Frequent stomach cramps, and symptoms including weakness, loss of weight and allergy indicate gluten intolerance. Gluten is wheat protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and all products made of grains or containing grains in small traces.

Processed and canned food, vitamins or medications, but children food as well, contain gluten, unless its strictly stated on the package that the product is gluten-free.

Today more and more product labels include the fact that the product is gluten free, because the number of people having health problems caused by gluten is growing.

Symptoms of celiac disease or gluten intolerance can be present without causing some serious problems, and experts agree that the disease is hereditary, but it can also appear in children if they start eating grains like wheat before they are allowed.

It is really important to know this, and pediatricians and nutritionists constantly appeal to young parents to adhere to the feeding calendar for babies and small kids.

People who suffer from celiac disease have the most serious problems, so the only thing they can do to lead a normal and healthy life is complete deprivation of all gluten containing products.

This task is not too difficult, although at first glance it might seem so. The hardest thing, at least initially, is finding out which products are gluten-free, including the gluten-free products on the shelves in the closest supermarkets.Wheat in general is added to almost any food to increase its amount. Therefore, gluten can be found in processed food, cans, cookies, etc.