How crazy is it that it took until 2025 for researchers to discover they could add gluten to the BLOOD of patients to diagnose celiac disease instead of making them EAT gluten for weeks & have intestinal damage as "proof."

For YEARS, the only way to diagnose celiac has been by asking people to make themselves sick enough to show intestinal damage. 🫠 But in 2025, researchers published a new blood test that exposes your blood sample to gluten instead—and it correctly identified celiac disease in most people studied. Researchers also found it may help predict how strongly someone reacts to gluten. 🤯 Although this new test is not available to the public yet, researchers hope it could one day replace the intestinal biopsy. 🙏 I’ll continue sharing updates as we learn more! Were you tested for celiac before going gluten free, did you have to do a gluten challenge, or are you living as though you have celiac while waiting for better testing? Lmk 👇 #celiactiktok #celiacdisease #glutenfree #celiac #autoimmunedisease