Tag: celiac disease

If you are gluten sensitive, have celiac disease or are allergic, is your food truly gluten free?

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If you are gluten sensitive, have celiac disease, or are allergic, is your food truly gluten free? Gluten which exists in many pieces of bread, kinds of pasta as well as other foods have become a big issue for some of us. While it is thought that gluten anything is bad for us and is responsible for why many of us are overweight, knowing myth from fact may help you make better decisions regarding your consumption of gluten leaden products. You should be cautious if you are gluten sensitive. Many of us have heard the message loud and strong regarding Read More »

Gluten-Free Wheat? Farmers are funding research to resolve our problem with gluten.

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Gluten-Free Wheat? Farmers are funding research to resolve our problem with gluten. Gluten has a bad reputation and is blamed for many problems we have with our health and our weight. Celiac disease, which affects 7 percent of the population is an allergy to the food which we apparently may not digest very well. This has created a big industry of gluten-free everything foods, which are often higher in calories than traditional foods that contain gluten. Consumer Reports did an article last month which attempted to separate myth from fact regarding foods that have gluten, which include some of our Read More »