If Eve Adamson, my co-author on The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Eating is reading this blog she is shaking her head. She knows that I am not the biggest fan of the word casserole. Each time she wanted to
My gluten-free wish list
This holiday season I have a few gluten-free wishes. Some of them just might be on your wish list too. It is my hope that… 1. The Food and Drug Administration’s rule for labeling of gluten-free food will be published
Five gluten-free new year’s resolutions
Because I am a nutritionist, many of my yearly resolutions revolve around the nutritional quality of my diet. Some of these food resolutions may be — and possibly should be — on your list of resolutions too. Here’s to a
Five easy ways to cut calories, fat, and sugar
There are many simple changes you can make to dramatically decrease your intake of calories, fat and sugar. Try some or all of the following suggestions. 1. Choose 1% milk, nonfat yogurt, and reduced-fat hard cheeses over full-fat varieties. These
Getting enough of the sunshine vitamin
Vitamin D, otherwise known as the Sunshine Vitamin because our skin makes vitamin D when exposed to sunlight, has been receiving a lot of press lately. This is due in part to the increasing realization among scientists that the amount
Your celiac disease research headquarters
Some of you may be familiar with PubMed, a searchable database of scientific literature provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. If you have never visited the PubMed website, I encourage you to
Tips for Traveling Gluten-Free
Traveling gluten free involves advance planning. What will you eat on the road, in the sky, on the ocean, or on the rails? What food should you bring with you? Should you send food to your destination? What restaurants in
Happy gluten-free Halloween
Halloween is just a few days away and the excitement certainly is growing in my house. But if you have a child who can’t eat gluten you probably are less than thrilled with this holiday. How do you let them
The truth about leaky gut
Google the term “leaky gut” and many websites containing an abundance of information come up. To help separate the accurate from the not so accurate information, Daniel Leffler, MD, MA, Director of Clinical Research at The Celiac Center at Beth
Restaurant Chains with Gluten-Free Menus
When you are gluten free, there is something incredibly fabulous about being handed a menu that caters to your dietary needs. I recently ordered off a gluten-free menu at Legal Sea Foods in downtown Boston and it was so liberating!