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Most Common Symptoms of Celiac Disease?

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Over the past few years, the medical community has finally come around to the fact that many people with Celiac Disease don’t have the common symptoms that doctors used to look for.

Recently The Savvy Celiac took a community survey of symptoms that lead to a diagnosis of Celiac Disease, and today they shared the survey results. The survey was actually broken down into two sections: children’s symptoms and adults’ symptoms.

Here are the results with the most common symptoms on top:

Children’s Symptoms with Celiac Disease

  • Diarrhea
  • Failure to Thrive
  • Distended Belly
  • Stomach Pain
  • Vomiting
  • Fatigue
  • Constipation

Adult Symptoms with Celiac Disease

  • Diarrhea
  • Fatigue
  • Stomach Pain
  • Anemia
  • Nausea
  • Asymptomatic
  • Weight Loss
  • Constipation

They are definitely interesting results, though they were taken from a very small sample (68 people), so it should be used for informational purposes only. Click here to read their post announcing the survey results.

Red Robin’s Gluten-Free Menu

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Traveling to a Red Robin in the near future? We’ve been doing some research and discovered that Red Robin is one of those good restaurants that actually publishes their gluten-free menu on their website! Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have a direct link to it (you have to email them for a link to the current menu).

Official Website Menu Information: Red Robin’s Gluten-Free Menu
Location Finder: Find a Red Robin Location Near You

For your reference, we were able to obtain a recent Red Robin gluten-free menu, released only a few days ago! If you are viewing this post more than a month after publication, you’ll want to contact Red Robin for the most updated version of their gluten-free menu or use the menu link above simply as a general guide.

For your reference, here is the information provided in Red Robin’s menu:

Red Robin General Information:

  • Red Robin will customize orders to meet dietary needs.
  • Salad Dressings and mayo do contain vinegar in the ingredients list. The vinegar is not malt vinegar.
  • The Red Robin Seasoning is sprinkled on the beef patty and steak fries after cooking. The Seasoning does not contain wheat, barley, oat, or rye glutens. It may contain naturally occurring glutamates. These items can be ordered without Red Robin Seasoning. Please inform your server if you desire no seasoning.
  • Corn strips may be fried in a common fryer.
  • Steak fries are fried in a designated fryer.

Red Robin Produce Items:

  • Salsa
  • Black Beans
  • Turkey Breast Meat
  • Beef patty
  • Lettuce Wrap Burger
  • Carnitas meat
  • Grilled Chicken Breast Fillet
  • Egg
  • Turkey patty
  • Grilled Salmon
  • Rice
  • Side of cooked vegetables

Red Robin Current Entrees:

  • Cobb Salad
  • Crispy Chicken Salad, substitute crispy chicken with grilled chicken
  • Fajita Pollo, minus corn strips.

As always, when dining out gluten-free, do your due diligence and make sure the staff understands your needs. There are very few restaurants that are 100% gluten-free, so cross-contamination is always a risk. If you don’t feel comfortable with what you are hearing from the staff, perhaps it is best to dine elsewhere.

For information about other gluten-free restaurants menus, check out our gluten-free restaurants page.

Ruby Tuesday’s Gluten-Free Menu

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Plan to visit Ruby Tuesdays in the near future? Though this particular restaurant has long been hesitant to actually commit to anything being gluten-free (or to place anything on their official website), it looks like they have finally come out with an official response when asked for a gluten-free menu!

Official Website Menu Information: Ruby Tuesday’s Gluten-Free Menu
Location Finder: Find a Ruby Tuesday Location Near You

For your reference, here is the information we obtained regarding Ruby Tuesday’s gluten-free menu; however, because foods and ingredients are constantly changing, please verify with your server prior to ordering anything off their menu:

Currently all of our fried food is prepared in soybean oil.  Our French fries are fried in the same oil as our breaded items.

Please be aware that we do serve white and wheat hamburger buns which all contain wheat flour. Our premium knot roll and rolls used for Ruby Minis are white bread, while our Golden Bun used for most burgers is a wheat bun. All are made from wheat flour.

The following menu items are acceptable for guests with a gluten intolerance or Celiac Sprue disease:

  • Steaks (with Ruby’s seasoning only)
  • Chicken Oscar
  • Chicken Fresco
  • Any burger without bread (EXCLUSIONS: turkey burgers, the onion tanglers on minis, French fries)

Sides

  • Broccoli as currently prepared
  • Mashed potatoes as currently prepared
  • Baked potato without sour cream
  • Salad bar with discretion (excludes prepared salads on the salad bar)

Acceptable salad dressings:

  • Bleu Cheese
  • Ranch
  • Lite Ranch
  • Honey
  • Mustard
  • Caesar
  • Thousand Island
  • Italian
  • French

Unfortunately, for all other food items, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. cannot provide a listing of allergens that might be present in our menu items for the following reasons:

It is always possible, as we are preparing food in over 800 restaurants every day, that one item will be substituted for another, and that the substitute product’s contents may be different from the ingredients in the products we normally use.

As food is being prepared in our restaurants, it often comes in contact with other food, so even though a specific item may not contain allergens, it could be affected by another food item that does.

As always, when dining out gluten-free, do your due diligence and make sure the staff understands your needs. There are very few restaurants that are 100% gluten-free, so cross-contamination is always a risk. If you don’t feel comfortable with what you are hearing from the staff, perhaps it is best to dine elsewhere.

For information about other gluten-free restaurants menus, check out our gluten-free restaurants page.

Celiac Disease Organizations & Centers

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There are a huge number of Celiac Disease organizations, centers, support groups, and other sources for information regarding Celiac Disease and living a gluten-free lifestyle.

