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Ditto on the sourdough. Sourdough bread is amazing stuff, and it tastes better too. I note that their article is non-gluten sourdough though ... I keep hearing from people who feel "wheat is ok if it's sourdough" which I don't agree with (at this point, unless it is in special lab circumstances).
My best sourdough, was any old gf flour mix, with some homebrew kefir as the starter. The flavor is amazing. Let it ferment overnight, then make flatbread.
Wherein My Gluten-Free Brain Runneth Over - Part One
Breaking News: This year the Los Angeles Marathon will be selling Gluten-Free Water!!! And that's how we know this movement has arrived! Also I want to publicly commend my dear friend and fellow Celiac, Lindsey Deitch for taking on this challenge. Lindsey is the Founder and CEO of the amazi...
I started replying to this, but it turned into blog post:
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving.html
Gluten-FreeThanksgiving Day of the Living Dead - Stop the Insanity (update)
CyberMonday Update: The First Annual Grateful Gluten-Free Sunday was Wonderful. Spontaneous and tasty. Mostly, I am inspired to know that 100's of you share my Madness - resulting in a Zen-like calm in the Wheaton household and a decision to leave this post up one more day so everyone has a ...
They are saying "celiac has increased" mainly based on one study of WW2 pilots. But here is the deal: before WW2, there were no antibiotics, and infant mortality was much higher. You can figure that the sickly celiac kids died at a much higher rate than they do today, even if they are not diagnosed. I was one such kid: always sick, saved by antibiotics.
The other factor that is not mentioned is that we have a lot more "not Europeans" now eating wheat. Populations that are just now beginning to ingest the stuff, have a different genetic mix, since celiac tends to kill off susceptible people. The WW2 fighters were primarily European stock.
Last, pilots are the healthiest of the healthiest. Sickly types (the ones with undiagnosed celiac) would be rather unlikely to be WW2 pilots.
So while there may be factors that are causing an increase in celiac (like: baby formula with iron in it!), this study doesn't show it.
Celiac in the News
NOTE: First visit to Not Even a Crumb? It is my goal here to keep our Celiac Community updated on all pertinent articles and research. For more "easy to digest solutions to living a gluten-free lifestyle" please click on HERE Can Sourdough relieve symptoms of Celiac?: Sourdough may reduce infl...
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