4 If you go into your local grocery store, you are bound to find a host of glute

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4 If you go into your local grocery store, you are bound to find a host of gluten-free products made with synthetic proteins instead of the natural wheat-based protein gluten. About 1 to 3 percent of the population is sensitive to gluten. The most severe form of gluten intolerance is the autoimmune disease celiac disease (note that it is not caused by gluten, and you cannot get it from eating gluten). In individuals with celiac disease, the immune response to gluten antigens causes the flattening of the villi in the small intestine. How would this affect the ability of the small intestine to function? Predict the symptoms you would expect to see from celiac disease

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In Celiac disease there is flattening of small intestine villi which are responsible for nutrient absorption . Due to destruction of villi , there is defective nutrient absorption .

Symptoms of Celiac disease :

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