Many foods carry a gluten-free label but the vast majority do not. Read the labels and don’t assume that something that ‘should be’ gluten-free is. Learn more from a doctor. Watch and listen to this video, it might makes a huge differences between what you know and what you should know more. Pay attention.
Showing posts with label gluten intolerance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gluten intolerance. Show all posts
Monday, September 3, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
SWEET CONNECTION, DUBAI
Sweet Connection in Dubai is the first 100% gluten free kitchen in Dubai. It was founded by Areej Jomaa in February 2012 and is dedicated to finding and developing solutions to people with food intolerance such as Coeliac disease, gluten intolerance and just about anyone who needs to follow a gluten-free food intake.
Areej Jomaa, the founder of Sweet Connection states that they prepare food for people who are gluten intolerant, sufferers of Celiac Disease as well as those who are allergic to dairy, eggs, sugar and so on. This food prepared by Sweet Connection are also open to those who follow a gluten-free diet just to gain from its numerous health benefits.
The subject of gluten-free diet has become a passionate interest for Areej. He has done a number of research on the many variety of alternatives foods and he's been able to create a wide range of tasty breads, pizzas, cakes, cup cakes, biscuits, cookies and etc, with all the flavour of regular products minus the side-effects.
According to research, between 5 and 10% of all people may suffer from some form of food sensitivity. Gluten intolerance describes three conditions: wheat allergy, non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, and coeliac disease. As these conditions are difficult to diagnose, many people are not aware that this intolerance may be the source of other health issues.
Sweet Connections food product are so tasty that apart from regular customers who have different allergies buying foods here, there is also those who are without any food allergies who become customers, purely based on the great taste of this company products.
Added to this is the fact that all Sweet Connection products are prepared daily and suitable for home freezing. Special products such as birthday cakes can be ordered and delivered within 24 hours of notice.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Of Gluten Intolerance,John Dunsmore and Genius
A former Scottish & Newcastle Chief Executive, John Dunsmore has joined the board of Genius Food, a fast growing Edinburgh company that specializes in gluten-free bread and cakes.
Besides becoming the non-executive director, Dunsmore also has taken a 5 percent stake in the firm.
Genius Chief Executive Roz Cushieri said Dunsmore's expertise would prove invaluable to the company which has helped to grow the market for gluten free bread by 250 percent since June 2009.
Dunsmore's appointment follows the recent news that Cairn Energy founder Sir Bill Gammell was joining Genius Foods as chairman. For the record, Gammell is gluten intolerant and originally invested in Genius in 2009 after having tasted the breads made by Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, the company's founder.
Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne created the firm's first bread recipe after her son was diagnosed with coeliac disease. Her product can be found in every major supermarket in UK.
Genius is the best selling gluten free bread in the UK with more than 50% of the "free from" bread market and last year was introduced into North America with the signing of a deal with a US firm Glutino.
In addition to this success, it also won a contract for the Spanish stores of French supermarket giant Carrefour.
At the moment, Genius Foods is currently producing 22 different products including pancakes, pizzas and savory pies.
Monday, July 16, 2012
GLUTEN FREE FOOD : what's in and what's out
Basically, by definition, gluten free diet is taking foods without the present of any protein gluten. We all know that gluten can be found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye).
There are those who cannot tolerate gluten in their digestive system, thus having to take foods that are gluten free. Gluten can very damaging to Celiac Disease sufferers. Their only way out is to get into a gluten free diet treatment.
However, before switching into this diet, it's better to consult a dietitian first who will determine what works best for you, so you can have a proper healthy balanced diet.
Below are list of foods that are naturally gluten free:
Beans, seeds, nuts in their natural unprocessed form
Fresh eggs
Fresh meat, fish and poultry (stay way from it if it is breaded, batter-coated or marinated
Fruits and vegetables in their natural conditions (unprocessed)
Most dairy products
Also there are many grains and starches that can be use for a gluten free diet food. These includes:
Amaranth
Arrowroot
Buckwheat
Corn and cornmeal
Flax
Gluten free flour (rice,soy,corn,potato,bean)
Homing (a type of corn)
Millet
Quinoa
Rice
Sorghum
Soy
Tapioca
Teff
Do your best to avoid foods and drinks that contains:
Barley (malt, malt flavoring and malt vinegar are made from barley
Rye
Triticale
Avoid also these foods, they contain gluten from wheat:
Bulgur
Duram
Farina
Graham flour
Kamut
Semolina
Avoid these foods at all cost- unless it is certified gluten free:
Beer
Bread
Cakes and pies
Candies
Cereals
Cookies and crackers
Croutons
French fries
Gravies
Imitation meat or seafood
Matzo
Pastas
Processed luncheon meat
Salad dressing
There are risk though when using gluten free diet. Notably, these diets may have a low levels of certain much needed vitamins and nutrients. As a general guide, gluten free diets should have enough of these key nutrients
Iron
Calcium
Fiber
Thiamin
Riboflavin
Niacin
Folate
Those with Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance should stick to their diet because when you accidentally consume foods containing gluten, then it will usually result in severe abdominal pain or diarrhea. Though some people don't show symptoms or signs after eating gluten food, this doesn't mean that it's not damaging their intestinal villi.
