Gluten allergies are relatively common. Some studies indicate that 1 in 167 apparently healthy children (0.6%) and 1 in 111 adults (0.9%) have a gluten allergy. When people with gastrointestinal complaints were studied, 1 in 40 children (2.5%) and 1 in 30 adults (3.3%) were found to have a gluten allergy. This makes a gluten allergy quite common, especially when people with chronically uncomfortable guts are considered.
Gluten allergy symptoms may be similar to the symptoms for celiac disease. In either case, management involved avoiding gluten. Still, I highly recommend you get a test for celiac to rule out this disease. If you have a gluten allergy, you don’t need to worry about tiny amounts of gluten in your diet as long as you feel OK.. On the other hand, if you have celiac disease, you must eliminate all gluten, even if you feel OK.
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Baking without nuts, dairy and especially eggs can be a real challenge. A new bakery cookbook will help solve this problem.
The Divvies Bakery Cookbook by Lori Sandler recently crossed my desk. It is thoughtfully organized into several sections to suit a variety of baking needs.
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Gluten free diet benefits can include a reduction or elimination of anemia symptoms, particularly if you have celiac disease.
Anemia is a possible symptom of celiac disease. If you have celiac disease and you eat gluten, the villi in the small intestine become truncated or shortened. This greatly reduces absorption of nutrients.
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Starch under microscope in polorized light
Food starch can be a source of gluten, which is a problem for celiacs and those with a gluten allergy.
There are many types of food starch. How do you know if the starch added to the food you want to eat is safe for your gluten-free diet or not?
Food labeling laws in Canada differ from those in the USA – this article helps with food products for sale in the USA.
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Wheat starch under a microscope
Food starch can break your gluten free diet, if the starch is made from wheat or other gluten-containing grains.
Current labeling laws in Canada make it difficult to be sure how pure starch is when listed in food ingredients.
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Gluten free oats are available. Are they safe for celiacs? While some recommend GF oats to celiacs, others say oat gluten is too similar to wheat gluten.
Its a little hard to know who to believe. Certainly, seeing “gluten-free” on any package of food makes someone with celiac disease or a gluten allergy reach for it with a reflex action reserved for those with a restrictive diet.
In this article, we will look at the case for and against eating oats by those with celiac disease or with a gluten allergy.
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Cooking for a gluten free diet can seem daunting at first because everything seems different. Don’t be afraid of failure, you’ll soon be gluten free diet wiz cook!
When faced with a gluten free diet for the first time, many people think “I can’t eat anything! What am I going to eat now?” Faced with new ingredients and new recipes, many fear their new culinary creations will fail.
Actually, starting a gluten free diet is the start of a new culinary adventure, and a healthy one too!
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Allergy medication Benadryl is used by many to reduce allergy symptoms. A recent recall of the allergy medication is inconvenient.
The recall seems to focus on Benadryl Allergy UltraTab packages containing 100 pills.
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Gluten free diet benefits are huge for those with celiac disease or a gluten allergy. But feedback is not immediate. How to stop eating gluten?
Avoiding gluten is a real struggle: we are used to eating wheat-based foods – it seems like almost everything is either made of wheat, or has wheat in it. This isn’t really true of course, but when you are trying to avoid gluten, that’s all you see everywhere: wheat, barley, oats and rye as far as the eye can see!
I’ll tell you about a method I have used to avoid gluten and stay on a gluten-free diet.
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Eliminating dust from your home is a boring but necessary task, especially if you have a dust allergy.
I was reminded of this fact recently when I moved into my sister’s place for a month to do some house sitting.
My sister is not known for her diligent housekeeping skills; on the contrary, if I were ever to enter her house and find everything spic and span, I’d be shocked and a bit worried.
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