There are three partial proteins, called peptides, that are looking like they may be responsible for gluten intolerance. This revelation comes from research just completed by an Australian team. You can read more here: http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/07/22/separating-wheat-from-chaff-in-celiac-disease.html
Going Gluten-Free Without Having Celiac Disease Can Be Harmful
While a gluten-free diet is crucial for those with Celiac disease, experts are cautioning that excluding gluten from your diet if you don’t have Celiac disease can be harmful, according to an article in the NY Daily News Gluten-free diets are all the rage among some celebrity circles right now. They supposedly assume that avoiding [...]
Gluten-Free Camp Helps Celiac Kids
A week at a gluten-free camp improves the lives of kids with celiac disease, say researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. People with celiac disease develop intestinal damage and painful symptoms if they eat even a little gluten, a protein found in foods made from wheat, rye, or barley. Celiac disease is hard [...]
N.C. Puts its Weight Behind Gluten-Free Cause
When state officials sought to shut down a Durham food company last month for marketing bread as gluten-free that tested positive for gluten, cheers went up across the country among those suffering from celiac disease. “What North Carolina did enforcing gluten-free claims is say, ‘We’re going to take the health of North Carolinians seriously,” said [...]
Customer Feedback on Gluten Free Products Gets Results
If your favorite store isn’t stocking gluten free products, don’t just walk out in despair… tell them what you want! In response to customer feedback, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market in California is introducing more gluten-free products, adding new shelf labels to call out notable gluten-free items and is making a list readily available of [...]