Patient was educated on gluten-free diet as follows:
- Avoiding gluten from the diet happens to be essential feature of management measures for celiac disease.
- All meats and dairy products are allowed, as they are gluten-free.
- This involves some lifestyle modifications with avoiding grains consisting of wheat, barley, and oats from the diet. Check for the ingredients of products, such as, crackers, cakes, bread, and other bakery products, to avoid eating any of them made with wheat, barley, and rye.
- An individual with recommendation for a gluten-free diet can depend on healthy choices for grains and cereals, such as, rice, millets, and sorghum.
- Always read the list of ingredients on packaged foods, to make sure you have the gluten-free label on the package.
- In extreme cases of vitamin and deficiency of essential nutrients, IV supplementation of the nutrients and vitamins can help. Oral supplementation of vitamins and nutrients cannot help, as absorption through the small intestine is impaired in cases of celiac disease.
