Celiac Facts for Patients

Calcium is a mineral that is found naturally in foods, particularly dairy products provide high amounts. Calcium is necessary for many normal functions of your body, especially bone formation and maintenance.

A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems.

Carbohydrates are one of the three macronutrients (along with proteins and fats) which make up our foods. They are essentially sugar molecules in various combinations. Starch, a very long chain of sugar molecules, is the most common carbohydrate in our diet.

The inability of the heart to pump blood efficiently to the organs and tissues where it is needed.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels.

A very rare, but serious complication of untreated celiac disease that is characterized by acute and severe gastrointestinal symptoms, together with signs of dehydration and malnutrition. It requires treatment in the hospital with intravenous fluids.

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of our cells, containing genetic information written in DNA molecules which provide the construction plan of our body.

Also called bleeding disorder. The ability of the blood to form clots is impaired, leading to prolonged and excessive bleeding.

This is a pitlike depression or tubular recess in the intestinal epithelium lining of the small and large intestine.

Is an increase in the length of crypts in the organic tissue that results from cell proliferation.