Anyone with CELIAC????

I have celiac disease and have been eating gluten because I love pasta and all those bad for you foods!

I was wondering if anyone else has celiac and if so, if you have heard of a product called NOW Gluten Digest. It is supposed to aid in the digestion of gluten and the reviews I read on it (not many, only like 4) all said it enabled people to eat gluten without experiencing any of the symptoms.

Anyone heard of this? Or know if it might work???

Hi - I was diagnosed as a celiac 7 years ago and adhere to a gluten free diet.

I love pasta, too.  Gluten free pasta's taste great, my family didn't even notice when I made the switch.  Try more GF products!

This would not work because there is no problem with digesting gluten when you have celiac disease. Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disease.  Gluten triggers our immune system to attack the small intestine.  Literally, our auto immune systems act like sand paper and smooths the surface of the upper small intestine so that we don't digest minerals, such as iron, calcium, magnesium, ect.  Not everyone has the classic symptons of tummy and bathroom problems who are celiacs - like me.  It would be dangerous to take a medication to cover the symptons of celiac disease when the damage is being done to your body when you have symptons or not.

Celiac disease sucks. I miss regular bread, but it is a disease that doesn't require drug treatment, surgery and it doesn't come with a death sentence, it is at most very inconvenient.

Now, I just need to figure out how to loose the 50 lbs I gained after diagnosis.

Hang in there!

Hi.  I'm new to this forum.  I don't have celiac disease, but I have a gluten allergy so I follow a gluten free diet (or try to most of the time).  I would be interested in any suggestions you may have.  I need to get out of the habit of dining out and cooking at home so I have more control of my intake. 

I eat out quite a bit - you just have to let the waitress know you can't eat gluten and does the cook have any suggestions?  Often the cook will come back and recommend something.  Wendy's is a fast food restuarant I go to - bunless burgers or their salads.

I use gluten free products all the time - just try them until you find the ones you like.

http://www.celiac.com/ - is a great website and google gluten free recipes - you'll find lots!