GlutenWatchers

Food cultures & traditions across the world are rich with healthy, natural ways of eating. Our ancestors also knew that in order to survive, they will need to extract the maximum nutrition out of their foods, especially when food was not as plentiful nor healthcare as advanced. And so one will find fermented foods abound in every major culture. What are your favorite fermented food recipes?
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Making gluten-free baklava with hand rolled GF filo. This recipe uses sugar & yeast, though, so may not work for celiacs avoiding these two ingredients. If you have an alternate recipe for baklava, do post it in the comments section below. (You will need to register on this site to post comments, but we assure you, it is a quick process).

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• Gut Bacteria Offer New Hope for People with Celiac Disease
  Probiotics and/or prebiotics may help alleviate the severity of celiac disease. According to a new research study, intestinal bacteria in celiac patients.
• Watching our pet’s diet, is gluten affecting them too
  People don’t generally think that the food they feed their pets not only affects their pets, but also impacts their lives as well..
• Milk, wheat-free diet may not help autism: US studyA popular diet that eliminates wheat and milk protein does not appear to help children with autism, but early behavioral treatments do, researchers reported on Wednesday.
• Gluten intolerance is rising Is it our imagination, or are gluten intolerance, and dietary disorders in general, increasingly in the news? Does this mean they’re on the rise?
  The answers are yes and yes, according to experts.
• Gluten Proofing kids Recently, her teacher approached us with the idea that perhaps Georgia had something going on with her diet, possibly a gluten intolerance that was lending to her behavior. She kept insisting that maybe gluten was the culprit. So being the responsible parents we are, we set out to eliminate gluten from our household.

• C-section increases celiac risk
  Individuals diagnosed with celiac disease early in their childhood are more likely to be born through cesarean section, a new study finds. More links: Do C-sections increase risk of celiac?, But study found no link between cesarean births, other inflammatory bowel condition
• Diet not the issue with autism
  A popular diet that eliminates wheat and milk protein does not appear to help children with autism, but early behavioral treatments do, researchers reported.
• Celiac disease requires special diet for health – not weight loss
• Learning a different way to eat MOUNT VERNON — Four years ago, at the age of 6, Twin Oak fourth-grader Lauren Keaton was diagnosed with celiac disease. Grocery shopping, food preparation and eating out suddenly became much more complicated for her and her family.
• A new book Celiac Disease Patients Empowered To Get Healthy In New Book From The AGA from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) offers broad and practical knowledge on celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, empowering those who are undiagnosed and those living with the disease to achieve the best possible health and well-being. Celiac disease is one of the most common autoimmune and gastrointestinal diseases. More than 95 percent of all people with …Read More >>

Hi fellow celiacs! We are very excited to launch our new project Gluten Watchers app: a web application for simplified gluten-free living. Given the challenges that celiacs face day after day, we feel that bringing focused & meaningful information to fellow celiacs would be very welcome. The amazing amount of fragmented information across all media regarding celiac is another reason we cooked up this idea: we want to weed out all that is unnecessary, & bring you key information wherever you are, & on desktops, laptops, as well as mobile phones. We have launched our funding drive for this project at http://kck.st/ds5RaF. We would love for you to share this link with friends, as well as to donate to support this project now. We also welcome your comments about how we can make this app more useful to you, so do write your comments below this post.

Celiac Disease is truly an international disease. Cases are emerging from assorted countries around the world. If you would like to contact a resource in your country, check out this list of celiac organizations:
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Celiac Disease continues to be under-diagnosed in the United States. Part of the problem may have to do with the large variety of symptoms that patients present. The popular press usually states that diarrhea is a predominant among celiac patients, & yet it turns out that constipation in widely present in the celiac population. JAAPA (The Journal of American Academy of Physician Assistants) has published a report of common signs & symptoms of Celiac.
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In this media-saturated world, everything under the sun is put into a strait-jacket & presented to the world for their consumption. So if you are a celiac, well, there is a plethora of gluten-free goods out there, more & more restaurants are offering GF menus, so there…buy gluten-free, dine at GF places, & you are good.
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Makes for a great light lunch or dinner when you want to go easy on the grains & carbs. Top with a grated cheese of your choice to make it more filling.
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A quick-start guide for the newly diagnosed celiac.
As you may know, diet plays a key role in your celiac condition. That means that you will need to be aware of everything you eat, going forward. Reading food labels is key to eating safe. The US Food & Drug Administration requires that all food products be clearly labeled if they contain any of the 8 common allergens: tree nuts (such as almonds, cashews, walnuts), peanuts, eggs, fish, shellfish, wheat, milk, & soy.
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