The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten-Free Eating

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Penguin, 2007 - Cooking - 288 pages
Gluten intolerance (celiac disease) is a genetic disorder that affects almost 3 million Americans, with symptoms that run the gamut from diarrhoea, weight loss, and malnutrition to isolated nutrient deficiencies that don't produce gastrointestinal symptoms. And although popular wisdom holds that celiac disease is strictly a problem tolerating wheat, sufferers also have difficulties with rye and barley. Testing for celiac disease is a fairly simple process, but it can be extremely difficult to diagnose-and today the only truly successful treatment for it is a strict gluten-free diet for life.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten-Free Eatingtakes post-diagnosis readers on to the next stage of the rest of their lives-dealing with the day-to-day challenge of eating gluten free. It's a practical guide that offers tips, advice, and information.

 

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GlutenFree Eating 101
1
Whats Wrong with Gluten?
3
Whats Got Gluten?
15
Is Eating GlutenFree Really Even Possible?
29
What to Eat and What to Avoid
41
How to Read a Food Label
43
Hidden Gluten
53
Foods and Ingredients You Can Eat
65
GlutenFree Beer and Alcohol
127
GlutenFree Dining
135
Thriving in a World of Gluten
137
The Secret of a GlutenFree Chef Substitution
147
Your Arsenal of GlutenFree Basic Recipes
157
A Week of GlutenFree Menus
173
Out and About GlutenFree and Loving It
189
Restaurant Scoreboard
191

Foods and Ingredients You Cant Eat
87
Convenience and Temptation
99
Processed Packaged Foods
101
A Quick Guide to GlutenFree Packaged Food
113
Take Out or Take Along
201
Get Ready to Get Healthy GlutenFree
209
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Eve Adamson is the co-author of numerous books including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Zen Living, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga Illustrated, The Complete Idiot's Guide Dream Dictionary, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meditation, Empowering Your Life with Joy, and The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine. She is also a contributing editor to Dog Fancy.

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