1. Gluten and Celiac Disease

2. Why are we here today?

3. Gluten and Celiac Disease

4. What are some of your favorite foods?

7. FLU

8. SICK BAD NO FUN GROSS HEADACHE FLU

9. SICK BAD NO FUN GROSS HEADACHE FLU

13. Remember these?

14. What if you could only eat blue food?

16. Allergic to food that IS NOT BLUE Celiac Disease

17. Allergic to food that IS NOT BLUE Celiac Disease

18. Allergic to food that IS NOT BLUE HAS GLUTEN Celiac Disease

19. Allergy

21. Celiac Disease

22. Allergy Celiac Disease ?

23. Allergy

24. Celiac Disease

25. Allergic to food that IS NOT BLUE HAS GLUTEN Celiac Disease

26. Allergic to food that IS NOT BLUE HAS GLUTEN Celiac Disease

27. Allergic to food that IS NOT BLUE HAS GLUTEN Celiac Disease REACTION

28. REACTION to food that HAS GLUTEN Celiac Disease

29. What’s Happening in Your Body?

30. ●Autoimmune disorder

31. What’s Happening in Your Body? ●Autoimmune disorder ●Destruction of the villi in the gut

35. Celiac Disease

36. No Celiac Disease Celiac Disease

37. The Immune system

38. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Antibodies B Cells

39. The Immune system Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Antibodies B Cells T Cells

40. The Immune system Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Antibodies B Cells T Cells Macrophages

41. The Immune system Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Antibodies B Cells T Cells Dendritic Cells Macrophages

42. The Immune system Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Antibodies B Cells T Cells Dendritic Cells Macrophages Natural Killer Cells

46. The BIG ISSUE: Gluten

47. ●What is it?

48. The BIG ISSUE: Gluten

49. ●What is it? ●What is it found in?

50. What’s Wrong With Gluten?

51. Binds to MHC

52. What’s Wrong With Gluten? Binds to MHC MHC activates killer T cells

53. What’s Wrong With Gluten? Binds to MHC MHC activates killer T cells Killer T cells destroy villi in the gut.

54. Symptoms Fatigue Bloating Cramping Weight Loss Gastrointestinal Issues

55. Long Term Effects Increased Chance of Cancer Weak and Brittle Bones Infertility 4x Higher Death Risk

56. More than just physical effects.

57. Emotional Component It’s ostracizing Food is important in our culture

58. So how do you avoid this reaction?

59. Gluten

60. NO Gluten

61. Gluten NO Gluten GLUTEN FREE

62. Gluten NO Gluten GLUTEN FREE

63. How can you tell if something has gluten in it?

64. Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

65. Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

66. Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

67. Your Turn! Does this food have gluten? Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

68. Your Turn! Does this food have gluten? Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

69. Your Turn! Does this food have gluten? Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

70. Your Turn! Does this food have gluten? Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

71. Your Turn! What is this food? Gluten Ingredients -Wheat -Wheat flour/starch -Barley -Rye -Gluten -Oats -Modified Food Starch

72. This all sounds a little discouraging… but here are some important things to remember!

73. Solutions! There are so many foods you CAN eat!

74. You can eat these too, so long as they say “Gluten Free!”

75. At the Grocery Store... Stick to the periphery of the grocery store Don’t forget to look for gluten free aisles!

76. No more symptoms! As soon as you stop eating gluten, your body can heal, and you won’t be sick anymore!

77. How Do We Make a Gluten-Free Kitchen? Greater Conscientiousness, NOT Greater Cost.

78. What Does This Entail?  different gloves  different knives  different section of the kitchen

79. Thanks For Watching!

80. For more information, go to: www.celiac.org www.celiacnow.org www.celiaccenterofminnesota.org