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The gluten free chef
Have you been told by your doctor that you, or a close family member, needs to follow a gluten free diet?
There are a number of conditions that can benefit from a gluten free diet, such as ADHD, autism, fibromyalgia, and of course coeliac/celiac disease. In fact for the latter, a gluten free diet is the only treatment!
When you are first diagnosed with coeliac disease it can be very confusing knowing what is safe to eat and what will cause harm. Having lived my life following the gluten free diet, I decided it was time to share my experiences and hopefully help others cope.
The symptoms of celiac are so diverse that it can be difficult to get a diagnosis. They include failure to thrive in infants, diarrhea or constipation, brain "fog", fatigue and sleepiness, an itchy rash, abdominal pains, mouth ulcers, wind and flatulence.
Wheat is a staple food for many people in the western world, but to those of us with Coeliac (celiac in the USA) it is a form of poison. Even if it doesn't produce symptoms of ill health it still causes damage to our intestines and, left untreated, can lead to nasty cancers and other problems.
Happily there are alternative grains that can be ground into flours and used for baking and thickening foods and sauces.
These alternative grains include rice, soy, amaranth, teff, millet, quinoa, tapioca, corn and arrowroot. In fact many of them are more nutritious than wheat; teff and quinoa in particular.
Learning how to cook with unfamiliar ingredients, how to avoid contamination with products containing gluten, what to pack for lunch at work or school or even how to become a gluten free vegan are all covered at http://www.the-gluten-free-chef.com
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The-Gluten-Free-Chef.com was formerly nominated to be a featured wiki page. After a few months of discussion (see below), there still needs to be work done on the page. If you plan to work on this page and re-nominate it to be featured, please do the following:
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- First nominated on 23:17, 17 May 2007 (PDT)
- What an awesome resource! This WikiPage feels a little light to me, but I do think the website/resource is quite cool. Normally, I might say "add more information" but I almost wonder if having a sample recipe or some definitions/info on some of these unfamiliar ingredients would really help take this WikiPage and it's featured nomination to the next level. --
TakKendrick | Talk - I emailed the webmaster today. TedErnst | talk 22:40, 19 September 2007 (PDT)
- Nomination removed because the webmaster hasn't been back since the nomination, in May. TedErnst | talk 10:41, 9 October 2007 (PDT)
