How to Explain Celiac Easily

Explaining Celiac Disease to a child - or an adult - can be challenging. Describing how one crumb of gluten can activate the auto immune response, causing villi in the small internist to blunt and malabsorption of nutrients can result can confuse and many.Even as a Health Educator, I've found it challenging to explain the autoimmune disease component of Celiac, especially to kids. Another point that's hard to convey: even one crumb of gluten-containing food activates the response. Lastly, beyond the symptoms you may experience, what is happening internally.This visual from GIANTmicrobes a fun way to show, not tell. It's a great tool to use with family members, friends, teachers any one who needs to understand!You can purchase them here: https://amzn.to/31ImcTD.**This is an affiliate link. A small portion of the sale will go to support the Gluten Free News. This does not affect the cost to you.I would love to hear from you! Leave your messages for Andrea at [email protected] and check out www.baltimoreglutenfree.comInstagramFacebookGluten Free College 101Website: www.glutenfreecollege.comFacebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Glutenfreecollege Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.