Gluten-Free Websites: An Invaluable Resource

Gluten-Free Websites: An Invaluable Resource

Celiac disease (also spelled coeliac) is an autoimmune reaction to gluten, a protein that’s found in wheat, barley, and rye — the only autoimmune disease funded in its research and by the U.S. government, even though an estimated 3 million Americans have it. Left untreated, the disease can cause severe health conditions and complications, but […]

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Gluten and Allergen Free Expo Chicago- April29th- May 1st-2011

Gluten and Allergen Free Expo Chicago- April29th- May 1st-2011

Living Without, the nation’s leading magazine for people with Celiac Disease, gluten sensitivity and food allergies, has become the title sponsor of the 4th annual Gluten & Allergen Free Expo, to be held April 29 – May 1 in Chicago.  Living Without has teamed up with Jen Cafferty, nationally recognized expert on cooking and living […]

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Gluten Sensitivity: Let’s Clear Things Up

Gluten Sensitivity: Let’s Clear Things Up

Many people today are going on gluten free diets.  You can find extensive gluten free sections in Kroger, HEB, and Whole Foods.  Gluten has been in the national spot light receiving recognition on Discovery Health, CNN’s Larry King, Oprah, David Letterman, The View, Good Housekeeping Magazine and more.  There is even a “dummies book” available […]

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“Gluten Toxicity”- Amazing Comprehensive Book by a Nurse

“Gluten Toxicity”- Amazing Comprehensive Book by a Nurse

Win a free autographed book now! My name is Shelly Stuart. I am a registered nurse and I have been working for 21 years in a variety of areas, including gastroenterology and inflammatory bowel disease. About 6 years ago, I was finally diagnosed with celiac disease after many years of suffering with symptoms. I am […]

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Everyday Grain-Free Gourmet-by Jodi Bager and Jenny Lass

Everyday Grain-Free Gourmet-by Jodi Bager and Jenny Lass

Everyday Grain-Free Gourmet is a cookbook offering a clarification to and simplification of the grain-free diet and its health benefits. It also clarifies some specific points regarding the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and offers some well-researched and documented history and evidence about the diet. Bestselling authors Jodi Bager and Jenny Lass met one day while on […]

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TheGlutenSyndrome.net: For Celiac Patients and Gluten Sensitive Individuals

TheGlutenSyndrome.net: For Celiac Patients and Gluten Sensitive Individuals

TheGlutenSyndrome.net . . . dedicates itself to providing information about the “Gluten Syndrome,” which it defines as “any adverse reaction to gluten grains.”

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Gluten-Free and Carolina Rice Plantation

Gluten-Free and Carolina Rice Plantation

This company grows and mills not only rice & rice flour, but also corn, milling grits and corn meal. According to them their mill produces only those products, nothing else grown or milled on the farm. I did not asked what was grown nearby. With celiac disease you should be sure you have no cross contamination, if you […]

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Gluten-Free AMAZING resource for FOODS

Gluten-Free AMAZING resource for FOODS

Go to the below site and simply: Type Brand name in SEARCH BOX for a complete product listing. How easy is that! This Gluten Free Source is an on-line leader that exclusively sells gluten-free products: Offering gourmet, natural and organic, international, and ethnic products Secure site is loaded with 5,000+ gluten free products and 400 […]

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GlutenFreeSociety.org: Support for the Gluten-Free Community

GlutenFreeSociety.org: Support for the Gluten-Free Community

It may not be the only website geared toward helping people with gluten sensitivity, but according to its home page, it was the first of its kind. The Gluten Free Society is dedicated to “educating patients and doctors about gluten,” containing a variety of resources to accomplish just that, as well as encouragement and support […]

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The Gluten-Free Diet: Managing Nutritional Deficiencies

The Gluten-Free Diet: Managing Nutritional Deficiencies

Patients who are newly diagnosed with celiac disease often find that they have nutritional deficiencies, and what’s worse, gluten-free products are often low in B vitamins, calcium, vitamin D, iron, zinc, magnesium, and fiber and aren’t fortified in these nutrients. When Swedish researchers studied adult celiac patients who had been gluten-free for ten years, they […]

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Listen to My NABBW (National Association of Baby Boomer Women) Teleseminar on Celiac Disease

Listen to My NABBW (National Association of Baby Boomer Women) Teleseminar on Celiac Disease

I had the honor and pleasure of being featured in a NABBW (National Association of Baby Boomer Women) teleseminar on celiac disease with Anne Holmes, the “Boomer-in-Chief” of the NABBW, National Association of Baby Boomer Women. Follow the link below to have a listen or download the teleseminar as an MP3: http://attendthisevent.com/?eventid=14823489 Enjoy! Tina Turbin […]

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Gluten is Not the Real Problem?

