Category: Gluten-Free Products
Company Review: Michael’s Naturopathic Programs
While on my fall East Coast book tour, I was traveling from city to city, eating food here and there while doing my ultimate best to stay away from gluten, as I’m celiac. In Whole Foods I decided I wanted to supplement my diet with a good nutrient-based product. I was so pleased to find […]
How Useful Is the iPhone App “Is This Gluten-Free?” – Here’s What You Had to Say
After testing the Is This Gluten-Free? iPhone app, I asked what others in the gluten-free community think of the application. Here’s a summary of the feedback I received: – Usefulness can depend on location. One app-user said that when he lived in Minnesota, the app wasn’t helpful at all, as it didn’t seem the […]
Food and Company Review: Omega Smart
(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.) Omega Smart Nutrition Bars are made with figs and flax with health and skin in mind. They are really nutrient dense and most definitely made with […]
Tips for Protecting Your Celiac Child from Hidden Sources of Gluten
First of all, as you’re getting to know the guidelines of a gluten-free diet, read as many reference books and articles as possible and carry with you gluten-free resources at all times, particularly when you’re eating out, cooking, and grocery shopping. Knowledge is power when it comes to going gluten-free. A support group and […]
Food and Company Review: 1-2-3 Gluten Free
(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.) Delicious boxed mixes that are easy to make, even for kids, yet they are delicious for every table as well as for many courses in […]
Gluten Enzymes
The body has its own digestive enzyme for gluten known as dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPPIV). When this enzyme is supplied, it greatly assists in the hydrolysis of propy peptidase assimilating proline-rich proteins. “What’s this?” you ask? Read on: Now this may all sound like a foreign language to you but let me clarify what it all […]
Ben & Jerry’s – Gluten-Free Flavor List
We all love ice cream, especially when it’s gluten-free right? Well folks, the following list makes it very easy for you to enjoy some of the best ice cream in the world: BEN&JERRY’S Gluten-Free Flavor List: Ice Cream Butter Pecan Cherry Garcia Chocolate Fair Trade-Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Macadamia Chunky Monkey […]
Can Do Kid- A Terrific Gluten-Free Company
Do you like children, delicious food, and supporting a terrific cause? Well, I’ve got quite a food company to share with you! The name is Can Do Kid. Can Do Kid founder and owner Deb Luster supplies tasty, gluten-free nutrition bars all in the hopes of satisfying hunger before it strikes in those little […]
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, […]
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 […]
Celiac Resource Guide by Julianne Karow
Author Julianne Karow’s husband was diagnosed with celiac disease, opening their eyes to a world unknown to them before the shocking day of the diagnosis. Walking out of the doctor’s office without guidance, living in a small town with no active celiac groups, Julianne was at a loss. She was the cook and grocery shopper […]
Kay’s Naturals Review
We tested a number of Kay’s Naturals cereals and Cracker and were quite impressed with the flavor and nutritional content. All the products have a high protein content with approximately ten grams of protein per 1 oz. This is very impressive. Before getting too involved in testing such a variety of products, as I felt […]
Starbucks Adds Gluten- Frappuccinos
I loved knowing that Starbucks was going to carry gluten-free treats for those on a gluten-free diet, gluten intolerant or who have celiac disease. I am celiac. I also love how they will accommodate you by allowing you to read ingredients as well as substitute soy milk for milk in case you are dairy, lactose […]
Food and Company Review: Little Bay Baking Company
Helen Sanders, owner of Little Bay Baking Company, has been living gluten-free since 1980 and spent 30 years recreating family recipes in the form of baking mixes that anyone can simply bake and enjoy. These delicious recipes are casein-free and gluten-free. The directions on each box are simple and there’s no need to make substitutions. […]
Gluten Free Vacations – Helpful Site
Traveling gluten-free can be one big hassle. If you are celiac like me, it is a big dilemma just trying to plan a trip. I dread it from the start only due to the meal “considerations”. Don’t get me wrong- I LOVE traveling. The troubles lurking in a snack or with an uniformed hostess, […]
The Essential Gluten-Free Grocery Guide (3rd edition)
Ross Cohen is the President of Triumph Dining, a website, blog, and newsletter for the celiac and gluten-free world. Family-owned and run by five happy gluten-free dieters, it has released its third edition of The Essential Gluten-Free Grocery Guide with the latest research of 30,000 products including 1,100 brand names. The book uses 5 symbols […]
Food and Company Review: Kitchen Table Bakers
100% pure cheese, crispy, delightful, fun, salty, and delicious. My taste testers and I all agreed these cheese crackers were full of flavor in each and every bite. These gluten-, wheat-, and sugar-free “crisps” are all made with zesty parmesan cheese in nine flavors: aged, sesame, Italian herb, garlic, jalapeno, flax seed, rosemary, everything, and […]
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 […]
Agave- Is it Beneficial or Not?… AGAVE 101
Sandi Star founder of http://www.karmic-health.com shares some insight which everyone should read: Agave has been in the “media” recently published by Mercola (check out story) stating that agave is extremely dangerous and is worse than high fructose corn syrup. Although I have the highest respect for Dr. Mercola I can only speculate he does not have enough research to […]
























