You feel awful most of the time. You’re tired, achy, and it seems like you’ve either got diarrhea or constipation almost constantly. Maybe your skin itches and flakes, or you get unexplained rashes or hives. You may even throw up occasionally, for no obvious reason. If you’ve sought medical help for your problems, you might [...]
How excited am I this morning? I’ve just found the first recipe for gluten-free pancakes I’ve ever tried that’s actually worth the effort. Even better, it’s not only gluten-free, it’s paleo diet compliant… and it only has three ingredients. Yes, three. Are you ready? Good– you won’t regret it, I promise. Go to your kitchen [...]
In an era when many mainstream doctors publicly denounce the health benefits of diets free of foods containing gluten except in the case of clinically diagnosed celiac disease, it’s refreshing to hear Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the wildly popular South Beach Diet, state publicly that many of the benefits his followers experience come from [...]
What does eating fat have to do with wheat intolerance? The modern western diet is high in fat, but that is not, in itself, a problem. While experts decry cholesterol intake, they ignore the very real and growing problem of omega 3,6 fatty acid imbalance. These days, it’s trendy to eat foods high in PUFAs [...]
A recent paper published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics suggests that middle aged women with celiac disease may have up to 50 times the risk of the general population for also having a condition called microscopic colitis– an inflammatory condition which causes persistent, watery diarrhea. Because of the difficulty in diagnosing microscopic colitis during regular [...]
After almost two million years spent as nomadic hunter-gatherers, our ancestors learned about ten thousand years ago that they could grow certain types of plants under cultivation to feed themselves, and agriculture was born. Most schoolchildren know that agriculture allowed humans to congregate in cities, paving the way for the vast civilizations that span the [...]
I recently had a very interesting and disturbing revelation about my own health and tribulations with food intolerance, including wheat intolerance. I have been on the birth control pill for about thirteen years, and am now pushing forty years old. For much of that thirteen years, I’ve struggled with numerous health problems, the most notable [...]
The line between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and wheat intolerance symptoms can seem very blurry. IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning it only applies after other diagnosable conditions have been eliminated. Because the symptoms of IBS can be very similar to celiac disease, celiac disease is one of the diseases which must be investigated [...]
Celiac.com has put together a resource list of wheat free recipes, free of foods containing gluten, just in time for Easter and Passover. Need a recipe for gluten-free matzoh? This is your place. Gluten and dairy-free challah? They’ve got it. Delicious desserts safe for people with wheat intolerance? Check. Read more here… addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wheatintolerance.org%2Fwheat-free-recipes%2Fceliac-coms-wheat-free-recipes-for-easter-passover’; [...]
In a move which will benefit those with wheat intolerance and other dietary issues, Iowa-based supermarket chain Hy-Vee has announced that it intends to offer customers access to a registered dietitian in every Hy-Vee store, large or small. The chain already employs 135 in-store dietitians, but in some areas, that means there may be only [...]