Food Issues

Celiac Disease 101: I’ve Been Gluten-ed Now What?

25.01.2012
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Accidently ingesting gluten when you have celiac disease is unfortunately likely bound to happen at one point or another. Whether through cross contamination, not reading the labels right or a well-meaning friend or family member ensuring you it’s safe, getting ‘glutene-ed’ [as we all call it] is no walk in the park. What do you do now [...]

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Gluten Free Myth: “You Just Can’t Touch It”

23.12.2011
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Myth: ”Gluten is only dangerous to you if you eat it” Truth: Kind of, but not really. Most people with celiac disease technically can touch gluten – it doesn’t absorb into the skin and to do it’s damage must get into the intestines. There are some who have a topical reaction which will cause a rash and [...]

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Gluten Free 101: What is Gluten?

15.12.2011
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Pretty much the first question anyone asks when either you are first put on the gluten free diet or explaining to someone that you are on the gluten free diet is “What is gluten“. A huge component in so many foods today, yet there is still a widespread confusion over what it is. Gluten is [...]

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Gluten Free Myth: “It’s Just a Stomach Ache”

14.12.2011
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Myth: ”Eating gluten if you have celiac disease will just give you a stomach ache for a day. It’s just like lactose intolerance.” Truth: So NOT true. I hate this myth. I really do.  I have written before on the differences between Gluten Intolerance, Gluten Allergy & Celiac Disease but that was more in terms of what [...]

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Gluten Free Diet is Not as Complicated as You Think

17.11.2011
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Embarking on a new diet can be overwhelming at first. Whether you are using the gluten free diet because of celiac disease, gluten allergy, gluten intolerance or other medical/personal reasons the gluten free diet has been long understood as complicated and difficult. I have been on the diet for 5 years and 2 out of [...]

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Why We Need To Change The Way We Celebrate

03.11.2011
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I love celebrations. I love to celebrate the big things, the seemingly small things and everything in between. I love to get excited for others and I love how coming together with a group of people can help make one person (or a few people) feel really special. Traditionally people celebrate holidays, birthdays, weddings, new babies, new [...]

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New Television Show Belittles the Gluten-Free Diet

05.10.2011
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I have a sense of humor – really I do but what the new show “2 Broke Girls” aired on Monday was just not funny. Blonde Server: “A woman in my section wants to know if we do anything gluten free. what do i tell her?” Response:  ”Tell her she is not allergic to gluten [...]

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Tune In to a Live Gluten-Free Cooking Class

03.10.2011
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If you are new to the gluten free diet, a veteran or know someone who eats gluten free you will want to tune into this.  Kinnikinnick Foods is hosting a gluten-free cooking class broadcasting on UStream so you can watch and learn from the comfort of your own home. Taking place tomorrow evening (October 4, 2011) at [...]

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Gluten Free Myth: Spelt

27.09.2011
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Myth:  Spelt is safe for people with celiac disease Truth: Spelt is NOT SAFE for people with celiac disease I am not sure where this myth started or why there are still medical professionals who believe this myth but spelt is not gluten free. It is a species of wheat – also known as Triticum spelta [...]

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