Well, I was a normal college student, ate normal college food, drank normal college beer, up until the fall of 2001, the final semester of my senior year.  I actually had minor surgery and afterwards gastro problems hit me like a ton of bricks. 3 gastroenterologists, 1 internist, years of testing… I don’t even remember how many colonoscopies…2 upper GI’s, 2 endoscopies, 2 camera capsule tests, and riding on the train with unmentionable samples for the lab…no diagnosis.  Finally, someone decides to do some allergy testing (only took 3 years…) lactose-negative (and I always thought...

This is the best, real-world explanation of Celiac Disease and gluten intolerance video that I have found. Elisabeth Hasselbeck has Celiac and has recently released book about living gluten free!  I have always thought she was hot… on Survivor, a hardcore Republican, and now I find out she has Celiac!!!  She is moving up on my celebrity hot list! 3 Million people undiagnosed with Celiac! Here is another short and sweet one I found:

Over the past few months, I have been tired all the time and will sleep for a long time every night.  It wouldn’t be uncommon for me to sleep 10, 11, 12, or occasionally 13 hours a night!  I just don’t get it.  A “good nights sleep” is usually referred to as 8 hours.   My abnormal amounts of sleep is one of the main reasons I am finally switching to a gluten free diet.  It isn’t like I am getting sick all the time, I just sleep a lot and could take a nap at any point during the day.  If I make myself get up after 7 or 8 hours of sleep, I find myself taking a...

Here is a map and list by state of the gluten free bakeries around the country, as of January, 2010. Please comment with a short review on the bakeries you have tried.   If you have any additions to the list, please comment about them, or email me. There has to be more Gluten Free bakeries around the country! National Chains: Whole Foods Market *Call and check your location for specific days. Breadsmith AZ, IL, MI, MN, MO, NJ, ND, OH, SC, SD, TX, WI View Gluten Free Bakeries: Switch2GlutenFree.com in a larger map . Alabama: Alaska: The Red Beet Palmer, AK Arizona: Gluten Free Country Store ...

This is the best list I have found and am currently living by: Please let me know if anything is inaccurate or if it needs an addition. Taken from Celiac.com Unsafe Gluten Free Food List (Ingredients including Gluten): Abyssinian Hard (Wheat triticum durum) Alcohol (Spirits – Specific Types) Amp-Isostearoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Barley Grass (can contain seeds) Barley Hordeum vulgare Barley Malt Beer Bleached Flour Blue Cheese (made with bread) Bran Bread Flour Brewers Yeast Brown Flour Bulgur (Bulgar Wheat/Nuts) Bulgur Wheat Cereal Binding Chilton Club Wheat (Triticum aestivum subspecies...

It appears that most people with Celiac really miss eating pizza… I know I do! I would like to start a list of places that serve gluten free pizza, bakeries that sell premade crusts, or good GF pizza making products. I will keep a running list in the main article. Please comment or email me with additions, comments, or reviews. My only rule is that YOU must have tried it yourself. I would like to list the place’s name and contact info. Thank you for your help!!! . . National Restaurants that serve gluten free pizza: Pizza Fusion: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KS, NC, NJ, PA, TX, VA &...

As I sit in a friend’s aparment, he is eating pasta and is enjoying a beer… for the first time, I doesn’t bother me!!! In my first 20 days of eating gluten free, I have lost over 10lbs. I’m not starving myself or really concentrating on cutting calories, I’m just cutting out the gluten. Seeing a lower number on the scale almost every day so far, has kept my spirits high and mind on the right track. In the past when I have tried to eat gluten free, it would drive me crazy to watch people eat pizza and drink beer.  As of today, I can say that I am over it. I’m...

January is Girl Scout cookie month!  There have been two boxes in my house for a week now… and I finally couldn’t handle it any longer.  Today, I was starving and had to have just three.  If I have some gluten free cookies around, I may not have buckled under the pressure.