Gluten is Not the Real Problem?

Is it really the GLUTEN? This is news everyone needs to really know to get a bit more advanced knowledge of gluten and celiac disease and please stay informed through the many radio shows on these topics. In my research and radio shows I find it is always helpful to add a bit more advanced […]

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LABELING REGULATIONS IN JEOPARDY NOW- URGENT ALERT

LABELING REGULATIONS IN JEOPARDY NOW- URGENT ALERT

URGENT ALERT… PROPOSED FOOD ALLERGEN/GLUTEN LABELING REGULATIONS IN JEOPARDY Celiac and allergy groups have joined together in response to the strong opposition of the beer industry over the proposed regulatory changes by Health Canada. Below are some of the press releases in the news: http://www.prweb.com/releases/Celiac-Disease-Allergens/Food-Beverage-Labelling/prweb4999184.htm Please pass this along to your colleagues and friends in […]

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A Celiac Nurse: Shelly Stuart’s Contribution to the Gluten-Free Community

A Celiac Nurse: Shelly Stuart’s Contribution to the Gluten-Free Community

The gluten-free diet poses many challenges and requires major lifestyle changes. Fortunately, we have many celiac veterans . . . striving to raise celiac awareness and diagnosis. One of these experienced, informed individuals is Shelly Stuart, a registered nurse . . .

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How Good is Legal Sea Foods at Handling Food Allergies?

How Good is Legal Sea Foods at Handling Food Allergies?

By Paul Antico of AllergyEats.com: When discussing which restaurants are the best at handling food allergies, two answers routinely come up in conversation. Up here in New England, Ming Tsai’s Blue Ginger in Wellesley, MA is one. Ming has been a pioneer in addressing patrons with food allergies ever since his first son was diagnosed […]

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Gluten-Free Baking Question

Gluten-Free Baking Question

Tina, I have a baking question for you…. How do you get the muffins to (basically) explode above the muffin cups? All of the muffins I have ever baked (GF or otherwise) just kinda go flat once they bake…making a hockey-puck shape…how do you get “THE muffin-top”??? I’ve tried ALL different kinds of things to […]

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Peanut Shells on the Floor No More

Peanut Shells on the Floor No More

  I was reading about Outback Steakhouse and their gluten-free menu the other day when my mind wandered back to my days as a stock analyst. In particular, I was thinking about the early 1990’s when I was a restaurant analyst. There was a “steakhouse boom” where chains such as Outback, Longhorn Steakhouse, and Lone […]

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Getting Enough Fiber in Your Gluten-Free Diet—Some Helpful Tips

Getting Enough Fiber in Your Gluten-Free Diet—Some Helpful Tips

As healthy as it is cutting out the gluten allergen from your diet, you may find yourself experiencing the effects of insufficient fiber. Rice flours and the starches commonly used in gluten-free diets are lower in fiber than many gluten-containing grains. It is important to realize and meet the challenge of getting enough fiber in […]

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Road Trips with Your Celiac Child

Road Trips with Your Celiac Child

For car trips, bring along a cooler or two with already-prepared gluten-free foods and snacks for your celiac child. Luckily for your child, there are more and more gluten-free snacks available which are perfect for road trips. For instance, you can order online various snacks such as gluten-free jerky, gluten-free potato puffs, and gluten-free popcorn. […]

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Celiac Disease Research Needs Support

Celiac Disease Research Needs Support

     Why is it that you and your doctors probably haven’t heard about celiac disease? Although the amount of research on celiac disease is growing, it depends entirely on the generosity of benefactors for its funding. Without these charitable donations, there would be no way to continue this research and the efforts to raise awareness. […]

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