2008 December « Celiac Disease
Dec 31 2008

Whole Foods Pulls Mislabeled Gluten Free Products Off Shelves

As a follow up to their previous post, the Chicago Tribune now reports that Whole Foods Market has finally removed three gluten free products from their shelves due to them containing gluten. According to the article, it sounds like Whole Foods Market intially refused, but due to the number of complaints from consumers, they decided to go ahead [...]

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Dec 31 2008

Gluten Free Options in Rochester, New York

Are you one of the thousands of people living in the State of New York with Celiac Disease?   With the size of the population in New York being what it is, you’d expect for someone on a gluten free diet to be able to find suitable places to eat, right? The Rochester City Newspaper recently [...]

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Dec 30 2008

Zach of Gluten Free Raleigh Featured on WRAL.com

I just noticed a post over at WRAL (local news station over in Raleigh, North Carolina) which features our friend Zach Becker of Gluten Free Raleigh. Way to raise awareness Zach!

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Dec 30 2008

Story of Children with Celiac Disease

Most of us know what it is like to live on a gluten free diet, but for children, it is quite a bit more difficult.   Being “different” from the other kids can be very difficult for most children to handle.  Over at 2 The Advocate, I noticed a story about a woman who has 2 [...]

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Dec 30 2008

Flaws with the Labeling Process in the United States

If you’ve been reading this website for awhile, you probably will remember when we wrote about an article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune about how not all food allergy labeling is accurate.   As the fallout began, there were responses from several major companies include Enjoy Life, Wellshire Farms, and the ACDA. Now, over a [...]

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Dec 30 2008

Can Celiac Disease Cause Heartburn?

One of the symptoms many people experience frequently and most people have had sometime in their adult life is heartburn. The medical term for this is pyrosis, from the Greek word pyro meaning fire or heat. Heartburn is the classic symptom of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) or reflux. Most people have heard of these terms now [...]

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