disease!


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All or most of these bowel or autoimmune disorders can be similar to Celiac Disease and can manifest with symptoms of severe diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and weight loss, to name a few. Celiac disease is most commonly misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome, gall bladder disease, Crohn's disease or ulcer or other digestive or intestinal disease. Endocrine autoimmune diseases include autoimmune diseases such as hashimoto's, graves disease, and diabetes. Symptoms of all the above can include, but are not limited to, abdominal pain. Celiac Disease can also can be associated with autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, anemia, osteoporosis , chronic fatigue syndrome, colon cancer, and infertility.

Learn the impact of undiagnosed Celiac Disease, which is an autoimmune disease, and subsequent autoimmune conditions as a result of going undiagnosed. Additional autoimmune diseases that have been associated with Celiac Disease are: lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, sjogren's syndrome, diseases of the central nervous system such as myastheia gravis, and guillain-barre syndrome. Crohn's disease, colitis, and proctitis are digestive diseases that are autoimmune in nature. These digestive disease and intestinal diseases that are autoimmune illnesses can present with symptoms like celiac disease.



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