Information is essential to support people with coeliac disease as well as their whanau and the wider community. Living with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance can be hard. Managing your coeliac disease and your mental health go together. Poorer mental health is generally associated with poorer gluten-free diet management. Conversely, the better your mental health, the more likely you are to follow the gluten-free diet effectively. Living with coeliac disease means navigating an additional set of challenges related to adjusting to and/or maintaining a gluten-free diet. Kai is such a big part of New Zealand’s culture and being able to eat safe gluten-free food at activities with others is important.
With the help from our Medical Advisory Panel, CNZ develop resources to support the care of people with CD. When a person joins CNZ as a member, they receive a welcome pack with valuable resources and links to help them navigate their coeliac journey. As part of the CNZ community, you’ll also gain valuable advice and assistance when you need it. Gain access to a wealth of member-only resources, up-to-date research, support groups, kids clubs, special offers, and our twice-yearly Coeliac Link magazine.
A strict, lifelong gluten-free diet is the mainstay of treatment. Although a gluten-free diet is effective, there are recognised challenges, particularly from a social perspective, and especially during teenage years. At the other end of the age spectrum, one of the challenges is changing a lifetime of dietary habits as well as limited financial or social resources, and the possibility of limited mobility that restricts their ability to walk or travel to gluten-free suppliers. CNZ has resources to support people with label reading and communication for work colleagues, schools and organisations.
Coeliac New Zealand is the voice for coeliac disease in NZ and is here to support you. Become a member and receive advice throughout your coeliac journey from the only not-for-profit that is dedicated to caring for coeliac disease. People with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance must have reliable relevant information at their fingertips so they can understand how to manage their condition and to ensure they are their own best advocate with the knowledge to help educate others so they and their children, siblings and other family members with coeliac disease are not excluded from participating and contributing.
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