The Celiac Experience

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

FTW

04/04/2026

Eating gluten free can be indulgent too.

01/02/2026

12/31/2025

2025 wasn’t the year celiac disease was cured.

It was the year we stopped pretending the gluten-free diet fixes everything.

In 2025, it became harder to ignore that:
• Many patients remain symptomatic despite strict adherence
• Intestinal inflammation can persist even with “perfect” compliance
• The gluten-free diet is nutritionally incomplete without active management
• The mental load of constant vigilance is measurable — not imagined

The gluten-free diet reduces exposure.
It does not treat the autoimmune process.
That distinction matters.

Drug development continued in 2025 — slowly and cautiously — with the goal of reducing damage and risk, not handing out permission to eat gluten.
At the same time, “gluten-friendly” faced overdue scrutiny.
There is no medical standard.
Cross-contact is real.
Good intentions do not equal safe food.

Also, gluten free Cheese-Its - which will be all everyone will talk about in January. :-)

Celiac disease didn’t magically improve in 2025.
But the conversation did.
And that shift might actually lead somewhere.

05/05/2025

There's no way around it - if you have celiac disease, consuming gluten causes damage to your small intestine, whether or not you're showing noticeable signs and experiencing debilitating symptoms. 🤷‍♀️

The immune system of someone with celiac disease will mount an attack on the finger-like projections in the small intestine called villi. They become blunted and unable to absorb nutrients appropriately, which leads to other health problems down the road. ⚕️

The only effective treatment is a strict gluten-free diet. We see that as a blessing not a curse, because it puts the future of your health back in your own hands! 🙌

04/20/2025

Glimmer in Delray was fantastic!

04/07/2025

Hi everyone! I’m still working hard on the book. You can check out my progress by going to my website!

This page is dedicated to Michelle Sharkey’s current book project about Celiac Disease entitled The Celiac Experience. The book includes personal experience, qualitative research via a questionnaire, interviews and literary research. Click above to see the work on progress. Go to “Celiac Book Pr...

03/24/2025