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 [...]
More Gluten Free Whole Grains
Healthy Grains that are a Perfect Addition to a Gluten Free Diet… now that sounds like music to my ears! Millet, teff and sorghum are quickly becoming known as the best way to add whole grains and nutrition to a gluten free diet. It was once common for foods manufactured for a gluten free diet to [...]
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 [...]
Glutino
Glutino & Gluten Free Pantry is a manufacturer and distributor specializing in gluten free products. These days nearly everyone is on a restricted diet of one sort or another. However, one of the biggest surprises is that nearly 3 million people in the United States have Celiac Disease and that it is one of the [...]
Coping with Celiac Disease: It’s Complicated
Celiac disease. Odds are you know someone who suffers from it, but the odds are even higher that they don’t even know it. An autoimmune disorder that is characterized by damage to the absorptive surface of the small intestine, celiac symptoms are triggered by exposure to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. [...]
Can Going Gluten-Free Make You Fat?
For people with Celiac Disease, it is a medical necessity to avoid eating gluten, but recently, other people are also going gluten-free in the hopes it will help them shed pounds. Going gluten-free is being touted in women’s magazines as a new way to help everyone shed pounds quickly. Experts warn that could backfire. It [...]