For those of you who are following a gluten-free diet, here is some information about a new book written by Shauna James Ahern, a woman who was recently diagnosed with celiac. I recently found her blog and have been following it. She's a great writer, cook, and photographer. So, if the book is as good as her blog, it should prove to be a great read! The book was just recently released and contains lots of gluten-free recipes. If you want to learn more about it, check out the book on Amazon. You can also get to her blog by clicking on gluten-free girl or by using the link on my sidebar under JUST FOR FUN.
10.10.2007
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I know that you are gluten-free because of allergies, but what are the benifits of it for others?
Are the kids gluten-free and Owen?
Does it take sometime to get used to or does the gluten-free bread taste just as good?
I have celiac disease, which can only be controlled by maintaining a gluten-free diet. The kids are gluten-free [due to genetic factors] but Owen is not. I cook entirely gluten-free at home.
In addition, gluten-free diets are used to aid in autism and other psychological conditions. I also know of people who have tried the diet [without being a diagnosed celiac] and have found that they don't feel well when they return to a normal diet. It's a very interesting phenomenon and seems to vary quite a bit between individuals.
When baking gluten-free, you have to adjust your expectations. You can't compare it to "normal" baked goods. That said, I have found wonderful recipes for breads, cookies, cakes, etc. that taste fabulous. And many regular recipes are easily modified by substituting ingredients, and often times it's difficult to even tell the difference.
I had no idea!
I had always thought that you had an allergy that was life threatening because I had never heard the disease refered to by a name, just that you could not eat certain things.
I had to google just now to find out what celiac disease is. Do you think that your kids will ever be tested for it? I would keep mine away from gluten also if I had it.
I was actually asking you about gluten-free diets for the benifit of my own family. I would like to know if it is easier on your body to digest foods without gluten?
I also saw that some of the recipes were ajusted with teff flour, did you know that is from tsenu's country. We eat it here at home. The taste takes getting used to but I like it.
We had Bailey tested when he was 5 but it came but negative. However, celiac can be tricky to diagnose, so we opted to have everyone go on the diet last year.
As for whether or not a gluten-free diet is easier for the body to digest, I'm not completely sure. I do know that many people report feeling better on a gf diet. It's a big commitment to make, though, because gluten [found in wheat, barley, rye, & possibly oats] crops up in the most unlikely places! Fortunately the FDA has gotten stricter on food labelling for people with allergies, so it's becoming easier to locate gluten in packaged foods. And I've heard of teff flour, but I haven't tried it in a recipe yet. I think it would be interesting to use!
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