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Expert reveals how to add more superfoods to your diet<\/p>\n
Nutrition therapist Lauren Kelly explains what foods are designated as a “superfood” and how they can benefit your overall health goals.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve ever felt bloated or fatigued after eating a slice of pizza<\/a> or a toasted bagel, it could be more than indigestion<\/a> alone. Celiac disease is an underdiagnosed and serious chronic condition<\/a> that affects some\u00a02 million people<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. each year and millions more across the globe. For the individuals dealing with it, avoiding gluten<\/a> is anything but a “fad” diet; it’s a medical necessity. “Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in which eating the gluten that’s found in wheat, barley and rye leads to the body’s immune cells attacking the lining of the small intestine,” explains Dr. Marie Robert, a surgical pathologist at Yale School of Medicine New Haven Hospital.<\/p>\n This can cause a wide variety of unwanted symptoms in both adults and kids alike. “While in the past celiac disease was thought to mainly affect children, it is now clear that it can occur at any age,” says Dr. Alessio Fasano, a professor of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the pediatrics director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n Here’s what the most common symptoms of celiac disease are, what causes it and how it is usually treated.<\/p>\n What are\u00a0the symptoms of celiac disease?<\/p>\n Celiac disease is a notoriously elusive condition because its symptoms vary in severity and can look different from one person to the next. Digestive issues are the most common symptom, and include “bloating<\/a>, stomach pain and diarrhea,” says Dr. Runa Watkins, a division chief in the pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition division at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.<\/p>\n But because “there is no tissue or organ that’s spared by the inflammatory process started by celiac disease,” Fasano explains, many people with the disease also have non-gastrointestinal symptoms. These symptoms may include fatigue, anemia<\/a>, joint pain, skin rashes and neurological symptoms like depression, brain fog, mood swings or headaches. “Reproductive issues such as infertility are also not uncommon,\u201d adds Robert.<\/p>\n Kids with celiac disease may also experience growth delays and short stature. \u201cGrowth failure in children is another common sign of the disease,\u201d says Dr. Peter Green, a physician and professor at the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University.<\/p>\n And when celiac disease goes untreated or undiagnosed \u2013 as it commonly does<\/a> \u2013 the condition can lead to more serious complications such as other autoimmune diseases and osteoporosis<\/a>. There\u2019s also a potential for increased risk of cancerous tumors and fractures due to chronic nutrient deficiencies.<\/p>\n Due to all such factors, \u201cthose with celiac disease face a higher mortality rate than the general population,” says Green.<\/p>\n