You should carefully read all food labels and ingredients lists to see if the food contains wheat, barley, or rye. Although many sources of these grains will be obvious to you, others may not. The information that follows can help you identify hidden sources of wheat, barley, and rye ingredient lists.

Celiac Dsease is a sensitivity to proteins found in wheat, barley, and rye. When you eat these grains. they damage the lining of the small intestine. This damage may keep you from properly absorbing nutrients (malabsorption). Malabsorption can cause diarrhea, weight loss, fatigue, excess gas, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Celiac disease is a digestive condition triggered by consumption of the protein gluten, which is found in bread, pasta, cookies, pizza crust and many other foods containing wheat, barley or rye. Oats may contain gluten as well. When a person with celiac disease eats foods containing gluten, an immune reaction occurs in the small intestine, resulting in damage to the surface of the small intestine and an inability to absorb certain nutrients from food.