Celiac Disease vs. Gluten Intolerance

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Written by Kyle Eslick / Published in Diagnosis

Do you often hear people describe Celiac Disease as a gluten intolerance? While this is technically true, the same can not be said about a gluten intolerance. Gluten intolerance does not equal Celiac Disease.

Recently Dr. Stephen Wangen wrote about Celiac Disease vs. Gluten Intolerance in preparation for the release of his upcoming book. Here is an excerpt from his post that I wanted to share with our readers:

Unfortunately, this has led to the misconception that without celiac disease you cannot be gluten intolerant. When you begin to talk to people who suffer from symptoms that are often related to celiac disease, but who’ve been tested for it (often several times) but do not have positive celiac tests, many of them will tell you that they still feel better when they avoid gluten.

These people have a non-celiac form of gluten intolerance. They do not have villous atrophy, but they do have a reaction to gluten. Interestingly, this also will show up on lab tests if you run the right tests and know what to look for and when to look for it.

In my experience there are far more people who suffer from a non-celiac gluten intolerance than there are who have celiac disease. So don’t be surprised if this is happening to you.

Are you failing your Celiac tests but still feel better when on a gluten free diet? Maybe you have a non-Celiac gluten intolerance!

Click over to check out the rest of Dr. Wangen’s post as he gets ready for the release his new book, Healthier Without Wheat.

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