How much is too much gluten? If you accidentally get a crumb of regular bread on your toast — will you throw it away or eat it anyway thinking it won’t hurt you? This post explores what may happen when a person with celiac disease, or their caretaker, isn’t cautious enough about cross contamination.
Part two in a series of posts stemming from a survey about tweens and teens and their diagnoses. This one explores the impact a celiac diagnosis can have on the entire family. See what people said were the biggest impacts on their lives.
I remember being a new parent of a celiac child and then getting pregnant with baby #2. When she was born we were very careful about not introducing gluten for the first year…but was that necessary? New information is out on introducing food allergens and that led me to research the latest information on introducing gluten to our children’s diets.
The Chicago Tribune’s story about food allergens — specifically Wellshire Farms gluten-free products allegedly containing some gluten in them — is a hot topic in the celiac community. Today I pose the question about grocery stores. Without a recall, is the store obligated to take any action to protect customers? I checked in with a few of my local stores to see what they’re doing about this issue.
I put my money where my mouth is. I said we should write to our members of Congress about the flaws in the food labeling and testing system revealed by the Chicago Tribune recently. I did just that..writing to both of my Senators on the Agriculture Committee, and asking for help.
I don’t understand why manufacturers suddenly add gluten-containing ingredients to a perfectly good product. It just happened to me. A product I’ve been using for years suddenly has wheat in it. Why does this happen? I have a theory….
