Celiac sucks. I have it as well. I don't stay COMPLETELY gluten-free, as minimal damage to my villi is the case.

Some docs are recommending a certain type of protein or enzyme be taken with meals with gluten in them to help digest the proteins and minimize damage- I've taken it for a few months with meals that have a moderate amount of gluten in them, and I've had no marked damage to my villi. Kind of like with lactose-intolerant individuals who take particular enzymes before a dairy meal to help digest the lactose.

How can it put you at risk for over 200 illnesses? Celiac disease, although it's been around for some time, has hardly enough extensive studies that equate even light consumption of foods with gluten in them with lowered life expectancy... Which study claimed that?