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Researchers have recently established the existence of non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity differs from celiac disease in that ingested gluten does not induce an immunological attack. However, non-celiac gluten sensitivity accords with celiac disease in that ingested gluten causes many of the same disease that celiac disease does. However, study in this area is extremely new—within the last 10 years.  Although a few theories exist, researchers remain unsure how non-celiac gluten sensitivity can cause many of the same diseases without inducing an immunological attack. In addition, further research into this connection is necessary considering non-celiac gluten sensitivity may affect up to 10% of the population.  

While accumulating sources for my literature review on the connection between celiac disease and neurological disorders, I came across two general and mutually compatible theories on how celiac disease causes a range of neurological disorders. One of the theories named not an immunological attack as the cause by which celiac disease caused other disorders, but damaged gut microbiota as the cause behind the connection. Before writing my literature review, I had no opinion on the mechanism by which non-celiac disease caused many of the same disorders associated with celiac disease. Yet, after researching the literature, I believe, for a few reasons, this theory is how non-celiac gluten sensitivity causes many of the same disorders associated celiac disease.