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Why Do People Become Intolerant To Gluten?

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Gluten is a protein that can be naturally found in food, and it can also be added to enhance the gluten content of certain foods for example in bread to add elasticity, thus making the bread look spongy. Gluten is found in wheat, barley, and rye among others, if we are talking about raw ingredients, but it can also be found in ready to eat products from the supermarket shelf, and this can even go unnoticed since the FDA does not required for food labels to mention its gluten content because it is considered a safe ingredient. This protein is the causative of celiac disease, gluten intolerance and/or gluten insensitivity.
The reason why people become intolerant to gluten is still unknown for the most part. Some studies point to the possibility of inheritance, some others to the acquisition of it because of external factors that combined can trigger either of both. In an article by Moises Velasquez from the New York Times, in which he …show more content…

Because the body immune system response to gluten, the body lack of the capacity of breaking up the gluten protein’s chemical bonds, therefore, the inappropriate digestion of it. Gluten reaches the small intestine in still bound proteins, the amino acid chains are still present, thus damaging the villi of the small intestine and not allowing the absorption of the amino acids. The damage caused by the inappropriately processed gluten also affects the absorption of other nutrients; therefore it creates a chain reaction of other health issues. On the other hand, with gluten intolerance or sensitivity the effects are not as serious as with celiac disease. Gluten intolerance does not cause damage to the small intestine as celiac disease does. Although there is also some malabsorption of nutrients because of the indigestion it causes. Celiac disease and gluten intolerance share symptoms such as diarrhea, bloating, cramps, and

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