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National Celiac Awareness Day
Conditions Linked to Celiac
5 Conditions Linked to Celiac ~ glutenfreeliving.com
ALDI
The Wheat-Free Cook
A few weeks back, I was in Omaha visiting some peeps and I ‘happened’ to stop in the Half Price Bookstore. It is like a treasure hunt of DVDs and gently used books and books on clearance.
I spotted & picked up: The Wheat-Free Cook: Gluten-Free Recipes for Everyone on clearance for $2. It currently looks ‘nice’ among my other cookbooks. I’ll eventually flip through it on a rainy day when I get tired of the same ole, same ole & feel adventurous about hitting the grocery store or Trader Joes or if I’m having people over. Having good options is great, but cooking for one isn’t so fun.
Are gluten-free foods are healthier?
“There are many myths about gluten, but this is perhaps the most common — that gluten-free products are healthier than foods with gluten. But many gluten-free versions of otherwise glutenous foods (such as pasta, bread, and baked goods) are filled with more sugar and sodium and are actually more processed. Additionally, gluten isn’t a harmful substance in itself, unless the person eating the gluten has celiac disease, an allergy, or intolerance.”
Gluten finding device
I Used A Device To See If Gluten Was In “Gluten-Free” Foods And Was Very Surprised By The Results – The Nima is a food sensor that determines if foods contain gluten. ~ buzzfeed.com
Quite the technology: https://nimasensor.com
A Vaccine?
An experimental “vaccine” called Nexvax 2 is being scheduled for human clinical trials to evaluate its effectiveness in celiac disease. Immusan T is a biotechnology company focusing on developing therapeutic vaccines and received $40 million in 2017 to fund Nexvax 2 to reduce the “suffering of those with celiac disease since it is a serious inflammatory autoimmune disease caused from gluten”.
Read more: “Vaccine” for Celiac Disease
Celiac disease vaccine appears promising way to restore immune system
What causes Celiac Disease?
“Sometimes celiac disease is triggered — or becomes active for the first time — after surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, viralinfection or severe emotional stress. When the body’s immune system overreacts to gluten in food, the reaction damages the tiny, hair-like projections (villi) that line the small intestine.” (Source: mayoclinic.org)
Foods to Avoid
Here are a few other foods I have to avoid unless they are labeled as gluten-free:
- Pasta (like mac’n cheese?)
- Bread (even garlic bread & Texas toast?)
- Cakes (even cheesecake?)
- Pies (even pumpkin pie?)
- Crackers (so, no crackers on cheese?)
- Cookies (please say it isn’t so)
- Beer (okay)
- Dressings (at least my Ranch with Avacado is GF)
- Sauces (this will be tricky)
- Gravies (even with trying the gluten-free version, I can still enjoy roast beef open-faced sandwiches.)
Well, shoot, so remind me, what is left?
- Meat, poultry, & seafood
- Eggs
- Dairy
- Fruits
- Gluten-free grains, such as quinoa, rice, buckwheat and millet
- Vegetables
- Legumes
- Nuts
- Healthy fats
- Herbs and spices
Hmmm… after giving this some thought, no thanks, I’d rather keep eating from the first list! 🙂



