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

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If you go into your 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 to 3 percent 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 antigens causes the flattening of the villi in the small intestine. How would this affect the ability of the small intestine to function? Predict the symptoms you would expect to see from celiac disease

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This flattening of villi is called villous atrophy this leads to poor absorption of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and decreased surface area and loss of lactase enzyme may lead to lactose intolerance

Symptoms include chronic diarrhoea with steatorrhoea, abdominal pain and distention and weight loss and longterm effect include nutrient deficiencies such as anemia, vit. D. Def. Causing decreased bone density and b complex deficieny causing mouth ulcers etc.,

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