Although we acknowledge coeliac disease might easily carry to constipation if not addressed by a stringent gluten-elimination diet, many reports now appear to suggest that coeliac disease may also lead to depression.

How precisely? Well that piece isn’t too defined just yet. We can call the issue celiac depression, but its sources might be from celiac disease itself, malnutrition ensuing from malabsorption deriving from celiac disease or gluten intolerance, or even just the anxiety and stress individuals often face while conforming to a gluten-free lifestyle.

Many researchers think that malabsorption can interfere with the body’s handling of the neurotransmitters which regulate mood. In particular, malabsorption-related deficiencies of tryptophan appear to contribute to depressive disorder within celiac patients. Tryptophan is all-important for the body’s output of serotonin, which is the central neurotransmitter expected by the body for mood regulation as well as the neurotransmitter which empowers our body’s tolerance of anxiety.

So one must question then if adjusting to a gluten-free diet can assist in treating depression. If the patients clinical depression is associated with malabsorption of nutrients, then being gluten-free may facilitate treatment, as the intestines mend and nutrient assimilation improves.

With many cases, it appears the malnutrition theory seems to be the most substantive and legitimate. And what occurs before you start suffering this malnutrition from gluten intolerance? That’s right, celiac disease constipation. Celiac disease constipation, in particular, results from the break down of villi which line your small intestine. This villi is critical for nutritient assimilation. So I hope you now see how constipation from celiac disease can lead to a kind of celiac depression.

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