My daughter has had diabetes and celiac for a little over a
year. Lately, it's been hard to get her numbers right. I
remember a doctor in the U.,S. saying that celiac made it harder
to control diabetes. I have been searching the Internet to see
if I can find more about this but have not had any success. Does
celiac make it more difficult to control her sugar? Although she
follows a gluten free diet, could eating gluten (without us
knowing, like cross contamination) make her numbers go out of
control? Celiac, by itself, does not change glucose control.
Following a gluten free diet, however, usually means needing
more fast-acting insulin because gluten-free foods generally
have less fiber, get absorbed somewhat faster than many other
carbohydrates and thus require somewhat more insulin coverage.
There are some reports that those with celiac disease have more
problems with hypoglycemia when untreated but this is not
consistently reported. Most of our patients who have both (about
10% in a European/Caucasian popu