Travel tips for those with Celiac Disease
July 25, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under 12, Diets and Dieting, Food and Drink, Travel and Health
For most of us, travelling requires simple things – some money, a passport, a full tank of gas. But for those with celiac disease or gluten intolerance, travel becomes a little more complicated.
To make life on the road easier for those dealing with celiac disease and gluten intolerance, Lisa A. Lundy, author of The Super Allergy Girl: Allergy & Celiac Cookbook -From A Mother Who Knows, has put together a short video full of useful tips and ideas.
Book Review: Healthier Without Wheat
July 21, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Book Reviews, Diets and Dieting, Food and Drink
Wheat. It’s the mainstay of the modern Western diet. It’s in almost everything you eat, from pasta to bread, cookies, cakes, pizza, flour tortillas, etc, etc, etc.
But wheat is also one of the major problems of modern Western diet.
This book Healthier Without Wheat, explains why. Written by Dr. Stephen Wagner, a nationally recognized expert in the field of gluten intolerance, it provides not only the history of wheat consumption but also the reasons why, for millions of people, it is the root of all their digestive problems.
Gluten intolerance is one of the most overlooked and frequently unrecognized of today’s medical conditions, …read more
Celiac Disease on the Rise
July 14, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Food and Drink, Prevention
According to a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Gastroenterology journal Celiac disease is four times more common today than it was 50 years ago.
Using subjects at Warren Warren Air Force Base (AFB) in Wyoming between 1948 and 1954, the Mayo Clinic study tested blood samples for the antibody that people with celiac disease produce in reaction to gluten. They then compared those results with two sets more recently collected samples from Olmsted County, Minnesota.
The results indicated that today’s young adults are 4.5 times more likely to be suffering from celiac disease than those in the 1950s.
People with celiac …read more