Whether you show symptoms or not, the fact is that every trace amount of gluten in your diet will do some damage to your system. And if prolong, can cause a total disappearance of the intestinal villi, a hair like substance in small intestines that's responsible for the absorption of nutrients into our body.Take a bite..
Monday, June 25, 2012
Gfreely.com Launches Subscription Service
Gfreely.com recently launches it delivering care package service containing new gluten free foods, recipes and tips straight to the door of its customers, providing gluten free consumers a way to discover a new and unique gluten free products.
Gfreely.com is a company that produces gluten free foods. They recently launched their first subscription service focusing mainly on the gluten free consumers. Customers of Gfreely.com will receive every month a package containing gluten free foods, recipes and tips. They offer subscribers a monthly box of product at USD25 that normally would cost around USD40 in the open market.
As we are all aware off by now, gluten free diet is a growing trend worldwide and gluten free diet is increasingly being use as a dietary treatment for many conditions relating to gluten intolerance ranging from Celiac Disease to Parkinson's disease. Gfreely.com's subscription service will eases the burden of a gluten free diet, which can be challenging given the fact that gluten seems to be pervasive in modern diets especially Western diet.
Dan Schiffman, the founder of Gfreely.com once said that gluten free lifestyle should not prevent those with Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance from having a fulfilling and exciting relationship with food. Meanwhile, Gfreely.com on its part will assist in helping people discover gluten free new, healthy food and recipes.
For this to work, a team of gluten free foodies and health professionals will hand pick tasty gluten free foods from across America. This food will then be packaged and distribute to subscribers of Gfreely.com These packages are themed each month. One month it might be gluten free tacos and chips, another might be gluten free pizza and snacks. It also features varieties of ethnic cuisines, on-the-go snacks and full meals as well such as gluten free pizzas, bean salads and quinoa pasta dinners.
For further enlightenment, please visit Gfreely.com
There's new rules that will be use for label and contents of baby milk and food for people with special need including gluten intolerance.
Special gluten labelling rules are also to be included in this legislation. Food products intended for people with gluten intolerance should contain less than 100 mg gluten per kg and may be labelled as having "very low gluten content" whilst those containing less than 20 mg of gluten per kg may be labelled "gluten free".
MEPs say the European Commission should prepare a study with a view to addressing the lack of specific rules for lactose intolerance.
For more information visit the EU Parliament.
Monday, June 18, 2012
GLUTEN FREE DIETS: should you or should you not?
Gluten free was hardly heard of a few years back, but these days, it seems that is is becoming a trend even among celebs. There are even sports personal who use a gluten free diet to get the extra benefits both in health and performance. With all these hype, does this means that eating gluten based food hamper's one performance or it is just a simple awareness of food or Gluten Intolerance?
With Celiac Disease (an extreme side of Gluten Intolerance)the small intestines lack the ability to absorb nutrient, meanwhile making the gut permeable, thus allowing food into the bloodstream and triggering an inflammatory response.
For athletes, they have the same concerns when it comes to gluten sensitivity. During exercise, the gut is known to become permeable, especially when doing intense exercise. If that person is a Gluten Intolerance case, then the symptoms gets worse.
Nevertheless, athletes with Gluten Intolerance will not be missing out on the carbs needed for training or person without Gluten Intolerance will still be able to get all the nutrients the body needed if they (normal athletes) decided to go gluten free. You can still enjoy your favorites vegetables as well as fruits of your liking.
Heavy foods such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and squash are not only gluten free but also pack with the much needed nutrients for the body. Dinner with a combination of spaghetti using rice noodles or salmon with roasted pumpkin or mashed sweet potatoes is good to be taken before entering a race the next day.
When going the extra miles in training and or preparing for a race, you need a more calorie dense intake of food for immediate energy. The options includes carbohydrate concentrated sports drinks and bars (a gluten free food bars). Fortunately, there are drinks and food bars that are available commercially and in fact are gluten free too. ALWAYS CHECK THE LABEL, though just to be extra careful.
Monday, June 11, 2012
GLUTEN FREE
Gluten free is a term generally use to indicate a suppposed harmless level of gluten rather than a complete absence. However, the exact level of gluten which is harmless is uncertain and full of controversy. A systematic review tentatively concluded that a consumption of less than 10 mg of gluten per day is unlikely to cause abnormalities.
In a attempt to avoid all problems relating to gluten intolerance, it is therefore best to avoid or reduce intake of foods containing gluten. That is why people with problems that are related to gluten intolerance needs to look for foods that are gluten free. Nowadays, there are many options when attempting to live life without gluten. There are many gluten free foods available in the market. They are also a number of recipes that are gluten free.
To recap, gluten is the protein that present in wheat, barley, rye, and other grains that are closely related to the above-mentioned. Gluten does not exist in corn, rice or oats though gluten normally present in oats when processed. So naturally one should by products (oats) that are certified gluten free.
