Celiac.com 03/30/2016 - The woman's voice, polite but firm came over the line: "We cannot accommodate your mother."
"You can't accommodate her?" I wondered if I'd heard wrong.
"No. We just had a team meeting and it was decided we cannot accommodate your mother because of her diet."
"Oh." The line hummed as I took in both the news and the woman's frosty tone. The previous week the woman, the admissions coordinator of the nursing home, had been all warm and inviting, even eager to have my mother.
Finally I came out with, "Well…thank you for letting me know," and the line clicked dead as the woman hung up.
I had not seen this coming. I hadn't realized that a nursing home would, or could, turn down a patient based on the need for a therapeutic diet. I thought the reason f...

Celiac.com 02/06/2019 - People with celiac disease and gluten-sensitivities can have strong opinions on topics from testing and diagnosis to various aspects of the gluten-free diet. Combine that fact with an explosive rise in gluten-free dieting as a lifestyle choice, rather than medical necessity, and we’re just one celebrity Instagram from a three-alarm social media fire.
The former model and Miss England, Danielle Lloyd is the latest celebrity to feel the fire from her social media audience. Lloyd’s offense, according to fans, was testing her seven-year old son Harry at home for food allergies, and putting him on a gluten-free diet based on the results. Lloyd’s Instagram posts touted the results of the home food allergen tests and her decision to make her son eat gluten-free.
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Celiac.com 04/01/2019 - Over the years, testing for celiac disease has become easier and more reliable. There are a number of home tests for celiac disease antibodies, and a number of reasons people might want to test for celiac disease at home. Those reasons include privacy, cost, and convenience. There are two kinds of tests for celiac disease, antibody tests and genetic tests. Let's start with antibody tests.
Celiac Antibody Testing
The main antibodies targeted by celiac disease blood testing are Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies (tTG-IgA). The tTG-IgA test will be positive in about 98% of patients with celiac disease. The trick is that people need to be eating gluten for the test to work properly. That’s an issue for some people who have already given up gluten.
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Celiac.com 03/05/2026 - For people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, avoiding gluten is not a preference but a medical necessity. Most conversations about gluten exposure focus on food labels, restaurant safety, and cross-contact during cooking. Far less attention is paid to the home environment itself. Yet gluten is a physical protein that can persist in dust, settle on surfaces, and circulate through air and ventilation systems. This raises an important question: can environmental controls such as air filters, kitchen vent hoods, and HEPA vacuums meaningfully reduce gluten exposure inside the home?
This article explores what science currently suggests about environmental gluten, how it behaves indoors, and whether common household tools can reduce accidental exposure. While...