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<blockquote data-quote="SockFiddler" data-source="post: 1537369" data-attributes="member: 412001"><p>Hey there, [USER=406824]@New2T1D[/USER] - sorry to hear of your difficulties.</p><p></p><p>I have neither T1 nor Coeliac's but I have a couple of coeliac friends who are both avid fans of the following site:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.coeliac.org.uk/gluten-free-diet-and-lifestyle/" target="_blank">https://www.coeliac.org.uk/gluten-free-diet-and-lifestyle/</a></p><p></p><p>From what I know (and I'm certain others will be along with more knowledge than I), the advantage of an early diagnosis is minimal gut damage and a reduction in serious long-term complications. If his gut is undamaged, he will be able to digest and absorb nutrients normally. We only partly digest our food in our stomachs - mostly we just churn it up and break it into smaller bits that then get digested in our guts, by our lovely flora there. Vitamins, minerals, proteins (as amino acids) are all absorbed through the intestines, so if there's any damage, their efficiency will be (over time as damage increases) compromised.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/digestive-system-how-it-works" target="_blank">https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/digestive-system-how-it-works</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coeliac-disease/Pages/Complications.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coeliac-disease/Pages/Complications.aspx</a></p><p></p><p>As for what to eat, where and how, I've really got nothing for you, though I can tell you that one of my friends is an ace gluten-free baker and both my gluten-free friends enjoy happy, healthy lives uncompromised by their diseases. So have hope - it'll be a lot to get your head around, but you and your family will get the hang of this in no time.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p></p><p>Edit: To add UK-NHS info link.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SockFiddler, post: 1537369, member: 412001"] Hey there, [USER=406824]@New2T1D[/USER] - sorry to hear of your difficulties. I have neither T1 nor Coeliac's but I have a couple of coeliac friends who are both avid fans of the following site: [URL]https://www.coeliac.org.uk/gluten-free-diet-and-lifestyle/[/URL] From what I know (and I'm certain others will be along with more knowledge than I), the advantage of an early diagnosis is minimal gut damage and a reduction in serious long-term complications. If his gut is undamaged, he will be able to digest and absorb nutrients normally. We only partly digest our food in our stomachs - mostly we just churn it up and break it into smaller bits that then get digested in our guts, by our lovely flora there. Vitamins, minerals, proteins (as amino acids) are all absorbed through the intestines, so if there's any damage, their efficiency will be (over time as damage increases) compromised. [URL]https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/digestive-system-how-it-works[/URL] [URL]http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Coeliac-disease/Pages/Complications.aspx[/URL] As for what to eat, where and how, I've really got nothing for you, though I can tell you that one of my friends is an ace gluten-free baker and both my gluten-free friends enjoy happy, healthy lives uncompromised by their diseases. So have hope - it'll be a lot to get your head around, but you and your family will get the hang of this in no time. Good luck! Edit: To add UK-NHS info link. [/QUOTE]
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