Abstract

Celiac disease is the most common food intolerance in the world, reaching a prealenve of 1% of the population and its only treatment is a gluten-free diet. The aim of the study, exploratory and descriptive design, is to know the perception that celiac adults have about their diet, quality of life and socialization after starting treatment. Eight celiacs between the ages of 24 and 37 were interviewed. The interviewees describe an emotional response to their new diet, encompassing frustration, tiredness, relief and calm. Nutritional treatment makes them gain skills like cooking, which raises awareness about what you eat. Missing gluten-food is cross-cutting, some can handle it, others break treatment. Quality of life is affected by the higher economic cost of gluten-free nutrition, associated diseases and factors that facilitate diet adherence. Socialization with the environment is facilitated when celiac people is supported in its treatment;leisure becomes scarcer and more difficult, leading to social restrictions