7 Tips to Avoid Gluten in Naturally Gluten Free Foods, Part 1

August 6, 2010

I promised I’d share my tips on how I avoid gluten contamination in naturally gluten free foods. So, here they are:

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Savory Gluten Free Corn Fritters & Another Corny Joke

August 3, 2010

With all the corny-ness around here, I found a corn fritter recipe by Bill Granger, by way of The Wednesday Chef. I just used some of my fav gluten flours + what I had available in my pantry & Viola! It was absolutely delish. So, here’s the recipe…

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We’re Eating Corn & Telling Corny Gluten Free Jokes

August 2, 2010

Sweet corn is in season & boy howdy did we get a boatload truckload at the farmer’s market on Sat. We didn’t intend to come home with so much corn, but we were given an offer we couldn’t resist. :-)

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Tests Show Gluten Free Foods May Be Contaminated…but I Already Knew That! Part 3

July 30, 2010

So, after I found the wheat in the big bag of beans, I called the company that marketed & packaged those beans. This company just happens…

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Tests Show Gluten Free Foods May Be Contaminated…but I Already Knew That! Part 2

July 29, 2010

Well, I promptly dismissed it as weird & a fluke. It had never happened before, right? I “kind of” forgot about it. A while later,

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Tests Show Gluten Free Foods May Be Contaminated…but I Already Knew That! Part 1

July 21, 2010

Have ya’ll heard about the study published in the June 2010 Journal of the American Dietetic Association? You can read the abstract here – OR keep reading & I’ll fill you in. :-)

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Can You Be Intolerant to Gluten and Not Be Celiac?

May 7, 2010

There is much we don’t know about Celiac Disease & folks who don’t fit the current “normal” can present a diagnostic problem. Personally, the rise in gluten intolerance in our society is extremely alarming to me.

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Cedric Benson has been added to the Gluten Free Community

April 28, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Are you a Chicago Bears fan?  I’m not, actually.  But, found this article very interesting.  The writer mentions that former Bear, (now with Cincinnati Bengals) Cedric Benson has been diagnosed with celiac disease. Sharing Means Freedom!

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Gluten Free Pizza Anyone?

April 14, 2010

After learning gluten was making us sick, we began making pizza at home. It became a challenge to make the best pizza ever & that led to so many experiments over the years.

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Your Gluten Free Life Doesn’t Need to Be Without Yumminess!

April 7, 2010

You know if you have lived gluten free for any length of time you’ve probably heard some pity from family, friends & such. I know I have. “How can you live without fill-in-the-blank?”

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Is This A New Hope For Celiac Disease Sufferers?

December 24, 2009

Wow…I can’t believe I’m posting on Christmas Eve, but I found this article & wanted to share it with you.

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Gluten Free City Guide

September 30, 2009

Has anyone seen and/or used this great gluten free resource? You haven’t?

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At Home Gluten Detection Test from ELISA

August 28, 2009

How many times have you thought you’ve been glutened by something that is supposedly gluten free? Now, you can test it yourself!

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Order Celiac Disease Tests Online? Without a Doctor!

August 26, 2009
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Some may have a problem with people having the freedom to personally order laboratory testing. I suppose there are some health professionals worried that the public will take their health in “their own hands” & hinder the “real health care” system. I wonder what that really means? How many patients go into their doctor saying what they think is wrong with them & it turns out they were right! On the contrary,

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Breastfeeding Protects Against Celiac Disease

August 10, 2009
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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2002, a study of Swedish children was published whose aim was to explore whether breast-feeding and the mode of introducing dietary gluten influenced the risk of celiac disease in childhood. The big finding of this study was the lowered risk of celiac disease in infants who were still being breast-fed compared with infants who were no longer breast-fed at the time when gluten-containing foods were introduced into the diet. The risk was even lower in those infants who continued breast-feeding beyond the time at which gluten was introduced.

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Is Gut Bacteria, Colic & Celiac Disease Connected?

August 9, 2009

This new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics by University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston has me athinkin’…

“We believe that the bacterium may be sparking an inflammatory reaction, causing the gut inflammation,” said Rhoads, the lead investigator for the study. “Inflammation in the gut of colicky infants closely compared

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Icky Dinty Moore Gluten Free Stew!

July 18, 2009

Knowing Dinty Moore is gluten free, I grabbed 2 cans for my family of 6.

I took my first bite…Oh my goodness!!! What happened?

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Additional Insights from Mayo Clinic Researcher on Celiac Disease Prevalence

July 18, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Nancy Ehrlich Lapid from About.com has written an article updating the recent hoopla centered around the Mayo Clinic study released earlier this month.  Check it out here. Thanks Nancy for such great info! Sharing Means Freedom!

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New Celiac Study by Dr. Fasano in August 2009 Scientific American

July 14, 2009

A new study by Dr. Alessio Fasano may reveal ways to of delaying or preventing celiac disease and offer new solutions for other autoimmune disease In the upcoming August 2009 issue of Scientific American magazine, an extensive article about Dr. Alessio Fasano‘s (from the Center for the Celiac Disease Research at the University of Maryland) [...]

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Could Autism Be Linked to Autoimmune Diseases, including Celiac?

July 13, 2009

Image via Wikipedia An interesting link has been found between autoimmune diseases & autism. Healthday.com has an enlightening article about the study.  You can also read the abstract from the study released July 5th in Pediatrics journal here. So, is this the proverbial question of “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”  What type [...]

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Gluten Sensitivity & Mouth Ulcers

July 11, 2009

A Study Reveals New Information About Recurrent Mouth Ulcers & Gluten Intolerance This revealing study shows a relationship between individuals with persistent mouth ulcers recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) and the protein, gluten,  found in (yes, you know this already  )wheat, barley & rye. Usually we think of recurrent mouth ulcers or canker sores (that’s what [...]

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Another Reference to the Celiac Study at the Mayo Clinic

July 11, 2009

I mentioned the Mayo Clinic study the other day, but found an article at Medicinenet.com article referencing it that’s worth a read.  Check it out here. Sharing Means Freedom!

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Did You Hear This Celiac Report on NPR a Few Weeks Ago?

July 5, 2009

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It’s good to see celiac disease getting more & more coverage in the news. NPR does a nice job in this piece.

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At Home Test for Celiac Disease

July 3, 2009
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I just found out about this new test, called MyCeliacId from Promethius Labs. While this test will not diagnose celiac disease, it will (according to their website) accurately determine if the genetic markers exist for it.

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More Thoughts on the Mayo Clinic Study – Increased Celiac Disease in the US Population

July 3, 2009

So, I keep thinking about this study…There are some who feel there’s not enough data to bring true validation to this study. Maybe, maybe not.

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