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Are Gluten-Free Products Healthier?

For those with celiac disease, the explosion of gluten-free products is a boon. You can go into any grocery store, health-food specialty or not, and find a wealth of tasty products that are gluten free, from cereal to cherry pie. In sufferers, gluten can trigger a reaction in which the immune system attacks the lining of the small intestine. There is no treatment other than to avoid products that contain gluten, a common protein mixture in certain grains including wheat, rye and barley flour. If left untreated, celiac disease may cause life-threatening cancers. For people who have had celiac disease … Continue reading →

Free eBooks For Your Kindle – Week of January 26, 2012

Are you an avid reader? Do you love your Kindle? You might not love spending money to download books onto it. That is not a problem, though, because Amazon is always offering a selection of free ebooks that you can legally download onto your Kindle reader. Free is good! This week, (and last week), there appear to be quite a few free Kindle ebooks that are cookbooks. Many are for gluten-free diets, and others are for “healthy food” in general. Other books focus on food in a way that makes it safe for people with special dietary needs. Gluten Free … Continue reading →

What Kinds of Foods Don’t Have Gluten?

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One of the things that people who have gluten allergies must do is learn about the types of foods that do not contain gluten. I have other food allergies, so I knew the process that would be involved in making this discovery. Realizing that I had to avoid foods with gluten meant relearning what was “safe” for me to eat. After doing some research about all of the foods that contain gluten I was left with the distinct impression that there was no longer anything left that would be safe for me to eat. It felt as though everything contained … Continue reading →

What Kinds of Foods Contain Gluten?

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I recently discovered that I am allergic to gluten. Despite having many other food allergies, this newly revealed one had me a bit perplexed. I knew that I needed to avoid foods that contained gluten from now on. The problem was that I had no idea what sorts of foods had gluten in them. It was time to find out! Years ago, I had allergy testing done. At the time, I was informed that I had allergies to wheat, (and a few other grains). This was ages ago, long before the phrase “gluten allergy” was all over the news. At … Continue reading →

A Gluten-Free Diet for Rheumatoid Arthritis

You might not think about a gluten-free diet unless you have celiac disease (gluten allergy). Swedish researchers want you to think again — especially if you have rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. A recent study from Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden looked at diet in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers divided rheumatoid arthritis sufferers into two groups: one group ate a vegan and gluten-free diet (vegetables, fruits, nuts, no wheat proteins, and no animal products like meat, cheese, or eggs); one … Continue reading →

A Simplified Look at Gluten-Free and/or Casein-Free Diets for Autistic Kids

If you start to delve into the massive amount of information available on dietary restrictions for your autistic child, you might initially be overwhelmed. How can you determine what should be eliminated from your child’s diet, and what shouldn’t? Or is diet even a factor you should be concerned with? All over the internet, you’ll find testimonials from parents who have eliminated one substance or another (or several) and observed marked improvement in their son or daughter’s behaviors. But are these parents only seeing what they want to see? Will dietary restrictions really help your child? It’s hard to know … Continue reading →

September 13 is National Celiac Awareness Day

Did you know that National Celiac Awareness Day is September 13? There are many ways that you can celebrate Celiac Awareness Day with the members of your family who must stay gluten-free. The date was selected to honor the birthday of Samuel Gee MD, a British physician and pediatrician who published the first clinical description of celiac disease, and to connect the disease with diet. Celiac disease affects about 1% of the population. It is a genetic condition that causes the body to be unable to tolerate gluten. Gluten is a protein that is found in wheat, rye, barley, all … Continue reading →

Favorite Healthy Find: Happy Belly Bags

Finding healthy food that tastes great and falls in line with food intolerances is a challenge. There are plenty of foods on the market made specifically for dietary needs but not many that tempt the taste buds. It was Sarah Rothrock’s mission to find healthy food suitable to dietary needs that tasted great. She succeeded in her quest and started a company called Happy Belly Bags. Happy Belly Bags started in November of 2010 by Sarah who suffered with food intolerances. Her company provides high quality and great tasting foods for those on strict diets by choice or for medical … Continue reading →

Business Idea: Personal Chef

If you can save someone time and tend to their needs you will have the beginnings of a successful home business. One such business could be a personal chef. A personal chef can prepare and cook meals in a person’s home or their own kitchen and deliver the food. You can specialize in different types of cooking for special diets or an expertise such as French cooking, etc. Market yourself to work exclusively for one family or for several if you plan to find a niche. Ideas to find your niche: Gluten Free Vegan Vegetarian Diabetic Cooking Portion Control Low … Continue reading →

Vegetable Chili

Chili is one of those foods which is excellent for boosting your metabolism, something which is very handy if you are trying to lose weight. It is also a warming food and good for autumn and winter nights. I made this the other night when the weather, which had been hot here, took a sudden dive in temperature. It was just the thing for a cool night. An added advantage is this dish is filling, plus if you make twice as much as you need then it can easily be reheated for a quick meal. For those on special diets … Continue reading →