Celiac disease, non-celiacgluten sensitivityand inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) all affect your digestive system.
But how are these three conditions related?
And, can the gluten-free diet help your IBD symptoms even if youdon’thave celiac disease?
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Neurological symptoms are also common in both gluten sensitivity and celiac disease.
In addition, researchers have identified genes that appear to raise risk both for celiac and for ulcerative colitis.
Only 6% of these people were following the gluten-free diet at the time of the survey, though.
No one in either group developed celiac disease.
So Can the Gluten-Free Diet Help in IBD?
Maybe it can, even if you don’t have celiac disease.
People with Crohn’s disease were especially likely to benefit.
This “led after six weeks to a complete cessation of diarrhea,” the clinicians wrote.
His Crohn’s disease had gone into remission on the gluten-free diet.
If you’re wondering whether you might benefit, talk to your healthcare provider about trying the diet.
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