Friday, January 8, 2016

Celiac Disease And Constipation

One of the most common symptoms of Celiac disease is constipation along with bloating.  So what causes this constipation? Gluten intolerance symptoms are among the most serious constipation causes.

It isn't real clear what causes Celiac, but we do know what changes your body goes through as a result of having Celiac disease. The lining of your small intestines contains villi, reaching out from the walls of the bowel.  The lining creates a surface in which digesting food moves.  As the food moves across, the villi help grab and absorb vitamins and minerals into your blood stream.
Gluten attacks these villi and over time it wears them down.  As the villi are destroyed, the food slides through less digested and with fewer nutrients along the way.  The further the food proceeds the more the small intestine expects it to be digested.This leads to firm stools and eventually Celiac constipation. 

Celiac disease constipation means slow transit time and leads to back up.  When your colon becomes backed up, then your small intestine will become backed up.  This then leads to delayed gastric emptying. 

How is this treated?  The first step is to eliminate all gluten from your diet.  This also includes oats that aren't listed as gluten free. 
To help every morning drink a glass of warm water with a fiber supplement.  After drinking the fiber take a supplement like flax seed or elm bark.  Late in afternoon take another flax seed oil supplement for lubrication.
Be sure to drink a lot of water. Make sure your diet is high in fiber like fruits and vegetables.  Lastly exercise every single day.

Be positive and try to adapt these changes to your healthy lifestyle.

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