Gluten allergy and celiac disease have many important differences and similarities. In this article, we will focus on the differences between them.
Although both conditions are triggered by eating gluten, and many of the symptoms are the same, two key differences between gluten allergy and celiac disease are damage to the body caused by gluten, and chances of being ‘cured’.
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Cross-contamination is a serious issue for people with allergies. An allergen may not be intentionally added to your food, but it could get there by mistake. This article highlights the cross-contamination issue, what to watch for, and how to avoid it.
Cross-contamination, as far as food allergies is concerned, is when the food you are allergic to accidentally and unintentionally gets added to your dish. Depending on how sensitive you are to a particular food, this can be a serious problem that you have to watch out for.
If you have a gluten allergy, peanut allergy, shellfish allergy, or any other allergy to which you are sensitive and have a strong reaction to, then you have to watch out for cross-contamination. The more sensitive you are, the more you have to worry about it.
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Is the gluten free diet a fad or a truly important healthful diet? I have two opposing opinions, both of which are probably right.
I have been gluten-free for over twenty years, so you can be sure that for me, this diet is not a fad. However “everyone” seems to be jumping on the gluten-free bandwagon these days. Gluten-free is main stream. Is this a good thing? Yes and no. Here’s why I think this: [click to continue…]
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Getting started with a gluten-free diet may seem difficult or overwhelming at first, but it is easier than you think. Here is some advice on starting with a gluten-free diet.
In this article we will look at:
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Avoiding gluten is a challenge but can be done very successfully. Here is a list of gluten-containing ingredients so that you know what to avoid.
This may seem like a long list. There are many types of wheat especially, and several forms of barely as well. Wheat, barely, oats and rye, especially the first two, can be processed in may ways to produce different basic ingredients.
The best way to scan a list of ingredients is to know what ingredients translate to gluten, and also know what is not gluten. With these two things in mind, you can quickly scan a list of ingredients and determine if the food is gluten-free or not.
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Controlling Allergy symptoms could be summarized as making you feel normal again. How do you feel normal again when you discover your allergies?
The idea for this article came from Daniel, who writes:
I think this has been my health issues. I consume rice,beef and barley everyday…..
How can I be clean of all this to feel normal again??
Here is my advice:
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Diagnosing a suspected gluten sensitivity, (intolerance, allergy or celiac disease), can be tricky, especially without health insurance. Here are a few tips.
There are two major approaches: tests and following an elimination diet (self-testing). Both have pros and cons, as you will discover in this article.
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Gluten free diet books provide great information for those with celiac disease or gluten allergy. This article lists a few of my favorites.
Click link for each book to purchase from Amazon.
The Gluten-Free Bible by Jax Peteres Lowell. Covers a wide range of issues from attitude to shopping to dealing with family members.
The Gluten Connection by Shari Lieberman covers the many health effects of gluten for those with celiac disease and gluten allergy. It also covers how to go gluten free and coping with cooking.
Wheat Belly by William Davis. This is a very popular book that looks at the connection between wheat and poor health. It looks at neither celiac nor gluten allergy but proposes that wheat is bad for your health generally. It has a small section on avoiding wheat but mostly looks at the negative health effects of wheat. There is a separate cookbook called Wheat Belly Cookbook which I have not tried and so cannot comment on.
This is by no means a comprehensive list of books about gluten free living. See also Food Allergy Cook Books on this site.
If you have suggestions for favorite books, please leave a comment, including the name and author of the book and what specifically it covers.
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This is a list of gluten-free brands that should be avoided because you cannot rely on the brand alone as a guide to eating gluten-free.
Some gluten-free brands cannot be trusted. While they boldly proclaim their gluten-free products, they have others that contain wheat with similar packaging and labeling. This is very confusing if you tend to rely on a brand based from previous experience. I talk about this in the article Gluten Free Brands that Can’t Be Trusted.
It is important that reliably gluten-free brands be supported, and that the rest either learn to become trustworthy quickly, or disappear from the market. While some people may be going gluten-free because it is a fad, I think the majority are in it for live due to celiac disease or a gluten allergy. We can’t afford to make compromises.
I’m starting a list of gluten-free brands that cannot be trusted. I will add more as I come across them. Please leave a comment with brands you find our unreliable, and I will add them to the list. Remember to include in which country they are available.
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