What is the Celiac Disease Management Package?
The Celiac Disease Management Package is based on the most current Canadian information (2025) on diagnosis and treatment and focuses on clinical education to prevent accidental gluten exposure. It outlines essential strategies for maintaining a strictly gluten-free lifestyle, including safely sharing a kitchen with others and navigating restaurants or social gatherings.
The two teaching sessions provide comprehensive teaching for individuals newly diagnosed with Celiac disease (IgA-mediated gluten intolerance) and those previously diagnosed with Celiac disease who continue to experience symptoms or who have been unable to achieve a normal IgA-tTG lab result.
Each of the two teaching sessions provides detailed, multipage handouts as references.
What is the Structure of Services in the Celiac Disease Management Package?
The Celiac Disease Management Package is made up of two separate teachings.
1. Newly Diagnosed with Celiac Disease
The first teaching covers the following topics and provides a 14-page referenced handout.
- What is Celiac Disease?
- How Common is it?
- Common Coexisting Conditions: other autoimmune disorders to watch for
- Time from Symptom Onset to Diagnosis: realizing it wasn’t only you that didn’t find out for a long time
- Symptoms of Untreated Celiac Disease: common symptoms, drawbacks of not having symptoms, skin symptoms
- Gluten Reaction (“being glutened”): how soon after can you react, how long might you feel sick?
- Diagnosis (screening, biopsy, and inadequacies): Is a blood test enough? What about based on symptoms?
- Sources of Quality Information About a Gluten-free Diet
- Nutrient Deficiencies in Celiac Disease
- Nutrition Complications in Celiac Disease
- What to Eat (getting started building a meal): A structured, three-step approach to beginning a gluten-free diet without feeling overwhelmed.
2. Safely Eating with Celiac Disease
The second teaching covers the following topics and provides a 10-page handout, as well as a few infographics from the Canadian Celiac Association that are very helpful for those newly diagnosed.
- Defining “Gluten-Free”: what it is and, as importantly, what it is not
- Gluten-Free Shopping: Practical strategies for accurately navigating grocery labels and selections.
- Gluten-Free Medications and Supplements: Identifying gluten in medications and finding safe, gluten-free alternatives.
- Avoiding Cross-Contamination in Food Preparation: at home, at social events, at restaurants
- How to Ensure Your Kitchen is Gluten-free
- Tips for Social Gatherings
- Dining Out in Restaurants – a complete planning guide
- Planning Ahead: what to do and why, who to speak to, what to ask to avoid cross-contamination, and specific questions about dishes you are considering ordering
- When you Arrive: speaking to the Kitchen Manager, your server(s)
- Recommended Restaurants in the Greater Vancouver Area
- Celiac Medical Expenses for Tax Deductions: how to qualify, key considerations, how to calculate incremental cost, how to set up a spreadsheet
- Recommended Resources: books, cookbooks, and Canadian associations
How Much Does the Celiac Disease Management Package Cost?
The cost of the Celiac Disease Management Package is $450 (GST exempt), and to make submitting to extended benefits easy, receipts are broken down into the two individual services:
- Newly Diagnosed with Celiac Disease, with a 14-page referenced handout ($225)
- Safely Eating with Celiac Disease, with a 10-page handout ($225)
Questions About Booking, Billing, or Extended Benefits?
On our FAQ page, you’ll find answers to questions about booking, billing and payment options, appointment confirmations, extended benefits claims, and much more. If you have any questions that are not answered there, you can contact us through the form at the bottom of the FAQ page.
How to Get Started?
Get Started with the Celiac Disease Management Package
Visit our Book an Appointment tab by clicking the button below. There you will have the choice to either complete the Intake and Service Option Form online and send it to us directly from our web page, or to download the form, complete it on your computer, and email it back to us.
Have questions before booking? Visit the FAQ page for answers to common questions about how soon you can get started, extended benefits, and billing. If you still have questions, you can contact us through the form at the bottom of the FAQ page.
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