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Gluten-Free App for iPhone, iPod, iPad

The gluten-free diet is keeping up with the times!  A new app has been developed for iPhone, iTouch, and iPad users that lets users discover what the safe gluten-free options are at their favorite gluten-free restaurants.

Download the gluten-free fast food app and discover what you can eat on a budget and on the go today!

Read more: http://prmac.com/release-id-28575.htm

Raising Kids with Food Allergies

Check out this great article on how to successfully raise kids with food allergies! 

A recent study shows that 1 in 13 children in the United States suffer from food allergies and 40% of them can have severe, dangerous, and even life threatening reactions to food.

Reading labels, cooking at home, and educating the kids and the rest of the family on the allergy becomes extremely important when dealing with a food-allergic child. 

Read more about food allergies in children here: http://northborough.patch.com/articles/raising-kids-with-food-allergies

Great Recipes for a Gluten-Free Weekend

It's almost time for the weekend and what better time than to cook for yourself and for your family!  This new website site offers some great weekend recipes including gluten-free cornbread and gluten-free pancakes for Sunday brunch.

So check out these delicious options and start baking!

Read more: http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/836635/gluten-free-friday-parmesan-topped-cornbread

Gluten Intolerance Goes Undiagnosed in India

Check out this fantastic article looking at diagnosis rates of gluten intolerance in India. In the article, Macrobiotic Food Counselor Shonali Sabherwal says that in Mumbai, the ignorance level of gluten intolerance is almost 80 percent.  She says that many people attribute their stomach problems to the curry but Sabherwal says that in many cases it is because they cannot digest gluten.

Nutritionist Naini Setalvad says that 1 in 3 patients she treats has a gluten allergy that has gone uncontrolled and led to not only digestive problems, but also severe arthritis, bronchitis and asthma.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/Cut-the-gluteny/articleshow/9308474.cms

Actress Jennifer Espositos Dishes on Life with Celiac Disease

Hollywood star Jennifer Esposito is going on record about her long battle with health problems and the relief she felt after finally being diagnosed with celiac disease.

Her symptoms got so bad that she sunk into a depression and was asked by doctors if she was contemplating suicide.

Now the actress has started a gluten-free diet and is spreading the word.  She has also founded Jennifer's Way, a support network to raise awareness and educate others about the need to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Read more:  http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Jennifer+Espositos+tell+all+book+about+her+health+battles-96829.html

Study Looks at Consumer Satisfaction with Gluten-Free Diet

A recent study in the UK surveyed 310 Celiac patients and another 477 control patients to find out if they were satisfied with a gluten-free diet as treatment.  Not surprisingly, more than 40% were dissatisfied with having to eat gluten-free.

Sticking to a diet for health reasons is notoriously low among advice given to people by their doctors.  This means that many people are looking for novel therapies to be developed such as a vaccine that would allow unlimited gluten to be digested or peptidases or zonulin antagonists that would enzymatically degrade gluten.

Even with new treatments in the works it is important to remember that people with Celiac are lucky in that following a gluten-free diet can eliminate and almost reverse all symptoms of the disease.

Read more: http://www.celiac.com/articles/22603/1/How-Happy-Are-You-on-a-Gluten-free-Diet/Page1.html

Hospitals Move Towards Healthy Vending Machines

Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA has installed healthy vending machines in an effort to combat the growing obesity trend in the state.

Vending machines will now have gluten-free, vegan, kosher, and organic choices and will come equipped with a touch screen so consumers can view the nutritional content for each item.  Hopefully these will be installed in hospitals all over the country!

Read more: http://uppermacungie.patch.com/articles/a-new-breed-of-healthful-vending-machines-at-lehigh-valley-hospital-3

Gluten-Free Travel Tips

It is so exciting that gluten-free food is making its way into luxury hotels and traveling can now be a bit easier for those following a gluten-free diet!

The article offers tips on hotels that offer a gluten-free menu and also suggests travel destinations for those who are interested in gluten-free cooking classes with the executive chef of the hotels.

Read more: http://www.justluxe.com/travel/luxury-vacations/feature-1606583.php

Tennis Star Credits Gluten-Free Diet for Wimbledon Win

A huge congratualtions to tennis star Novak Djokovic who this week beat out all of his competitors at Wimbledon to take the champion title...and he credits his win to his switch to a gluten-free diet. 

Djokovic attributes part of his win to cutting out gluten after his nutritionist diagnosed him as allergic.  With all of that extra energy from eating a healthy diet he says he feels "...much more confident on the court."  

Read more about his amazing win here: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20507685,00.html