All processed foods most probably contain gluten for reasons such as a thickener, flavor (e.g., malt), binder or a big part of an ingredient in pizza, pasta, cakes, cookies, bread, you name it. Gluten can be used to stop stuff sticking together like a pre-packed grated cheese. Gluten also presents in many pharmaceuticals, make-up and household products.
Anyone who have celiac disease or a serious case of gluten intolerance can't get even a speck of gluten in their system without causing major serious short term and long term health problems.
Long term health problem associated with gluten intake for gluten intolerance or celiac disease patient includes bowel cancer, alzheimer's, gluten ataxia (similar to Parkinson's) while the short term health problem includes headaches and brain fog, psychosis to pains in the joints, diarrhea constipation or indigestion.
Autism in many cases seems to be a dietary problem. Families with autism kids have discovered that by omitting gluten, casein (a similar protein in milk product), soy and some other things associated with gluten, have manage to help their kids to normalize, enabling them to interact with other kids and do their school studies more easily.
Gluten intolerance is very common and not isolated. Use this quiz to discover whether you are gluten intolerant. The question listed here will give you some information on conditions and symptoms associated with gluten intolerance.
Obviously gluten free can be define as foods that are processed or product created of which there is the absolute absent of gluten. There are foods nowadays that are gluten free. This include breads, cakes, candies, cereals, cookies, frozen food and so on. Usually to look for a product that are gluten free, one look at the food label and will know straight away whether the foo is safe to consume or not.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
GLUTEN : WHEN IT HAPPENNED
People who have Gluten Intolerance or Celiac Disease, when ingesting food containing gluten will have their immune system responds by releasing antibodies that damage or to some extent destroy the intestinal villi - a part of the small intestines.
Normally, small intestines is lined with finger like villi that absorb crucial nutrients from food. In a person with celiac disease, these villi flats outs and the inside of the small intestines looks more like a smooth surface, thus it cannot absorb nutrients effectively. This generally leads to malnutrition, no matter the amount of food we eat.
However there is a difference between gluten intolerance and celiac disease where in person with gluten intolerance, it does not cause the same kind of intestinal damage, but still leads to an uncomfortable abdominal symptoms with the intake of gluten based food.
Gluten intolerance is thought to affect roughly 10% of world population. The symptoms include bloating, abdominal discomfort, pain or diarrhea, or it may appears with variety of extra intestinal symptoms including headaches and migraines, lethargy and tiredness, attention-deficit disorder and hypeactivity, schizophrenia, muscular disturbance as well as bone and joint pain.
Friday, June 1, 2012
SIGNS OF GLUTEN INTOLERANCE IN CHILDREN
Usually, the signs of gluten intolerance or coeliac condition in children can only be seen after the age of six months when they started eating grain-based foods for the first time. However, there are cases where the small intestine's immune system reaction to gluten - a protein found in the endosperm of wheat and certain other grains except rice and corn - does not appear until the children are at school age or even up to adulthood.
Coeliac or gluten intolerance could be the reason if a child suffers from chronic diarrhea and bloating as well as having little appetite and hardly gains weight. Coeliac disease often runs in families. It is caused by the inflammation in the small intestines and damages the lining of villi, a tiny, hair like projections that absorb nutrients from foods that we eat.
It is also now known that coeliac disease affect other organs system as well, such as the nervous system, heart, liver, kidneys and skin.
A lifetime abstention of foods that contains gluten including wheat, rye and oats is the only effective treatment against coeliac disease.
Gluten can be found in products made from flour such as bread, cakes, pies, biscuits as well as in tinned food and certain kinds of sausage and cheese. It can even be use as a food stabilizer, emulsifiers, flavour enhancers, spices, separating agents and also used to thicken fruit juices.
A child who follows the strict rules of eating non-gluten foods will generally get well again in six to twelve months time. The diarrhea will generally subside and the child can again catch up on retarded growth. However, once the symptoms have disappeared, the child must maintain the strict gluten free diet or the risk of getting a bowel cancer will increased.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
GLUTEN SENSITIVITY (GLUTEN INTOLERANCE)
Gluten can cause a spectrum of disorders including Celiac Disease and Wheat Allergy in which gluten that present in these foods can create havoc to the body. Put simply it can be defined as a non-allergic and non-autoimmune in which consumption of gluten can lead to symptoms which is similar to Celiac Disease or Wheat Allergy.
Celiac Disease meanwhile is a chronic nutritional disturbance, usually of young children caused by the inability of the body system to metabolize gluten which result in malnutrition, a distended abdomen, muscle wasting and the passage of stools having high fat content.
Gluten Intolerance occurs when key protein fragments in gluten cause an immune response especially those with Celiac Disease. Sufferers can expect their body’s immune system to be triggered when they consume gluten based food which in the process leads to damages to the small intestine. This damage thus prevent the body’s ability to absorb nutrients.
The toxic peptide components of gluten that causes Gluten Intolerance or Celiac Disease was finally discovered after sixty years since gluten was first identified as the main cause of Gluten Intolerance or Celiac Disease.
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