I was told that i was literally asking for cancer if i chose to cheat on my celiac diet. is that true?

Depends: Celiacs is associated with t cell lymphoma cancer & there is a risk of getting if you do not follow a gluten free diet. With celiacs, your body's immune system will attack & destroy your intestinal cells that absorb your nutrients if you eat gluten. You are also at risk of essential nutrient/vitamin deficiencies if you eat gluten, skin rashes, seizures, depression, arthritis, & more.

No: Patients with untreated celiac disease have a 6-fold increased risk of t cell lymphoma compared with treated celiac disease. Although this increase is significant, it would be inappropriate for your physician to state that you are "asking for cancer.".

Not so: Untreated celiac has an increased risk of bowel lymphoma, and esophageal cancer too. It also has increased risk for iron deficiency, osteoporosis (brittle bones), osteomalacia (vitamin d deficiency, soft bones), lots of other symptoms, and nonintestinal problems. Cheating on the diet is not a good idea, even without symptoms. Sometimes if you get symptoms you may regret why (lymphoma).

Celiac & Cancer: Some malignancies are more common in patients with celiac disease including intestinal and extraintestinal lymphoma and carcinomas of the upper GI .The magnitude of increased risk is moderate (standardized incidence ratio of 1.3, 95% confidence interval 1.2 to 1.5 in one study [61]) and appears to normalize within a few years of gluten withdrawal.