Treatment for celiac disease is a life long gluten free diet. So to understand what that means you need to know what gluten is.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat (including spelt & kamut), barley, rye and oats. Gluten is what gives elasticity to breads, doughs & helps it keep it’s texture and is also used as a food additive for flavoring or thickening.
Common Products With Gluten:
- bread
- pasta
- cookies
- crackers
- pizza
- pastries
- donuts
- crackers
- soups
- gravy
- broths
- soy sauces
& that is just a few.
Common names that ‘gluten’ is also called:
- wheat
- rye
- oats
- kamut
- spelt
- barley
- bran
- food starch
- malt
- ‘natural flavoring’ / ‘natural spices’
- thickeners
- triticum
- roux
- graham flour
- filler
- Brewer’s yeast
& again that is just a few.
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July 21, 2011 at 10:12 am
Thanks for the info – my daughter’s 2nd celiac panel came back positive so we’ll be visiting the GI tomorrow. :-/
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