We have said it before but it cannot be repeated enough: the only effective treatment of celiac disease is a life-long strict adherence to a gluten-free diet! That’s why Custom Choice Cereal was really surprised to come across a quote from Dr. Peter Green, Director of The Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, stating that “celiacs in America admit to cheating 80% of the time”.

Now it is extremely difficult to avoid gluten all the time, and accidents happen. But cheating knowingly is just not very smart! The best reaction to this quote comes from Mike, author of the blog Switch 2 Gluten Free, who compares such behavior to “knowingly eating poison”.

How deadly “cheating” can be is confirmed by our recently posted video with Dr. Joseph A. Murray. His research shows that people with silent or undiagnosed celiac disease who therefore continue to consume gluten are almost 4 times (!) as likely to have died over a period of 30-40 years as those that were diagnosed and therefore eliminated gluten from their diet.

It is a decision every celiac has to make for her-/himself, but we believe these facts speak for themselves.