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Treats gave passersby a taste of what living with celiac disease is like

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Choosing to stay away from gluten and having celiac disease are two very different things, but people with the latter are often unfairly lumped in with the former, accused of getting caught up in the latest fad diet.

Yet celiac disease is a serious autoimmune disorder that affects roughly 1% of the U.S. population, according to nonprofit Beyond Celiac. Left untreated, people with the disease can develop complications such as other autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis and even cancer.

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