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Sophie Medlin
Digestive Health UK
How does a gluten free diet help coeliac disease?
Sophie Medlin explains that gluten is a protein that people with celiac disease have an autoimmune response to, which causes their tissues to attack themselves.
Transcript
Gluten is a protein that people with celiac disease respond to. And when it's in their bodies, they have an autoimmune response, which means that the tissues begin attacking themselves. This reduces our absorption of various different nutrients and specifically some that are very important to our overall health.