11Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India
2Celiac Disease Research Laboratory, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
*Corresponding author: Sadaf Hameed, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India. E-mail: sadafsamihameed@gmail.com
Received: January 04, 2022; Accepted: April 11, 2022; Published: April 18, 2022
Wheat is a staple food especially in the north of this country. A complete deletion of gluten found in wheat, rye and barley from the diet is the only treatment for Celiac Disease (CD). However, removing wheat from the diet is challenging and disturbs the quality of life of the CD patients as well as for their family members. High cost of gluten-free items, social pressure, and lack of gluten-free options outside the home causes certain psychological experiences associated with the adherence to wheat (gluten)-free diet to CD patients. These psychological issues can be minimized by creating an awareness about CD in the general population, counselling, educating the family and friends regarding CD, improving labelling of the gluten-free products and creating easily accessible gluten-free options outside the home.
Celiac Disease; Gluten-Free; India; Psychological Experiences; Wheat
Citation: Hameed S, Verma AK (2022) Psychological Experiences Associated With the Removal of Wheat from the Diet of Celiac Disease Patients in India. J Nutri Sci Food 2: 005.
Copyright: © 2022 Hameed S, et al., This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
