Warning: while it’s true that I’ve been known to dabble in interior design, this is NOT a post about choosing the best carpet for your home.
Just saying.
Rather, it’s about those little soldiers that line the entire surface of your small intestine – that have the appearance of little shags because they literally look like shag carpeting!
The medical term for those little soldiers is “villi”, a key part of the immune system in your gut.
Their job is to be super vigilant about any intruders that might enter your digestive tract, and dispose of them immediately.
When they’re doing their job properly, they’re readily visible – waving about in the breeze.
However, as most anyone with Celiac Disease can tell you, what’s happened is that those villi have completely worn down – and totally atrophied.
So now you have Berber.
Berber carpeting is flat – when this happens, the villi are no longer able to do their job.
