Every day news is made regarding celiac disease and its only treatment: a gluten free diet. Whether it is information about gluten free foods, recipes, scientific research, school tips, eating out, or the basics about the disease symptoms that come with having celiac, we talk about and report on it here using reliable sources and key experts to create great content.
If you have celiac disease, a non-celiac gluten sensitivity or are eating gluten free for other reasons, our one goal is to empower you with information to live a healthy gluten free life.
The economy may keep you from traveling, but you should never let the gluten-free diet keep you from exploring places near and far; including over spring break. If you’re thinking about it, here are some hints and tips I found to help you plan a great spring break getaway.
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Want a new take on the french fry for the celiac in your life? It’s an easy recipe using ingredients you might already have in your house!
It can be a lot of fun to go skiing over spring break. So here are some suggestions on staying gluten free while you hit the slopes.
Gluten-Free Consumer Alert! Nature’s Path continued it’s voluntary recall this week with several products, including the EnviroKidz Organic Crispy Rice Peanut Choco Drizzle Bars. This recall, as with the one last week, is connected to the peanut/peanut butter recalls happening nationwide as a result of salmonella contamination related to the Peanut Corporation of America. The Food and Drug Administration issued a news release on the recall today. It includes products sold in the US and Canada. If you have this product, you are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. No known illnesses have happened as a result of this product. For more information including dates, UPC codes, visit the Food and Drug Administration.
The fear of cross-contamination among french fries when dining out is very real for celiacs. Recently, I received a lot of feedback on great places where you can actually find gluten-free french fries! Yum! You may have your own place, but this post may just broaden your horizons
The peanut-related food safety issue hits another gluten free product this morning — Glutenfreeda’s Peanut Envy frozen cookie dough.
When you go out for a gluten-free meal — do you ever feel like you’re getting the whole thing? I mean my kid has been bread-less and sometimes salad-less for years every time we go out. And if your an adult — you can add on beer-less. Until now… there is a great pizza place in the northern suburbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota, where you get the whole meal. Check out my review of Michello’s…
Those potatoes start out gluten-free. They even stay that way when they’re cut up into fries. But often at US restaurants they end up with gluten — usually from the oil. A lesson my exchange student learned — the hard way.
There are a lot of rumblings out there about at-home celiac tests. They’re already available in Canada and the US FDA could follow suit, someday. But are they worth it? Here’s what researchers have to say in a new study.
