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Celiac activist Alice Bast gave a talk recently here in the DC area where she said that despite having severe celiac disease, she does not bother with checking the status of gluten-free in shampoos, etc. Personally, I check my shampoo/conditioner products, as well as lotions. That's as far as I go. My soap happens to be gluten-free but I wouldn't hesitate...

Hi everyone, I should know the answer to this already, having been gluten-free since the summer of 03', but I've always avoided most nuts, thinking they were somehow not safe for us Celiacs. I thought I had read somewhere a long time ago that macadamia nuts especially were not safe. I know this makes no sense and I must have been reading a very unreliable...

Are these preservatives listed on wine labels? Up until now I had assumed all wines were gluten-free until I further researched and discovered otherwise.

I'm not that familiar with wine, but I've often read over the years that most wines are safe for us Celiacs, so I recently bought a bottle of Montinore 2005 pinot gris. I called the company just to make absolutely certain it was gluten-free and that no cross contamination issues were involved, and I got a rather confusing answer. The woman on the phone (who...

I have a can of Duncan Hines Homestyle frosting right in front of me, and it says "BARLEY MALT" right on the label. I've never noticed this before, but have always felt ill after their frosting. I'd be very, very careful with their products.