Below you’ll find a collection of websites that I’ve put together. Over time I’m hoping to add to this list to help keep it as a useful resource. For a more detailed list, you’ll want to check out our Celiac support groups page and more!

Celiac Organizations Celiac Centers
Celiac Support Groups
 Other
  • Boston-The Healthy Villi
  • Suffolk County Celiacs
  • Westchester Celiac Support Group

Safeway’s Gluten-Free Products List

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For many parts of the United States, Safeway is the grocery store that is relied upon to purchase groceries at an affordable price. And like most major grocery chains, Safeway will provide a list of gluten-free products they carry if you contact them.

For your reference, here is their current standard email response (reformatted for your convenience), which is provided if you request a list of their gluten-free products (Note: To ensure you have a current and accurate list we recommend you contact Safeway directly):

Safeway’s Gluten-Free Product List

“We received your request for information on Safeway private label products for those troubled with gluten-induced enteropathy or celiac sprue. While we are somewhat familiar with the malabsorption syndrome, we do not presume to prescribe any of our products for any specific diet(s). On the other hand, we are happy to provide what information we have which might be useful to you.

For your information, we have over 5,000 different products in our Safeway private label product line and we do not have a listing of ingredients available for the general public on each of these items so we are not able to comply with all requests. We do suggest that you read carefully all ingredient labeling information on products that you purchase.

We can tell you that our frozen vegetables and fruits should be okay since they do not contain any other ingredients but the vegetables or fruits themselves. The exception to this would be our frozen vegetables in sauce.

Another group of items that would be acceptable is non-breaded seafood items, poultry that has not been breaded or stuffed, and our Lucerne/SELECT eggs. In other words, all fresh meats, seafood, and eggs.

Acceptable dairy items would be all fluid milk, except chocolate milk when starch is added and the source is not listed, cottage cheese, and natural cheeses. Most bakery items we believe would not be acceptable for use in this diet.

We have taken the initiative to solicit all of our suppliers for lists of their products that are gluten-free. This list is attached for your easy reference.

As near as we can determine, the information we’ve provided is correct; however, we cannot guarantee that changes will not occur from time to time in our ingredient listings, or vendor changes that would affect processing methods or raw ingredients therefore we do recommend that you verify ingredients with us from time to time. We do appreciate your interest in our Safeway Brand products and hope that we have been of some help to you.

SELECT/Safeway Brand

  • Basmati Rice
  • Baking Nuts (Almonds)
  • BBQ Sauce (Original, Honey Mustard, Hickory Smoked, and Honey Smoked)
  • Beef Franks
  • Capers
  • Clear (sparkling water beverages, all flavors)
  • Chai Tea
  • Cheese Fondue
  • Cheese (Shredded Parmesan)
  • Chocolate Chips
  • Cocoa Mix –European
  • Coffee (Creamy Hazelnut)
  • Coffee Beverage, Instant Flavored (maltodextrin corn-based)
  • Enchilada Sauce (Mild)(vinegar distilled w/wood, pulp, mild)
  • Fiesta Fajita Salsa
  • Gourmet Club Eating Right (Ginger Chicken, Chicken Lettuce Wraps)
  • Gourmet Dipping Sauces (Cook’n Grill Plum and Honey Mustard)
  • Herbal Tea (Lemon, Evening Delight, Chamomile, Peppermint)
  • Honey
  • Jams/Jellies
  • Mayonnaise (Regular, Reduced Fat, Fat-Free, With Canola Oil (distilled w/wood))
  • Mustard (Classic/Country Dijon, Spicy Brown, Stone Ground Horseradish)
  • Organic Peas
  • Organic Soy Beverage
  • Organic Vanilla Soy Beverage (Low Fat)
  • Potato Cups (Sour Cream Chive, Three Cheese Broccoli, Roasted Garlic, Buttermilk Ranch) Not Run on a Dedicated Line
  • Pasta Sauces – Refrigerated Varieties (Classic Pesto, Creamy Parmesan Basil, Garden Vegetable & Herb, Light Alfredo, Mushroom/Onion, Roasted Garlic & Mushroom)
  • Pasta/Marinara Sauce (all VERDI)
  • Pizza Sauce
  • Pure Maple Syrup
  • Roasted Rosemary Wedges
  • Salad Dressing (like Miracle Whip)
  • Salad Dressings (Basil Ranch, Ranch, Roasted Red Pepper & Garlic Vinaigrette, Raspberry Vinaigrette, Red Wine Balsamic, Blue Cheese, Cranberry/Orange, Harvest Vegetable, Tuscan Basil Herb, Creamy Goat Cheese/Dried Tomato, Raspberry Cranberry Vinaigrette, Balsamic & Olive Oil Vinaigrette)
  • Salad Dressing Mix (Italian)
  • Salsa (All SELECT varieties)
  • Sausage (Chicken Apple, Chicken Andouille, Italian Pork, Turkey Chicken Parmesan Basil, and Turkey Chicken Sun Dried Tomato, Beef Smoked, Beef Hot Link, Cajun Style Link, Polish, Italian)
  • Signature Broccoli Cheddar Au Gratin
  • Signature Ribs (St. Louis Style Smoke House)
  • Signature Soup (Fajita Chicken & Toasted Corn Chowder, Baked Potato, Fiesta Chicken Tortilla, Autumn Harvest Butternut Squash, Rosemary Chicken & White Bean)
  • Soft Caramel Cups
  • Sodas (all varieties)
  • Soup Cups (Tex Mex, Split Pea, Black Bean, Potato Leak) Not Run on Dedicated Line
  • Soup Mixes (Tortilla Con Queso, Black Bean & Rice) