Video: How do you know if you're intolerant to gluten?
Peer reviewed by Dr Krishna Vakharia, MRCGPLast updated by Lydia SmithLast updated 18 May 2023
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Having an intolerance to gluten means that your digestive system struggles to process foods containing gluten. Our experts take a look at what this could mean for you.
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Dr Sarah Jarvis
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MA (Cantab), BM, BCh (Oxon), DRCOG, FRCGP, MBE
After training in medicine at Cambridge and Oxford, Dr Sarah Jarvis MBE became a GP.
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Dr Krishna Vakharia, MRCGP
Chief Medical Officer for Health, Optum UK
MBChB, MRCGP(2013), BMedSci (hons), DFSRH, DRCOG, PGDipDerm (Distn)
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Next review due: 18 May 2026
18 May 2023 | Latest version
25 Jun 2018 | Originally published
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