"Doc I think I am allergic to gluten. I stopped eating wheat and dairy products last month. Now I feel much better. Can you test me to gluten?"
More than a few times a year a patient or parent asks about gluten allergy and whether I can do skin testing to diagnose it. Actually, "gluten allergy" is a misnomer (the wrong name for this disorder).
Gluten hypersensitivity is an auto-immune disease that results from eating foods that contain wheat, rye barley and in some cases, oat. People...
Entire grocery aisles are devoted to it, restaurants have separate menus for it, and the media is abuzz about it these days. Being... Read more »
Celiac Chicks was one of the first sites I discovered when I started going gluten-free in 2005. Informative, positive and funny -- these... Read more »
To start the gluten conversation, it’s important to understand what gluten free means. A gluten free diet excludes the protein,... Read more »
Since receiving my certification as a Natural Foods Chef in August I have a lot of people asking me why everything is gluten-free all of a... Read more »
I am sure that you may have heard about the Gluten-free Casein-free diet by now. It has been in the news. There are now special cookbooks... Read more »
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