Classifications of Gluten Sensitivity Defining Celiac Disease

Grace CoughlanTaylor Nicholson

What is a food sensitivity?

• A person with a food sensitivity reacts negatively to a food that others are able to consume without problem.

Various Forms of Food Sensitivities:

• A food intolerance is also considered a food sensitivity. This type of food sensitivity does not cause a reaction of the immune system.

• Food allergies are considered food sensitivities caused by a reaction of the body's immune system to a specific protein in certain foods.

What is Celiac Disease?

• Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder characterized by an abnormal response to the protein gluten.

• An Autoimmune Disease attacks the body’s own tissues.

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What is Gluten?

• Gluten is a protein complex formed from the hydration of gliadin and glutenin.

• Gluten is found in wheat flours and related grains.

• Gluten enables elasticity and the rising potential of wheat based dough's.

Common Wheat Flours

Common Non-Wheat Flours

• An individual with Celiac disease experiences major changes in their intestinal tissues when gluten is consumed.

• These changes cause a reduction in nutrient absorption within the intestinal tract.

Villi of the Small Intestine

• Approximately 1 percent of the US population has been medically diagnosed with Celiac disease.

• The only treatment for Celiac disease is the life-long commitment to following a gluten free diet.

Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity

• Some individuals feel better on a gluten free diet but do not have Celiac disease. This is referred to as a non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

• No antibodies are present in these individuals.• Gluten does not affect the small intestine of

these individuals.

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