Gluten Free Restaurants

Often, a gluten free diet is implemented for those suffering from Coeliac disease. That’s just the way our culture thinks; If they’re eating a gluten-free diet, then they must have been diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Those diagnosed with Coeliac disease typically have a heightened sensitivity to gluten-filled products, such as wheat and barley. By removing gluten from the idea, sufferers of Coeliac disease give their intestines adequate time to heal, and therefore take part in normal...Read Full Story

This ZIMBIO article describes what is important when eating out at glut en free restaurants or cafes anywhere on the globe. Please drink it all in, then if you want more, find the article that this info was source from at Gluten Fre e Restaurants . Now, we could spend time detailing celiac disease and so me of the foods to not eat, but this expose is all about you and the complete guide to how to make life easy when managing your gluten free restaurant experience. For the average person...Read Full Story

In February of 2010, we took our first real trip as a family since our teen daughter had been diagnosed as a Celiac. She was apprehensive, but I assured her that we'd make sure she didn't starve. We packed various gluten free snack bars (as a back up plan) and boarded the plane bound for Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Being that it was a short trip over the mountains from Alberta to BC, there was no need to worry about an in flight gluten free friendly meal. Arriving in Victoria that...Read Full Story

The cause of the immune reaction that leads to coeliac disease has been discovered. Three key substances in the gluten found in wheat, rye and barley trigger the digestive condition, UK and Australian researchers say. This gives a potential new target for developing treatments and even a vaccine, they believe. Coeliac disease is caused by an intolerance to gluten found in foods like bread, pasta and biscuits. It is thought to affect around 1 in every 100 people in the UK, particularly women...Read Full Story

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder; not an allergy, caused by the body reacting to gliadin; a prolamin gluten protein found in many of our basic foods, like wheat, barley, rye and sometimes oats. The villi; which resembles tiny baby like finger tips, lives in the small intestine. The villi becomes flattened when gluten is consumed in someone with coeliac disease. Consequently, the nutrients in foods are not absorbed into the body’s system like they should. Symptoms of coeliac range...Read Full Story