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How can you be sure it's gluten free?
The founder of an advocacy group focusing on food allergies has a message for the food industry.

Let them eat cake, cookies or bread - made without gluten
hree years ago, Bonnie Sclamberg of Evanston had to abruptly halt a fun family tradition: buying her three grandchildren cookies and birthday cakes at her regular haunt, Deerfields Bakery in Deerfield.

Free screening for celiac disease
Ninety-seven percent of people with celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that affects the digestive process of the small intestine, have not been diagnosed, according to a multi-center study published in 2003 in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

Gluten-free cooking could change your life
Happily for those of us who ply our trade in the culinary world, there seems to be no end in sight to America's utter fascination and curiosity about food. Our collective American palate is by far more sophisticated than it was even a mere decade ago, and today an emerging new American menu, boldly melding the cuisines of previously ignored world cultures shows that we have become increasingly adventurous in the way we seek nourishment.

Waitress Left $1,000 Tip at Illinois Eatery
Michelle Secreto has worked at the Montarra Grill in Algonquin for three years. Last week, a couple left her the biggest tip in her life after one of the patron's asked Secreto's recommendation for a gluten-free meal. She told them to try two seafood specials. Neither Secreto nor the restaurant's manager know the identity of the generous diners. Secreto said she'll use the money to send her 12-year-old daughter, Ashley, on a trip to scholastic trip in October to Washington, D.C.

Shunning gluten not necessarily the best medicine
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. It causes some people serious health problems. But those people don't seem to be the only ones buying the gluten-free beer and brownies suddenly for sale everywhere.

Making gluten-free products takes dedication
Bob & Mary's Gluten-Free Baking is definitely a case in point. Bob and Mary Tingley - who both have celiac disease - began their business when they had trouble finding food products they could eat.

Doctors should read research
The Gannett News Service article "Do You Need to go Gluten-Free?" was a few teacups shy of a full set.

Conquer effects of celiac disease with smart diet
Celiac disease - a genetically inherited digestive and autoimmune disease - affects an estimated 2 million people in the U.S. It is the only autoimmune disease of which the trigger is known. That trigger is dietary.

Gluten-free for celiac disease
Celiac disease affects the digestive system when people, like those who are lactose intolerant, cannot tolerate the wheat protein known as gluten. Gluten is found richly in products like wheat, barley and rye. If those with celiac disease consume products containing gluten it begins to damage the small intestine.

Living a gluten-free life
"Celiac Disease is an auto immune disorder in which you react to gluten. And gluten's a protein that's found in wheat, rye, oats and barley," said Tribole.

Beating the Back-to-School (Gluten-Free) Lunch Box Blues
If your child has food allergies, this is probably not your favorite time of year. Don't despair, says Terry Traub, author of the new book Food to Some, Poison to Others. With a dash of careful planning, a pinch of sensitivity, and a smorgasbord of yummy recipes, your whole family will survive (and thrive!) this school year.

Group offers healthy eats
Members of the Celiac Support Groups of Waverly and New Hampton are selling a new cookbook, Let's Eat Gluten Free, to raise funds for celiac research.

Restaurants offering healthier choices
For the first time since he was diagnosed with celiac disease five years ago, 11-year-old Benjamin Brook can go out for pizza. The recently opened PizzaSalad, a Thousand Oaks restaurant, offers pizza that is safe for Benjamin to eat. The Agoura Hills resident suffers from a lifelong autoimmune disorder that forces him to avoid gluten, which can damage the small intestine. That means no bread, cookies, pasta, pizza crust and other wheat-based foods that may contain gluten.

How can you guarantee a product is gluten-free?
The founder of an advocacy group focusing on food allergies has a message for the food industry: If you claim that a product is allergy- or gluten-free, keep that promise "because someone's health and safety depends on that claim," said Anne Muaoz-Furlong, CEO of the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.