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What is the Celiac Disease?
It is an intolerance to Gliadin, a fraction of gluten (wheat, rye, oats, barley).
In the small intestine are seen interested shortened intestinal villi, the crypts become large or hypertrophic and the mucosal lesions prevents the production of pancreatic hormones such as secretin and CCK, which is the gallbladder and this causes changes in the absorption of fats and proteins.
In this sickness affect much genetic factors.
There are different degrees of malabsorption. Sometimes only certain nutrients like iron and calcium are mostly absorbed in the duodenum.
In people with celiac disease is made:
- Biopsy of the affected area of the small intestine and various laboratory tests, called gliadin test.
- Gluten Free Diet.
There are some foods that by their nature contain gluten and others do not.
(Official List, Source: Acelmex.org)
Gluten-free foods
l Milk
l All types of Fresh Meat and Bowel, Frozen and Natural, Raw Ham, Fresh Fish or Frozen Fish without batter or crumbs bread, Eggs
l Vegetables and Tubers
l Rice, Corn, Tapioca and its derivatives
l All types of Vegetables
l Sugar and Honey
l Oils
l Coffee beans or ground coffee in sight, recognized brands of soft drinks
l All types of Wines and Sparkling Wines
l Natural Dried Fruit (not bulk)
l Wine Vinegar, Natural Flavors
Foods with gluten
l Bread and Flour Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oat or Triticale
l Manufactured products that in the composition appears any flour already quoted in any form: starches, modified starches, starch, flour and protein
l Bread, Cakes, Pies and other traditional bakery products
l Biscuits, Cakes and Traditional Desserts
l Italian Pasta (Spaghetti, maccaroni, etc..) and Durum Wheat
Malt Beverages with Distilled beverages or fermented from grains: Beer, Whisky, Barley Water, some Spirits
Foods that contain gluten
l Sausages: salami, pudding, sausages, etc.
l Sometimes the Corn omelettes are added with a handful of wheat flour to make them more flexible
l Flavored Yogurt with pieces of fruit or cereal content
l Melted Cheese, in portions, Spreads or Flavored
l Pates Various
l Canned Meat
l Canned Fish with the Miscellaneous Sauces
l Desserts and Chewing Gum
l Surrogate Coffee and Drinks provided by vending machines
l Dried Fruits and Toasted the Fried with Salt
l Ice Creams
l Surrogate Chocolate
l Food Dyes
l Toothpaste
l Sausages and Meat Based Products
l Ready Sauces
l Soups and Creams in the Canister or Bag, Nuts and Seasonings Soups
l Desserts containing milk
Remember that cross-contamination of foods occurs mainly in all industrialized products, using the same machinery for all foods.
For this reason the products do not contain gluten, must have the relevant certification and you have to check that you have the symbol in the box, as shown here:
You can eat, without problems, the Italian Pasta made with Corn Flour, Rice Flour, Buckwheat Flour, seasoned with sauces Gluten Free certificates.
For more information, you can access to the Acelmex website Acelmex (Mexico Celiac Association).
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