A lot of times, when I write about various disease related to celiac disease, I write about how bad things can get if you have untreated celiac disease. Gluten-free diet, voila, problems gone!
OK, so it’s not ever necessarily that easy. But one of the strongest motivators for some people to begin or stick with a gluten-free diet (especially if they are fairly asymptomatic) is the belief that by listening to their body and avoiding gluten, they can help protect their health as they age. By and large, this belief is correct.
However, a new study out of the UK on osteoporosis and celiac disease merits close attention. Researchers were not, as far as I can tell, looking for undiagnosed celiac disease in the sample, but rather testing actively aware celiacs to see if they had osteoporosis. And they found them, lots of them.
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