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Can Celiac Disease Be Diagnosed on a Gluten-Free Diet?
Can Celiac Disease Be Diagnosed on a Gluten-Free Diet? Many of you write to me wondering if there is a test capable of diagnosing Celiac disease (CD) after you have stopped eating gluten. It’s a...
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Cheating on Your Gluten-Free Diet is Cheating on Your Health
Cheating on Your Gluten-Free Diet is Cheating on Your Health Are you ever tempted to cheat? Does walking past a bakery filled with gluten-full foods leave you feeling frustrated and deprived? How...
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America is Addicted and We’re Fed Up
The addiction? Sugar. Don’t believe me? Check out these not-so-sweet stats shared in the film and backed by science: Americans’ sugar intake from 1977 to 2000 doubled. In 2008, there were no cases of...
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Is Gluten Sensitivity Real?
Recently, headlines like Gluten Sensitivity is BullSh*t, Gluten ‘Sensitivity’ Probably Not a Real Condition and Gluten Intolerance May Be Completely Fake are cropping up all over the internet. I’m...
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What You Need to Know about Dairy Products and Iron Absorption
What You Need to Know about Dairy Products and Iron Absorption Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is the most common type of anemia, and according to the World Health Organization, it is the most common and...
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What does “20 parts per million” mean when you’re gluten-free?
As of August 5, 2014, foods labeled “gluten-free” must contain less than 20 ppm gluten, according to the US Food and Drug Association (FDA) ruling on gluten-free labeling. Read why I say the ruling is...
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Reality Check: Dining out Gluten-Free
Dining out should be a positive, relaxing experience. But what if you were met with an eye roll when you mentioned to the server that you have celiac disease? That doesn’t exactly instill a level of...
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Elimination Diet 101 for Discovering Food Allergies and Intolerances
We hear it often in food allergy circles – If you think you’re allergic to a food, just do an elimination diet. What I find is, while we toss the term around freely, many are confused about exactly...
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What You Need to Know about Wheat Allergy
Photo used with permission from Robin R. Buckallew, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. Technically, any food can cause an allergic reaction; however, in the United States, eight foods (peanuts,...
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Facts about Food Allergy versus Food Intolerance
The Numbers are Staggering. An estimated fifteen million Americans have at least one food allergy. Of that number, three million are believed to be children. While those numbers are large (and seem to...
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Is Your Sluggish Lymphatic System Making You Fat?
Weight Gain is Common for Individuals with Celiac Disease Research in the American Journal of Gastroenterology indicates weight gain is common in those diagnosed with celiac disease (CD), even after...
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What You Need to Know about Celiac Disease and Dental Health
What You Need to Know about Celiac Disease and Dental Health According to Dr. Alessio Fasano, founder and director of the Center for Celiac Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, dental issues...
View ArticleUndiagnosed Celiac Disease and Infertility
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Put on Your Parachute and Stop Being Afraid of Living Gluten-Free
Everyone’s afraid of something. Cockroaches scare the beejeezus out of me. If only you could see my special “dance” when I cross paths with a creepy cucaracha. Dreamy squeals like a child if a spider...
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Lupin and Peanut Allergy
We’ve been sampling all sorts of gluten-free products here in France. If you know me – either in real life or via this blog – you already know I’m not an advocate of consuming significant amounts of...
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Facts Behind Research that Claims Celiacs Can Eat Gluten
In May 2012, I wrote this article explaining the science behind the drug in development by Alvine Pharmaceutical that is designed to degrade gluten, thus allowing individuals with celiac disease to...
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5 Foods that Speed Recovery When You Get Glutened
One of the most popular posts I’ve ever shared is 6 Steps to Ease Symptoms When You Get Glutened. It makes sense, too, because when someone with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity consumes gluten...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Emotions: Applying the 5 Stages of Grief to Your Celiac...
I’m excited to to partner with I’m Free to share information, articles and recipes about living with celiac disease. Be sure to follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Understanding the...
View ArticleThe 8 Most-Asked Questions About the Gluten-Free Diet
If you haven’t heard the term “gluten-free” at least once today, you may not be interacting with the outside world, because the gluten-free diet seems to be on the tip of every tongue lately. But is...
View ArticleThe Danger of Misinformation about Celiac (or any) Disease
I post at least once daily on the Gluten Free Gigi Facebook page. I aim to share a good mix of my own gluten-free, allergen-free recipes and Smart Nutrition Backed by Science articles, as well as...
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