Montreal—Nutritional deficiencies are common in celiac patients on a gluten-free diet, regardless of their level of dietary compliance or length of time they’ve adhered to the diet, a new study shows.
The findings indicate such deficiencies may be related more to the relative nutritional inadequacy of a gluten-free diet than to malabsorption among these patients, according to the researchers.
“Celiac disease is associated with quite a few nutritional deficiencies, which may be