Our gluten free experience at the Miami airport was great during our most recent flight! Here is what we found!
Autoimmune diseases affect millions of Americans. An expert weighs in on how you may be able to prevent AI issues or be better able to manage them.
More than half way through our gluten free mission trip in Haiti. Is it doable?
With nearly 24 million people living with autoimmune (AI) disease, it is amazing to note that about 75% of those cases are in women! Celiac disease is considered an autoimmune disease that affects more women than men. Why do more women get and AI disease? Plus, what should we be looking for?
Missing that crunch with your plate of chow mein? Here is a gluten free solution.
Airports can make gluten free flying very difficult. There simply is not much to choose from. Here are some quick resources for your next trip
The gluten free food is packed for our mission trip. Will we have enough? How will the meals go in Haiti? What if Emma gets sick? So many questions and in just a few days we’ll find out the answers, as prep-mode ends and the journey is just hours from beginning..
In the last few days this has been on my mind. How do our kids handle it when they go away to college and have to be gluten free? No Mom. No Dad. Now’s the time where the rubber meets the road and our kid has to make it happen!
I knew I had to write about this when I read two very opposite stories on Thursday:
University of Wisconsin’s Badger Herald in Madison, Wisc. reported Thursday on how the school’s gluten-free options are improving because of the increase in gluten-free students.
How celiac disease contributes to osteoporosis and why other conditions could cause bone loss too. When we think of osteoporosis you may only picture that “little old lady” who can no longer stand up straight — wondering if that will ever be you… or me. That thought has crossed my mind before. But the reality is, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 52 million Americans either have osteoporosis or low bone mass which can eventually lead to osteoporosis.
Early diagnosis is key to keeping health complications related to celiac disease at bay.
The bottom line here is the earlier you get your diagnosis the better off you’ll be both immediately healthwise (you might not feel so crummy) and hopefully preventing further complications like another autoimmune disorder, osteoporosis, infertility or cancer in the future.
In my family alone, if I am just with my parents and my brother — the nuclear family I grew up with — half of them celiac disease! In my own family 1 in 4 has celiac. I am the carrier, but don’t have celiac. I am
