Food Issues

Gluten-Free, Answered: Is “Wheat Free” the Same as “Gluten Free”?

29.11.2012

Common gluten-free question: “Is wheat-free the same as “gluten-free?” We know that for anyone with food issues it’s important to read the labels carefully to be sure that what you’re about to eat or feed to your family is safe for your specific dietary restrictions. When it comes to gluten-free eating it can often be [...]

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Gluten Free Lifestyle

Gluten Free Problems: A Surprise Centre

20.11.2012

A common problem all of us on a gluten-free diet can relate to that you don’t have to deal with if you don’t eat gluten-free. #GlutenFreeProblems

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Gluten Free Myth

Gluten Free Myth: “GF Diet is Healthier & Aids Weight Loss”

01.10.2012

Gluten Free Myth: The gluten free diet is healthier and is a good diet for weight loss. Truth: The gluten free diet is not necessarily healthier than the average diet and might not help you lose weight! There is no doubt that the gluten free diet has grown a lot over the past 5 years, [...]

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Food Issues

Tips For Living Gluten and Dairy Free

14.03.2012

I still remember vividly just over 5 years ago when I first learned I had to eat gluten free. Whoo, celiac disease was going to strip me off all the food I loved to eat — or at least that’s what I thought. I was not new to eating a restricted diet. I grew up [...]

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Gluten Free Lifestyle

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

10.03.2012

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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Celiac Disease 101

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

25.01.2012

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

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

23.12.2011

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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Celiac Disease 101

Gluten Free 101: What is Gluten?

15.12.2011

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

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

14.12.2011

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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