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Celiac Disease & Food Allergies
According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, one in 133 people in the U.S. lives with the condition. The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network tells us that about 12 million Americans have food allergies. It all adds up to some complicated take-out orders! Here are some resources to help you live - and eat - well in spite of it all.
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Beyond Rice Cakes by Vanessa Maltin
Beyond Rice Cakes
Author Vanessa Maltin is director of outreach and programming at the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. Her book offers recipes alongside hilarious first-person tales of the trials and tribulations associated with celiac disease, including the often embarrassing side effects, and surviving college without beer. More importantly, it guides newly diagnosed celiacs—especially young celiacs—through managing a healthy gluten-free diet that is easy and fun to maintain.
Celiac Disease Foundation
The CDF provides information and support for Babes who have an intolerance of the gluten found in many grains and grain products.
Get information and support from the authority on celiac disease! Special sections can put you in touch with advocacy opportunities and local groups, as well as info for kids with celiac disease. Check out the Lifestyle section for very practical ideas on getting hold of gluten-free products.
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
Get answers about food allergies and related disorders at the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network.
Resources for babes living with food allergies and sensitivities. Make sure to take a look at the Allergy-Free Recipe database for cooking tips and substitutions. Also get daily tips, allergy alerts and special information for kids and teens.
Gluten-Free Girl
Hands down, one of the best celiac disease blogs around.
Gluten-Free Girl offers up great tips, recipes, product referrals, and most importantly, tons of insider perspective on her experience with the disease. We love it!
GlutenFree
Buy gluten-free bread, cereal, and desserts in this nifty online shop.
Who needs gluten? Not you, man. Not with GlutenFree. This site sells everything from cold cereal to scone mix, all of it aimed at folks with celiac disease or other gluten issues. Let us know how those Frosted PerkyOs are, will you?
National Foundation for Celiac Awareness
The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness is committed to finding a cure for the disease. But in the meantime, it offers some terrific resources.
Check out CeliacCentral, their free eNewsletter, or if you're not sure you have the disease, check out this primer on symptoms, tests and treatments. Want to learn to cook gluten-free? Sign up for their Gluten-Free Cooking Sprees, taking place in seven cities in 2007.
Oral Allergy Syndrome
Do you have an unpleasant reaction when you eat fruit, vegetables or nuts? You may have oral allergy syndrome.
We found this nice overview at iVillage Total Health, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia also offers some good resources worth checking out.
