Celiac Disease: Real Life Nutrition Strategies to Improve Symptoms and Heal Your Gut

By Alexia Lewis

Get real-life solutions for managing celiac disease from Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Health Coach Alexia Lewis who has worked with hundreds of people on improving their health in the midst of the craziness of life. This ebook begins by explaining how celiac disease affects your body and then moves into how to change your nutrition choices to manage your celiac disease, improve your symptoms, and heal your gut. This information will be useful for anyone with celiac disease as well as those who suspect they may have a gluten/wheat allergy or intolerance.

Nutrition sections include the basics of a gluten-free diet, whole foods and alternative grains to include, foods to avoid, how to best use gluten-free products (and when to avoid them!), and how to fit alcohol into a gluten-free diet. Other skills taught include reading food packaging and labels as well as how to plan meals or approach eating out while remaining gluten-free. The final section covers the nutrition deficiencies that are most common in those with celiac disease or following a gluten-free diet and how to choose foods to help address these deficiencies. Case studies are included to give you examples of how two people with celiac disease approached their food and nutrition choices to better manage their celiac disease symptoms. There is also a list of online resources so you can find more information to help you manage your condition.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexia Lewis
• Release date: Sep 5, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370078479

Alexia Lewis

Alexandra “Alexia” Lewis is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Heath Coach who believes life is better with science, humor, and beautiful, delicious, healthy food. Alexia knows first-hand how to navigate making nutrition work in the craziness of life. She survived a heart attack in 2007 and decided to become a dietitian and certified health coach to help spread the word about how food choices and habits can influence health. Alexia is an expert on heart-healthy, plant-based (vegetarian/vegan), clean-eating, whole-food, low-sodium, high-fiber, low-added-sugar, delicious and easy food... but as a heart attack survivor, her passion is heart-healthy nutrition. Her company, N.E.W. Motivation Coaching, offers programs designed to move people to better health by building skills and knowledge, working to find the best approaches that fit into current lifestyles and preferences, and discovering real-life, flexible, and long-term solutions. She also writes and speaks about nutrition, food, health/wellness, and cardiovascular disease. She is a Registered Dietitian credentialed through the Commission on Dietetic Registration and Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist with Florida Department of Health. Her Certified Health Coach credential is from the American Council on Exercise. She holds a Master of Science degree in Nutrition & Dietetics and a Bachelor of Science in Health from the University of North Florida. From her previous career, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business and Professional Management from Nova Southeastern University.

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Celiac Disease

Real Life Nutrition Strategies to Improve Symptoms and Heal Your Gut

by Alexia Lewis, MS, RD, LD/N, CHC

N.E.W. Motivation Coaching

Copyright 2017 Alexandra Lewis

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Information about Celiac Disease

Gluten-Free Diet

Reading Food Labels

Meal Planning and Eating Out

Nutritional Deficiencies

How Do You Know If A Gluten-Free Diet Is Working?

About the Author

Resources and References

Description

This ebook explains the basics of celiac disease including how common it is, how the condition affects your body (physiology), how medical providers diagnose the condition, and how to use nutrition to manage your celiac disease. Case studies are included to give you real-life examples of how two people with celiac disease approached their food and nutrition choices to better manage their celiac disease symptoms. There is also a list of online resources so you can find more information to help you manage your condition. This information will be useful for anyone with celiac disease as well as those who suspect they may have a gluten/wheat allergy or intolerance.

Learning Objectives

List the effects of gluten on the gut (gastrointestinal tract)

Identify the symptoms of celiac disease

Describe gluten-free dietary guidelines

List the nutrients of concern for people with celiac disease

Important Notice

This course is not intended to be medical or nutritional advice specifically personalized for you. This is general information on how to manage celiac disease. The information in this e-book may not be appropriate for you due to your health history, health concerns, and medications.

Please use your best judgment and consult with your physician or a registered/licensed dietitian to get personalized nutrition recommendations before changing your diet.

Introduction

A gluten-free diet, the diet recommended for people with celiac disease, is rising in popularity. Gluten-free products are projected to reach $2 billion dollars in sales by 2020. In 2016, 8% of American consumers were following a wheat-free or gluten-free diet. Gluten-free appears to be here to stay with new products hitting the grocery store shelves, more restaurants offering gluten-free menus, and more food manufacturers throwing a gluten-free label on foods that should not contain gluten.

Gluten-free water anyone?

Statistics on Celiac Disease

It seems that everybody knows somebody with celiac disease or who is avoiding foods containing wheat or gluten. Celiac disease affects approximately 1% of the United States population or approximately 3 million people. Historically, celiac disease was considered a childhood condition; however, it is now recognized that adults are also affected and people are being diagnosed