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Desert Wind Skin Care and Emu Oil
(No chemicals, detergents, alcohols, solvents, parabens, or petroleum-based products.) Many people have sensitive skin and many of these sensitivities derive from basic allergies or from the fact that so many topicals, shampoos, and soaps are laden with chemicals. So, what’s emu oil have to do with all this? Read on. Celiacs or gluten-sensitive individuals can […]
Help Your Celiac Child Avoid Cross-Contamination
I can’t insist enough the importance of teaching your child about his own condition and cross-contamination. How much your child can absorb depends on his age and maturity level. You’ll be surprised by how much a child is capable of understanding, though. Even two-year-olds can practice “reading” labels with you at the grocery store. Practice […]
Treating Autism with Bentonite Clay
As a children’s author, researcher, and humanitarian, I have been growing increasingly alarmed at the growing rate of autism diagnosis. Whereas in the 1980s, a study shows that 4 in every 10,000 children exhibited signs of autism, a study conducted recently by Cambridge University’s Autism Research Center showed that approximately 1 in 60 children […]
1-2-3 Gluten-Free, is Thriving in the Gluten-Free Community
November 2011 Release: ShapeYou.com, the powerful and innovative health and fitness website, is proud to announce that 1-2-3 Gluten Free’s “Deliriously Delicious Devil’s Food Cake Mix” and “Micah’s Mouthwatering Corn Bread Mix” are winners of 2010 Top Gear of the Year Awards, its “Divinely Decadent Brownie Mix” and Chewy Chipless Scrumdelicious Cookie Mix” are winners of […]
The Top Five Tips on Raising Children with Food Allergies
I meet up with a number of wonderful people as a children’s author and due to being celiac myself this adds a whole new element to my wide range of friends. Jamie Eppenauer has a lot to offer the gluten-free community and I’d like to share some of that with you. Please enjoy what she […]
How Much Gluten is Too Much for Your Celiac Child?
The amount of gluten that can be tolerated varies among people with celiac disease. In general, research suggests that less than 10 milligrams (mg) of gluten daily is unlikely to cause significant damage to the intestines in most celiac people. However, these small amounts could still be enough to make a person feel unwell. […]
Tastes Like Real Food – News
Tastes Like Real Food, founded in 2007 by the Bosking family of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was purchased by Gluten-Free Trading Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a Midwestern family-owned business. The brand’s mission is the same, however—to help celiac and gluten-intolerant people enjoy GF foods that taste great! Perhaps you’re familiar with the Toro brand baking mixes, […]
Food Allergies – Response to “Times” Article
By Paul Antico, AllergyEats.com: Generally, I use the AllergyEats Blog solely to talk about food allergy and intolerance issues related to restaurants. However, the issue I bring up today is relevant in that it calls into question the prevalence of food allergies, which can have a direct effect on how seriously your waiter takes you […]
How Much Fiber Does Your Gluten-Sensitive Child Need?
Your child needs daily the number of his age in years plus 5 to 10 grams. For example, a 5-year-old would need between 10 and 15 grams of fiber (5 years plus 5 to 10 grams). There are plenty of ways to add fiber to his gluten-free diet by including high-fiber gluten-free grains such as […]
Gluten Free Getaways- Travel Safely Gluten-Free
This is a terrific site for gluten-free getaways and traveling. Many of the old timers( those familiar with the gluten-free arena) are well aware of Bob and Ruth’s. These two have done a tremendous job in pioneering this area and setting up incredible getaways we can do in the comfort of other who also need […]
RC Fine Foods Offers a Top-Quality Gluten-Free Line
In my work as an author, researcher, and gluten-free advocate, I search for ways to help manage a gluten-free lifestyle. In this search, as awareness about gluten intolerance increases in the United States, I’m finding that more and more companies are committing themselves to serving the gluten-free community. One such company, RC Fine Foods, […]
Probiotics: Dr. Fasano and Celiac Disease
As an author, researcher, and gluten-free advocate, I work to raise awareness for celiac disease and gluten intolerance because with increased awareness comes more research, more diagnoses, and even better treatments. I’d like to give you an example of how the work of just one researcher, Dr. Fasano of the Center for Celiac Research […]
Some Great Celiac Support Groups for Children and Families
In North America, celiac families have a range of choices of local chapters of The Gluten Intolerance Group, The Celiac Sprue Association, The Celiac Disease Foundation, The Canadian Celiac Association, and Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.). To find a nearby celiac support group, use a search engine and type in “celiac support groups” and […]
Avoiding Cross-Contamination: Learn How to Read Labels
Learning how to read labels is an absolute must. Before you go grocery shopping, make sure you’re alert and not hungry so you can read labels carefully. When you do purchase gluten-free products, buy those that have been “certified gluten-free.” The GFCO (Gluten Free Certification Organization) certifies products that have less than 10 ppm gluten, […]
This Gluten-Free Website Is A Nominee With Only 9 Others for Best Website Out of 6.5 Million Others!
I have never posted anything on this site asking for help to anyone in the GF arena ever before, yet due to the circumstances I feel the need. We all can “win” in the gluten-free and celiac domain, with that which I am sharing with you below. Afilias, the owners of the .INFO chose my gluten-free help website […]
How much are we worth? – The “Veto Vote”
By Paul Antico, AllergyEats.com: In a prior blog entry entitled “USA Today survey suggests food allergy sufferers find socializing tricky,” I suggested that restaurateurs would cater more and more to the food allergy and Celiac Disease community due to simple economics and the natural profit motive. So I thought it might be worthwhile to use my […]
NFCA Proposes FDA Gluten Labeling Requirements for Medications
If you’ve been on a gluten-free diet for a while, you’ve probably come to know many of the gluten-free foods that are safe to eat as well as which ones to avoid, through knowledge of what foods naturally contain gluten, familiarity with various food brands and companies, and the know-how of acquiring information […]
Consider Getting Your Celiac Child to Connect to a Celiac Support Group
First, a celiac support group will help you establish for you and your celiac child a network of celiac people who will be there for you in a welcoming, compassionate environment—with gluten-free refreshments, of course. Imagine what it would feel like if you and your child had a circle of friends to get together […]
Flourless Chocolate Cake
This is one of my favorite, standby desserts. It’s a Flourless Chocolate Cake that is super-simple to make and never fails to please guests, whether they’re gluten-free or not. Carol Fenster Read Carol’s in depth and personal interview now! Printed with permission from 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes by Carol Fenster (Wiley, 2008) 2 cups whole […]
Accurate Home Test for Celiac Disease
Looking to get tested for celiac disease? Conventional testing methods, such as intestinal biopsies and blood testing, can often be inaccurate. However, now you can bypass a doctors visit and test yourself for the disease with one-hundred-percent accurate DNA testing. How does it work? A test kit is mailed to one’s home which doesn’t require […]
