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 [...]
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. Read [...]
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 cater [...]
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 [...]
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. Read More Here addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wheatintolerance.org%2Ffoods-containing-gluten%2Fare-mindbody-techniques-useful-for-those-on-a-gluten-free-diet’; addthis_title = ‘Are+Mind%2FBody+Techniques+Useful+for+Those+on+a+Gluten-Free+Diet%3F’; addthis_pub [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you’re like me, there are still a handful of comfort foods that can cause the wheat cravings to hit full-force if you so much as think of them, and waffles are near the top of that list. Try these delicious gluten-free, dairy-free waffles on a frosty Sunday morning – I think the texture is [...]
Custom Choice Cereal is a new company which offers you the chance to make your own “designer” breakfast cereal free of foods containing gluten. You can add dried fruit, seeds, and nuts to one of several gluten-free cereal bases, then name your creation and have a bag (or several) shipped to your door. It will [...]
Soon, you won’t have to wonder even if you buy generic OTC meds. Generic giant Perrigo, which manufactures store brands for major retailers such as Walmart, Kroger, Walgreens, and many more, has announced its intention to institute a gluten-free labelling program in Jauary 2010. Perrigo says that the program will cover all of its most [...]