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Diet Guide
The Gluten Free Diet
Nature of Foods
Nutrition Guide
Recipes
GF Food Substitutes
 














DIET GUIDE

 

In this section you can learn about the Gluten Free Diet, food composition, alternatives to familiar foods that contain gluten, and recipes to get you started. The tough part about this diet is identifying which foods actually contain gluten.  Here you can learn which foods you must avoid and which ones you can enjoy. In two weeks, you will be very glad you went "gluten free."

 

The Gluten Free Diet 

This diet restricts the eating of gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and oats and foods made using these grains.  This restriction is the necessary and only treatment for people with any form of Gluten Sensitivity Reaction, particularly Celiac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis.  Many other people choose to follow a Gluten Free Diet because they are more alert, feel better, and have more energy living without gluten.

Wheat, barley, rye, and oats are not necessary for a healthy diet.  The only unique thing about the gluten in these grains is that it cannot be fully digested and undigested parts of it can have a drug-like effect on our minds. 

Research shows that people with Celiac Disease who are not on a Gluten Free Diet, live an average of 5 years less than the average population.  It also shows that people with Celiac Disease who maintain a healthy gluten free life-style, live an average of 5 years longer than the average population. 

 

How can a diet change allow celiacs to live significantly longer than non-celiacs?  Perhaps gluten is bad for everyone.

 

Nature of Foods

  

Discover the various nutrients in food and what we need to keep us healthy.  What is a carbohydrate?  How is it different from a protein?  See what part vitamins and minerals play. 

 

Nutrition Guide

 

Taken from the Department of Agriculture's extensive listings, this section charts thousands of gluten-free foods.  Nutrient values given for each food include: calories, fats, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, vitamins and more.  Find out how nutritious your current diet is or create a new diet. 

 

Recipes

 

Explore our gluten-free recipes.  Categories include breakfast food, dessert, main dish, side dish, and snack/ beverage so you can make something for every occasion.  Recipes have to be delicious, nutritious and easy to prepare in order to make it to our list.

 

Gluten Food Substitutes

 

Learn how to replace gluten-containing foods with gluten-free foods.  For example, eliminate wheat pasta and replace with equally good pasta made from rice, corn or other combination of safe flours.  The list of gluten-free baked and cooked food products is rapidly growing and no wonder!  As more and more people are achieving better health and looks by eliminating gluten foods, their demand is fueling development of more and better tasting products like bread, cakes, cookies, and meal replacement bars.