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FDA: Spelt is Wheat
Posted on May 21, 2007
It seems like just about every week someone offers me bread or crackers and says, “don’t worry it’s spelt.” These well meaning friends of mine know that I’m gluten intolerant and don’t eat wheat, yet have been lead to believe that spelt is ok for people with celiac disease and gluten allergies. Each time this
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Dirty Dozen
Posted on May 17, 2007
-photo from Shai Barzilay The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has a list of the one dozen fruits and vegetables highest in pesticides. These are best avoided unless purchased organic. Their dirty dozen includes, in alphabetical order: apples bell peppers (sweet) celery cherries grapes lettuce nectarines peaches pears potatoes spinach strawberries With fruit season almost upon
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Diagnosing Celiac Disease
Posted on April 17, 2007
UPDATE: I’ve posted a more current and thorough page with information and resources regarding celiac disease. “Celiac disease is a an autoimmune disorder that causes damage to the small intestine, which can lead to malabsorption of nutrients. A genetic intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley, triggers this destructive reaction of
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Lions and Tigers and Lunchboxes, Oh My!
Posted on April 9, 2007
During the last month, a couple of consumer safety issues featured in the news media caught my attention. The first was a story in Newsweek which concluded that more than 50% of children’s shampoo contains para-dioxane, a cancer causing agent. Now I know why I wash my children’s hair with plain old warm water; it’s
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NIH Says Celiac “Greatly Underdiagnosed”
Posted on January 5, 2007
Celiac Disease is “greatly under-diagnosed” according to an independent consensus panel convened by the National Institute of Health (NIH). This NIH panel estimates that 1 percent of Americans (3 million) suffer from the disease, and “that it is much more common than physicians appreciate.” The panel goes on to say that many of those with
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