Write a 3-5 minute speech on Celiac disease. (Means you cant have gluten)
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When I was 16, I began to experience some rather strange symptoms. I would come home from school, and immediately go up to bed and sleep for 3 or 4 hours. I began to have terrible aches in my joints that there were some days I couldn’t get out of bed, and the migraines I experienced would require me to lay in a completely dark and quiet room. Doctors were baffled, and I was tested for nearly everything they could think of. I was tested for ulcers for my constant upset stomach, and later diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I was test for lyme’s Disese, in an attempt to explain why I hurt so badly all the time and why I was so tired; I was later diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which in recent years has become a rather popular diagnosis. Everything else was just said to be a “tag along” symptom of the fibromyalgia. I refused to believe in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia, knowing it was something other than just that. That diagnosis seemed like a “catch all” to me.
I began seeing one doctor who later diagnosed me with lupus, but said to still treat the symptoms of fibromyalgia, which still didn’t appease me. The lupus diagnosis certainly began to explain some things, but I still didn’t feel better.
Three years ago, when I was 22, I met a mother of a little girl with Autism. Working with this family, she explained that her daughter was a Gluten-Free diet. I didn’t may much attention to the details, since most of the food in their house was Gluten-Free, and it wasn’t my personal diet. And it wasn’t until just last summer that began to put some the pieces of my puzzle together. I managed a bar, and there were several nights I would come home either from there, or from a night of drinking some beer with my friends, that I was double over in pain. And there were some nights that I hurt so badly that I didn’t think I would make it home.
I started to watch my diet, and started jotting down notes – what did I eat when my stomach started hurting? One of the main culprits was beer. Another was bread, or my beloved Triscuits crackers. Then I remembered what this mother had told me about the Gluten-Free diet, and just before Thanksgiving of last year, I stopped eating gluten.
Celiac Disease is a disease that is widespread, it is estimated that 1 in 133 people in the United States have this disease, and this number is greater in other countries. However, very few people know about it. Celiac Disease is the inability for the small intestine to digest gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Nutritionist Dr. Shari Lieberman, author of the book The Gluten Connection, states that as many as 29 percent of the United State population are gluten sensitive, and as many as 81 percent have a genetic disposition toward gluten sensitivity.
What’s more, is that Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity have been linked to such medical problems as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus, arthritis, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, autism, and some forms of dermatitis and psorisis, according to Dr. Shari Lieberman. However, it is so simple to treat. There are no medications involved; it simple requires a gluten-free diet. If left untreated, gluten sensitivity can become Celiac Disease, which can result in digestive cancers. Even the smallest amount of gluten can make a person with Celiac Disease more prone to cancer.
So, it’s no wonder that I began to feel better when eliminated gluten from my diet. However, I also didn’t realize how hard it would be…at first. I quickly became a chronic label reader when I went grocery shopping, and found gluten hiding in everything! I could no longer eat anything breaded, let alone bread – or pasta! It hid in flavored potato chips, and I even found out it was in the glue on stamps and envelopes.
The problem with Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity is that it is so hard to diagnose, because its symptoms are those of several diseases and syndromes. Since I started the diet, my aches and pains have gone away, the migraines have subsided, and I make it through the day without a nap. If I do eat gluten, I get very tired, I can’t focus or concentrate on anything, and my stomach gets tied in knots. Others I have spoken to have told me they get physically ill, break out in hives or rashes, experience hallucinations, and several other symptoms when they ingest gluten.
I chose to speak of this because the majority of people I speak to have never heard of gluten sensitivity, Celiac Disease, or a gluten-free diet. The majority of people who do hear of it have heard by word-of-mouth.
I hope it helps you with something❤
I began seeing one doctor who later diagnosed me with lupus, but said to still treat the symptoms of fibromyalgia, which still didn’t appease me. The lupus diagnosis certainly began to explain some things, but I still didn’t feel better.
Three years ago, when I was 22, I met a mother of a little girl with Autism. Working with this family, she explained that her daughter was a Gluten-Free diet. I didn’t may much attention to the details, since most of the food in their house was Gluten-Free, and it wasn’t my personal diet. And it wasn’t until just last summer that began to put some the pieces of my puzzle together. I managed a bar, and there were several nights I would come home either from there, or from a night of drinking some beer with my friends, that I was double over in pain. And there were some nights that I hurt so badly that I didn’t think I would make it home.
I started to watch my diet, and started jotting down notes – what did I eat when my stomach started hurting? One of the main culprits was beer. Another was bread, or my beloved Triscuits crackers. Then I remembered what this mother had told me about the Gluten-Free diet, and just before Thanksgiving of last year, I stopped eating gluten.
Celiac Disease is a disease that is widespread, it is estimated that 1 in 133 people in the United States have this disease, and this number is greater in other countries. However, very few people know about it. Celiac Disease is the inability for the small intestine to digest gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Nutritionist Dr. Shari Lieberman, author of the book The Gluten Connection, states that as many as 29 percent of the United State population are gluten sensitive, and as many as 81 percent have a genetic disposition toward gluten sensitivity.
What’s more, is that Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity have been linked to such medical problems as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus, arthritis, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, autism, and some forms of dermatitis and psorisis, according to Dr. Shari Lieberman. However, it is so simple to treat. There are no medications involved; it simple requires a gluten-free diet. If left untreated, gluten sensitivity can become Celiac Disease, which can result in digestive cancers. Even the smallest amount of gluten can make a person with Celiac Disease more prone to cancer.
So, it’s no wonder that I began to feel better when eliminated gluten from my diet. However, I also didn’t realize how hard it would be…at first. I quickly became a chronic label reader when I went grocery shopping, and found gluten hiding in everything! I could no longer eat anything breaded, let alone bread – or pasta! It hid in flavored potato chips, and I even found out it was in the glue on stamps and envelopes.
The problem with Celiac Disease and gluten sensitivity is that it is so hard to diagnose, because its symptoms are those of several diseases and syndromes. Since I started the diet, my aches and pains have gone away, the migraines have subsided, and I make it through the day without a nap. If I do eat gluten, I get very tired, I can’t focus or concentrate on anything, and my stomach gets tied in knots. Others I have spoken to have told me they get physically ill, break out in hives or rashes, experience hallucinations, and several other symptoms when they ingest gluten.
I chose to speak of this because the majority of people I speak to have never heard of gluten sensitivity, Celiac Disease, or a gluten-free diet. The majority of people who do hear of it have heard by word-of-mouth.
I hope it helps you with something❤
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When I was 16, I began to experience some rather strange symptoms. I would come home from school, and immediately go up to bed and sleep for 3 or 4 hours. I began to have terrible aches in my joints that there were some days I couldn’t get out of bed, and the migraines I experienced would require me to lay in a completely dark and quiet room. Doctors were baffled, and I was tested for nearly everything they could think of. I was tested for ulcers for my constant upset stomach, and later diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I was test for lyme’s Disese, in an attempt to explain why I hurt so badly all the time and why I was so tired; I was later diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which in recent years has become a rather popular diagnosis. Everything else was just said to be a “tag along” symptom of the fibromyalgia. I refused to believe in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia, knowing it was something other than just that. That diagnosis seemed like a “catch all” to me.
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