Something as seemingly simple for any mortal such as lunch or dinner out, can be an ordeal for a sick celiac gluten intolerance which exposes him to suffer severe functional abnormalities has not previously agreed if the menu where you will serve .
- While one in 100 people may be celiac, only 10 percent of those affected are diagnosed.
- One of the main difficulties of daily life faced by a celiac is the need to eat outside the home, in a restaurant, school, hospital or when going on vacation.
- The shopping cart of a celiac, forced to buy food without gluten, commonly assumed about 1,600 euros (2,093 dollars) a year more than a normal citizen.
Celiac disease (CD) is a permanent intolerance to gluten proteins, a protein that is part of wheat, barley, oats and rye, for people who are genetically predisposed to it and those causes severe atrophy of the mucosa the small intestine, which contributes to malabsorption of nutrients.
The celiac disease is more frequent bowel disease and an estimated one in 100 people can have it. According to the Spanish Instituto Tomás Pascual for Nutrition and Health, no more than 10% of celiacs are diagnosed and, if not caught early the problem into adulthood may occur in some cases, serious illnesses.