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Relationship Between Bone Loss and Celiac Disease
There are many people today suffer from gluten intolerance (Celiac disease or Celiac Sprue), the protein that is found mainly in wheat. It then produces damage to the villi of the small intestine, which play a role in digestion. When these hairs are inflamed and damaged, can not absorb food properly, with consequent diarrhea and malnutrition.
People with this type of intolerance may be more susceptible to osteoporosis because their own immune system to attack the bone, according to a new study.
Osteoporosis is known to be a risk to suffer gluten intolerance to a certain failure to absorb calcium and vitamin D. But a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that these patients produce antibodies which attack a key protein that help maintain healthy bones.
The good news is that according to the researchers, this would be easy to treat with drugs that prevent bone loss. This could also explain why people with osteoporosis with digestive problems, would not respond well to calcium and vitamin D.
Apparently researchers have found a protein called osteoprotegerin, which would be the key between celiac disease and osteoporosis.
It is therefore important that people who suffer from this condition care by limiting their food consumption of wheat, oats and rye and foods prepared with these inputs.
Check also the state of bone densitometry in a regularly could help, exercise and maintain a healthy weight.