If you go into local grocery store, you are bound to find a host of gluten-free

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If you go into local grocery store, you are bound to find a host of gluten-free products made with synthetic proteins instead of the natural wheat-based protein gluten. About 1-3% of the population is sensitive to gluten. The most severe form of gluten intolerance is the autoimmune disease celiac disease (note that it is not caused by gluten, and you cannot get it from eating gluten). In individuals with celiac disease, the immune response to gluten to causes the flattening of the villi in the small intestine. How would this affect the ability of the small intestine function? Predict the symptoms you would expect to see from celiac disease.

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Celiac disease is genetic autoimmune disease in which the ingestion of gluten causes the damage to small intestine. This damage included the shortened villi length. These fingers like projection help in absorption of nutrients. It is termed as malabsorption (nutrient absorption decreased). When villi get damaged the nutrients will not absorb into body. Treatment of this disease is celiac free diet and intestine will heal few weeks.

Symptom of Celiac disease:-

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