Gluten+Free



**What is the Gluten Free Diet? And what is Gluten?** Gluten free diet is a diet when you do not eat food containing gluten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, malts and triticale. It is used as a food additive in the form of a flavoring, stabilizing or thickening agent, often as "dextrin". It is used to make bread gooey and stick together.

The gluten free diet is the only medically accepted treatment for Celiac disease. Celiac Disease is a disease that 1 in 133 Americans have. More than 80% of the people who have Celiac Disease do not know it. When people with Celiac disease consume wheat, their immune system starts attacking their intestinal system. This can lead to intense vomiting and diarrhea. People with Celiac disease can't even cook with the same pan that HAD wheat in it! Some Autistic children have gluten free diets.
 * Why do people have Gluten Free Diets? [[image:gluten-free-symbol.jpg align="right"]] **

**What sort of foods can/cannot be eaten?** Food such as pasta, bread, rice cannot be eaten. But now, people are more aware of the diet, so they are selling gluten free flour. Some fizzy drinks contain Gluten as well.

**What are the benifits of this diet?** Gluten free diet is the more effective than medicine or drugs for people with Celiac Disease. Gluten free diets also treat other diseases, other than Celiac, such as gluten intolerance, Dermatitis Herpetifromis and Autism. It is also known to help people with Parkinson’s disease, Down’s syndrome, Seizures, Brain fog, Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes and anemia to have fewer symptoms and faster recovery. Most people stick to this diet because of the medical advantages it offers.

**What are the disadvantages and how do you overcome them?** Gluten free food mostly have less fibre, more calories and digest faster therefore, it is easier to get hungry and get less beneficial nutrients and more calories. When the government checks about what kind of nutrients people need more, they fortify the normal foods but gluten free foods are considered specialty foods, there fore, they are less likely to be fortified. People have to check the labels on food and sometimes it is hard to tell if the food has rye because it can be in different forms.


 * Gluten free Peanut Butter chocolate Fudge cookies-it is a recipe which we have tried out and it tasted really good!! :) **

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 * Gluten Free Beef Stroganoff Recipe :) **

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**Some Gluten Free Food Brands/Brands that sell Gluten Free products: (click to go on websites)** [|"Van's Natural Foods"] [|"Yoplait"] [|"Karo"] [|"Campfire Marshmallows"] [|"Bisquick"] [|"V8"] [|"Pik-Nik"] [|"Florida's Natural"] [|"Walgreens"] [|"Clabber Girl"]

** Gluten Free Product that we Recommend: ** We highly recommend this [|"Bisquick Gluten Free Pancake Mix"] by [|Betty Crockers] because with only one pancake mix, you are able to make many different kinds of food, such as chicken fingers, pizza dough, strawberry shortcake, waffles, biscuits, and more. Many of these foods are food that people who have a Gluten free diet cannot normally eat and if they want to, they would have to go search for many Gluten Free ingredients. But they also sell "Bisquick" that is not Gluten Free so be careful to buy the Gluten free one. For more information, go on the link, or the picture to go on the site.

** Gluten Free Blogs: ** __About Gluten Free Diets:__
 * [|Gluten Free blog]
 * [|Jen's Gluten Free] *Recommended!!
 * [|The Gluten Free Diet]

__Recipes and Gluten Free Brand Reviews:__
 * [|Gluten Free Mommy]
 * [|Gluten Free Goddess]
 * [|Gluten Free Diva]
 * [|Elena's Pantry]

**Gluten Free Cook Books: Click to go on the Amazon website that has more info about the book!**

** Websites if you want to find out more: ** [|I want to know more about what a Gluten Free diet is] [|I want to know more about what a Gluten Free diet is by video] [|I want to know what a Celiac disease is by video] [|I want to know more about the Benefits] [|Why do people go on a Gluten Free diet again?] [|I want to know more about the disadvantages of a Gluten Free diet by video]