Wheat Intolerance

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 have [...]

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.
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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 one [...]

A wonderful new site for food allergy sufferers launched this week, but it needs your input to make it work.
Run, don’t walk, over to www.allergyeats.com, and register (it’s free, of course), then rate any local restaurants that you’ve visited lately. This site aims to provide a database of people’s experiences with restaurants nationwide. Did Mom’s [...]

From Foodprocessing.com:
Second-generation replacement of trans fats and the removal of glutens continue to dominate product development activity in the baked goods category of the food industry.

Yes, gluten free. While many observers (ourselves included) have been waiting several years for this trend to live up to expectations, it finally may be hitting stride.
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Food is such a huge part of our culture that a serious problem with foods containing gluten can seem like a jail sentence. What do you say when your friends, family, or co-workers want to go out to a restaurant? True, in some major cities you can find a handful of restaurants which specifically [...]

Every parent of a child with wheat intolerance or celiac disease worries about accidental exposure to gluten. Foods containing gluten seem to be everywhere. But food isn’t the only potential source of gluten exposure.
One source that you may not have thought of is– of all things– fingerpaints. Yes, fingerpaints generally contain gluten, and with children [...]

No two ways about it – adhering to a strict gluten-free diet is stressful.
Now, a team of leading gastroenterologists at Rush have designed a new study to find out if mind/body techniques can help people with celiac disease adhere to this very strict diet.
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Celiac sufferers have long wondered if their condition runs in families, placing their children at risk for the disease. Only in the last few years has it been practical to have genetic testing done… but is it worth it to do so?
Here’s the low-down:
95% of people who are positively diagnosed with celiac disease via alternate [...]

The New York Times has a very nice Q&A style article on gluten-free living and celiac disease. Much of the information will also be of interest to those with wheat intolerance and wheat allergy symptoms.
 
Gluten Free for the Holidays, and Beyond
 
Dr. Sheila Crowe, a professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology in the department [...]