I suppose sharing the purpose of this trip might explain why Mike and I drove a good 1,000 miles in under a week. Mike is applying to schools for Nutrition, but at the same time we are looking to get out of our Home state of New York. He applied to a few schools, and Read More …
Make Gluten-Free Food Safe for Patients and ConsumersThis call to action, from Representative Nita Lowey, and Doctor Alessio Fasano, is a wonderful piece of political advocacy for gluten free labeling laws. The two put it plain and simple why GF labeling is a must, and urge the government to act quickly on lingering laws that Read More …
Happy Easter and Passover weekend everyone! Have you seen my Gluten Free Passover and Easter Recipe Round up? There is still time to sneak in a delicious gluten free meal! Here is this week’s GF News! Is Wheat Breeding Really Driving Higher Rates of Celiac Disease?This is a topic I’ve already touched on, but I love Read More …
Do you find that you feel healthier when you cut out fast foods? What about when you limit salt? Well there just might be something to that, especially if you are predisposed to autoimmune diseases… Higher salt diets are all too common in western cultures in part due to our reliance on processed and fast Read More …
Being gluten free in western society often introduces us to new grains which are foreign to many westerners but not so foreign to others around the world. For me, one of those grains was Quinoa. At first its use confused me, but once I got into the hang of it it quickly became a staple to my Read More …
I stumbled across this article “Envisioning an End to the Gluten-Free Diet?” thanks to Jule’s Gluten Free and truly needed to share as an elaboration to the many articles I’ve reviewed in my weekly Gluten Free New’s Round Ups. The article discusses the current research seeking to ‘cure’, or find ways around, a medically required gluten Read More …
Being the daughter of a cancer survivor, and a lover of Hard Ciders before being gluten free, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share with you this new product from Woodchuck Cider. Woodchuck Cider just released a new Private Reserve called Pink. The sales of this new cider, which has a pink hue to it, Read More …
A Therapeutic Pill for Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance? Researchers from the University of California at Davis and the University of Washington have discovered a naturally occurring enzyme that breaks down gluten to a non damaging level in those without Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance, but not for those with the conditions. This article discusses that using Read More …
I was recently sent this article from a friend with Gluten Intolerance which discusses the Lesley University and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Agreement. For those not familiar, students sued Lesley University because their required meal plans offered limited options for those with Celiac Disease and food allergies. Through the ADA, the students won the Read More …
I am not sure if I’ve mentioned this in a previous post, although I believe I did, but for the past year since February 1st 2012 Mike and I have been Pescatarian. We decided to cut out meat, rather than meat and fist, for a multitude of reasons: 1. The rising concerns about non-labeling of Read More …
