Celiac disease?

Question:

Has anyone that was diagnosed with Celiac disease been overweight, I was reading that people can either suffer weight loss or gain weight prior to diagnosis.

Answers:
U ALWAYS have Celiac if u have it. In other words, 97% of patients with CD carry the genes for it. But somethign must TRIGGER it, an infection,s tress, pregnancy, illness, etc. So once a Celiac, always a Celiac, it was just undiagnosed. Anyway,To answer your question:

In my support group the most comon response to Celiac patients starting the GF diet is they gain weight. But once they eat a normal, healthy GF diet they are able to maintain a healthy weight. Weight loss and/or gain is common prior to diagnosis. One reason many Celiacs gain weight after diagnosis is their bodies are suddenly absorbing all these minerals, vitamins and nutrients they needed (as well as fats, sugars, etc.) Plus there is a HUGE amount of YUMMY (seriously!) Gf foods available that are loaded with sugar and fats (which make them yummy!) So it is not uncommon to see newly diagnosed Celiac gain weight. But like I said it can be stablized with a healthy GF diet and exercise. I personally was very very skinny then suddenly couldnt keep weight off prior to diagnosis. For every Celiac patient, there is another symptom or story different than what docs once thought was the 'typical' Celiac patient!
Please feel free to email me for further help.

Absolutely, I have had many overweight patients with Celiac disease.

You can develop it anytime, even if you were previously able to eat gluten.

When I was eating gluten I was about 30 pounds overweight and miserable.

Within a month of going gluten-free I lost 40 pounds and now I'm on the low end of the proper weight for my height and always looking for ways to pack more calories into my meals!

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