The newly-diagnosed celiac is hungry. He has a million questions and wants to answer them before he eats his next meal. With good reason, he is probably wondering if he will ever be able to enjoy food again.
That was certainly true in my case. I survived on omelets for the first few days. I [...]
Non-celiacs who care for (and care about) a person who lives gluten free have a unique set of challenges. Here are a few ideas that might be helpful. I am on focusing on adults who live gluten free in this article. Parents or caregivers responsible for children who live gluten free have a somewhat different [...]
Living gluten free often results in misunderstandings and confusion. Sometimes it may lead to family conflict just as it did in the situation that led to this e-mail I recently received:
“The family members or friends who REFUSE to comply due to whatever reason (ignorance, stupidity, apathy, unloving), should be given all necessary information about Celiac [...]
“I understand that there is no cure, but is there anything that will give relief for the pain [caused by ingesting gluten]?” I was recently challenged by an e-mail asking this question.
I have no adequate answer to this important question. My personal policy is to be extremely careful at home and reasonably careful when I [...]
Three distinct groups of people follow the gluten free diet:
People who have been diagnosed with celiac sprue. This is a hereditary auto-immune disease that causes the body to react to gluten as if it were a poison. There is no cure for celiac disease and the only prescription is a lifelong adherence to the gluten [...]
