Gluten Free Lifestyle

You Know You Eat Gluten-Free When … | How To Spot A Celiac

10.03.2012
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I have been living with celiac disease for over 5 years now. I have had ups and downs and times where I feel like I would kill someone for a night of endless gluten indulging. Honestly though, I don’t miss gluten and would never trade going back for the food for how I felt before [...]

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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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Media: Get Your Facts Straight Before Talking About Gluten Free Living!

24.08.2011
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Today a very popular Canadian television show CityLine had 2 segments on their program today talking about gluten free.  Focusing on gluten free baking (making cookies and a fudge cake) and then later another segment on gluten free pasta. I always get both excited (for the awareness) and weary when media has coverage on gluten free without [...]

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Yes I Trick My Kids But It’s Good For Them, Honest

11.08.2011
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If you are a parent or in charge of making kids eat you will feel me when i say it can be really hard and frustrating to get them to eat what you want them to eat. My kids – particularly Big P has always been a very picky eater. He likes what he likes [...]

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BlogHer, Gluten Free and Traveling to the USA

10.08.2011
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This past weekend I attended the BlogHer conference in San Diego. It was my second year attending and my first time in San Diego (which is beautiful, seriously – go!) and overall i had a fantastic time. I met some people I have been dying to meet, had the best roommates a lady could ask for and [...]

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Could You Benefit From The Gluten Free Diet?

29.07.2011
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Gluten intolerance, gluten sensitivity and celiac disease affect a lot of people – the current statistic being 1 in 133 people have celiac disease {and a majority of those people are not diagnosed or misdiagnosed}.The truth is many more people have un-diagnosed gluten intolerance/gluten sensitivity with an estimate of it affecting up to 10-15% of the population. [...]

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Treating The Gluten Free Diet as a “Fad” is Dangerous.

31.03.2011

Seven months ago I wrote a post called “How The Media Is Making Things Worse For People With Celiac Disease“, and nothing has changed. Nothing. I know that really seven months is not a long time in the grand scheme of life and certainly don’t expect one of my posts to out-do the incredible damage [...]

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Celiac Disease: Introduced Gluten and 4 Months Later …

04.10.2010

I was diagnosed with celiac disease back in 2007. I had a bunch of life long health issues that looking back pointed to this fact – but when i was younger i was diagnosed as being lactose intolerant not knowing that many people with active gluten damage also can not tolerate lactose. As an adult [...]

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