Gluten Free Diet - Are You Vitamin Deficient?

Vitamin D plays a vital role in helping your gut whenyour physician.
you are celiac or gluten intolerant as it has been foundYou should also be watching your cholesterol levels
to play an important role in preserving the mucosaltoo. In your life before having to go gluten free, your
barrier.cholesterol levels may have been very low. This is
Now you have been diagnosed as being unable to eatmore than likely due to the fact your body wasn't
anything containing gluten, it is important to take someabsorbing any of the cholesterol you were eating. So
kind of multivitamin supplement because your body isnow your tummy is getting better because you are
not able to absorb the vital vitamins which are in food.eating the foods which are right for you, you may find
As with all thing of a medical nature, you should consultthat cholesterol is now being absorbed, so just keep
your physician before taking supplements as they willan eye on it.
be able to ascertain which vitamins you need to takeI take vitamins B-6 and B-12 but I do try to include the
and which dosage.food groups which these vitamins are found such as
Gluten-free products are often low in vitamin D, iron,spinach, brown rice, avocado, potatoes, chicken and
zinc, magnesium, B vitamins, calcium and fiber so it issalmon. Of course, whole grains and wheat contain
important to ensure you have these vitamins includedthese vitamins, but hey ho, I cannot eat these but there
in your diet gluten free diet. When you have beenare plenty of other foods I can eat which contain them.
newly diagnosed, you will probably find that you areThese unfortunately on their own do not provide all the
vitamin deficient due to the way your intestines havenutrition I need, mainly due to cooking processes, even
been (mis)functioning, so it is wise to begin ingestingthough I do try to steam anything that can be
vitamin supplements soon as you can, again consultsteamed! So I have to take supplements too.