Creative Video Explains Celiac Disease & the Gluten-Free Diet
This 2 minute animation explains celiac disease and the gluten-free diet in language and imagery suitable for all ages, by Video Expertz | Creative Media Agency
Presented by Dr. Faisal Batwa, in conjunction with the Saudi Gastroenterology Association, it is one in a series of videos about various diseases. Says, Dr. Batwa, “It is important to know that some illnesses, if not treated in time, can become chronic and serious. Knowledge and prevention are the keys for healthy living.”
- What is celiac disease?
- What is gluten?
- How can gluten affect me?
- What are the symptoms?
- How do I diagnose it?
- Is it treatable?
- What food can’t I eat?
- What can I eat?
- Where can I get support?*
For a 37 minute, more academic version of this information, presented by Dr. Peter Osborne, Diplomat with the American Clinical Board of Nutrition, see A Layman’s Primer
*If you live in the following locations, visit The Celiac Scene, your premier source for great gluten-free living in Victoria, Vancouver Island & the Gulf Islands. Owned & operated by celiacs, we guide those new to the diet or new to town to the restaurants we trust, the best places to shop and the local brands to buy. We’ll show you how to have the very best fun under the celiac sun!
Contact VictoriaCeliac.org to register for Gluten-Free Living Classes hosted by Thrifty Foods.
VICTORIA
• Blanshard • Cook-Fairfield • Douglas Street • Fernwood • Fort Street • Government Street • Hillside • Inner Harbour • James Bay • Oak Bay • Quadra • Royal Oak – Broadmead • UVic
NEARBY
• Brentwood Bay • Colwood • Esquimalt • Langford • Metchosin • Sidney • View Royal
VANCOUVER ISLAND
• Campbell River • Chemainus • Cobble Hill • Comox • Coombs • Courtenay • Cowichan Bay • Duncan • Ladysmith • Lake Cowichan • Mill Bay • Nanaimo • Nanoose Bay• Parksville• Qualicum Beach• Port Renfrew• Shawnigan Lake• Sooke • Tofino • Ucluelet
On the GULF ISLANDS
• Cortes Island • Gabriola Island • Hornby Island • Salt Spring Island
