Recovery takes time on GF diet

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Recovery takes time on GF diet



Rare/orphan diseases

rarediseases.about.com/cs/celiacdisease/a/100401.htm



Recovery of health of the intestine takes time after starting a gluten-free diet.
In this study, 158 people with celiac disease had their small intestines examined after starting a gluten-free diet. After 2 years, 65% of the people had healed intestines; after 5 years, 85.3% had healed, and beyond that 89.9% had healed. Children recovered up to 95% within 2 years and 100% in the years after. For 10.1% of people, there was little or no recovery of health of the intestine.

[Wahab, P.J., Meijer, J.W., & Mulder, C.J. (2002).
Histologic follow-up of people with celiac disease on a gluten-free diet: Slow and incomplete recovery.
Am J Clin Pathol 118(3), 459-463]


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