Ep 41 Nutrient Deficiencies

Let’s start the blog with the Show Notes for this episode:

I have a returning guest for this episode. I’m speaking again with Registered Dietitian Amy Horrock, who specializes in Celiac Disease in her online practice. I spoke with Amy on Ep 20 about Persistent Gut Issues after diagnosis of celiac disease. On this episode, she focuses on why celiacs are often vitamin deficient and which vitamins and nutrients may be low and should be addressed. The link to the resource page from the Canadian Celiac Association website is –

http://www.celiac.ca/b/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Celiac_Follow_Up_Care_Resource.pdf

Amy can be consulted through her website at clearfocusnutrition.ca.  She is also on –

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clearfocusnutrition/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gluten_free_dietitian/

Sue’s Websites and Social Media –
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Baking Website – https://www.suesglutenfreebaking.com
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Email – sue@suesglutenfreebaking.com
New Podcast – Gluten Free Weigh In – https://glutenfreeweighin.libsyn.com

My Thoughts –
Starting a gluten free diet is hard. The sole thing that keeps us pushing forward with it, is the fact that this is our medicine, our treatment, for a condition that has likely taken years to diagnose and effected many aspects of our daily lives.
To learn that healing on a gluten free diet is slow, is not the message a newly diagnosed celiac wants to hear. When I was diagnosed, I was told I would likely feel “healed” months before my gut was actually healed. A one-year time frame was suggested, but fortunately, I began to feel better quickly and at one year, when my gut was likely rejoicing in feeling well again, I had become very comfortable on my new difficult diet-for-life.
It took a few more years to realize, through blood testing, that my diet, was still deficient in some important vitamins and minerals. Tweeking these is not easy, and often requires the help of a dietitian experienced in celiac disease. My bones were strong, but I still needed calcium and vitamin D. Vitamin B12 was another identified requirement. Often at our local CCA chapter meetings this subject comes up, and it’s very interesting to see who has been told to take what. There will inevitably be someone in attendance who has never asked their doctor or dietitian about deficiencies.
We all need to advocate for ourselves. The gluten free diet is the major step we need to take, but it doesn’t stop there. In order for us to be our healthiest, our diet needs to be customized to what each of our bodies needs. We are all different, we all eat, sleep and exercise to different levels of health, supplementing our vitamins and nutrients is an essential part of that.