Category: Allergies
Up Close and Personal with Public Speaker, Celiac and Author, Diane Jacobs
Please tell me how you became interested in the area of celiac disease. I became interested in celiac disease because I became a statistic. Even my gastroenterologist seemed at a loss…calling my diagnosis of this disease “quite rare.” Did you know anything about this auto-immune disease before you were diagnosed? Absolutely nothing. It […]
Gluten-Free Grocery Shopping Guide and MORE-2 other books too!
How would you like to be able to shop in any grocery or health food store and know what you could buy if you needed gluten-free, or gluten and casein free or even gluten, casein and soy-free? Well, two authors have been gathering information for consumers in need, to be able to shop worry free. […]
Food and Company Review: Enjoy Life Foods
Enjoy Life Foods® is not a company unknown to most gluten-free consumers, but there were things about the company that I didn’t know. Enjoy Life Foods® (ELF) was founded in early 2001 with a purpose to support a product line free of gluten as well as the 8 most common allergens: wheat, dairy, peanuts, […]
Chef to Plate International Awareness Campaign
In my work as a children’s author, researcher, and humanitarian, I am always looking for ways to help people with celiac disease or who are gluten-sensitive by raising awareness and making the gluten-free diet easier to maintain. Therefore, I’m incredibly excited to announce the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America’s 2010 campaign, which you […]
Jo-Sef – A Gluten-Free Company Worth Reading About!
Cookies are good and can satisfy a little sweet desire now and then, but Jo-Sef gluten-free cookies really hit the spot! This is a company built on love and determination to keep a couple’s son eating normal foods after being diagnosed with celiac disease. After a year of fruitless doctor visits and restless nights, a […]
Food Allergies & Eating Out – A Father’s Story to Help
By Paul Antico: I read an interesting blog entry posted some months ago by Verona Raymond for Ezine Articles, entitled “Restaurants and Food Allergies – A Problem?” Verona, who is allergic to dairy products, relates the difficulties she has in determining which restaurant dishes contain milk products. With little or no information on the menu, she […]
Eat Well, Feel Well- by Kendall Conrad
Kendall Conrad has done a lovely job of recreating her gourmet recipes and customizing them to suit the principles which healed her child’s body- More Than 150 Delicious Specific Carbohydrate Diet(TM)-Compliant Recipes. Author Kendall Conrad was faced with the fact that her youngest child’s gut and immune system had been severely compromised after her first […]
Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies by Marie-Annick Courtier
Living a life with multiple food allergies did not place Marie-Annick Courtier in an extraordinary position until when, a few years ago, some of these foods became life-threatening, and she feared she’d have to give up not only her expertise and love of being a chef but also many of her favorite foods. Determination, research, […]
Food and Company Review: Grainless Baker
One of my favorite foods on planet Earth is carrot cake. Since being diagnosed celiac, I have not really enjoyed a GF carrot cake, until today. The Grainless Baker has by far the best carrot cake, true to taste, frosting, and all that I’ve known of this dessert since my years of eating wheat prior […]
Gluten-Free Company – PureFit
(I am not paid or given any incentive to write one way or the other. What you are about to read is from me to you, my honest opinion.) Robb Dorf, founder and CEO had a vision and he’s now fulfilled it. His 5 bars are all gluten-free and tested to the standards any celiac […]
May 2010 UPDATE Continental Airlines – Gluten Free Meals!
Continental airlines has now reversed their decision to remove the Gluten free meals and will now have Gluten Free meals May 1st on flights that offer special meals. This decision was no doubt reversed after hearing from many unsatisfied gluten free passengers, family members and groups. United Airlines has been offering gluten free meals on international flights and it does not […]
Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free Cookbook for Kids and Busy Adults by Connie Sarros
Connie Sarros has put together a book that kids will love as well as any adult who enjoys being with a child in the kitchen. The book is just full of fun! Connie has taken special care to not only include only easy-to-prepare recipes, but each one is adaptable to the casein-free diet, opening the […]
ALCAT Success
Last year, I met a man at a conference representing ALCAT (antigen leukocyte cellular antibody test), a test that measures levels of food and chemical intolerances, also known as sensitivities, and is available all over the world, in the U.S., UK, Ukraine, India, and Saudi Arabia. My husband’s success with this blood test will follow, […]
GLEE! An Easy Guide to Gluten-Free Independence by Elizabeth Atkinson
GLEE, which stands for “gluten-free,” written by Elizabeth Atkinson, was initially sparkled by the fact that the author’s daughter, Bridgette, was heading off to college where she would have to take care of herself and her gluten-free needs in the dorm, eating on campus, and eating out off-campus. Elizabeth wanted to create a guide or […]
Attune- A Company with Unique Probiotics
Chocolate combined with probiotics in a healthy, delicious, nutritious snack? This sounds like an oxymoron. Attune is a company and idea founded by genius and well-seasoned businessman, Rob Hurlbut. Rob loves the outdoors, sports, fresh air, and being active. He feels his morning outdoor run or hike sets the pace for the beauty of the […]
Alana on the Martha Stewart Show- promotes Nonuttin’
These gluten-free , allergen-free snacks are easy-to-make granola bars from Alana Elliott of Nonuttin’ Foods who was happy to be on Martha Stewart show on April 29th! These child friendly recipes are terrific on the go as well as loaded with fiber and taste. Please read about Alana’s gluten-free company! Be sure and use gluten-free oats and […]
Coconut Flour and Coconut Oil
You may want to consider coconut as a regular part of your diet. There are endless ways to indulge! The best way to experience the many health-giving gifts of coconut is to try virgin coconut oil. I truly believe Virgin coconut oil is one of the smartest oils you can eat. Rich in lauric acid, coconut oil contains […]
Crave – A VERY Fine Gluten-Free Bakery
As a celiac, I can’t eat gluten. Town after town, I walk by bakeries with their windows adorned with scrumptious cupcakes, wedding cakes, and tarts. My friends walk in and enjoy the tasty delights they can consume, leaving me longing while I attempt to satisfy my needs with a coffee or tea sweetened with stevia, […]
Dr. Maureen L. Ellis- Shares Her Revealing True Story- Part III
Dr. Maureen L. Ellis =continues to share her sensitive and revealing story about her journey through life and how gluten affected her personally. She writes from her heart, has nothing less the pure intentions to share her story as a means to help. Please read Part I and Part II and get to know […]
Cooking with Coconut Flour by Bruce Fife, N.D.
Author Bruce Fife has done a tremendous job in researching and writing an informative book and cookbook in one, all about coconut flour, replacing wheat and all grains in each recipe with only coconut flour! Coconut flour is ground coconut that’s been defatted and dehydrated which results in a wheat-like texture. He shows us how […]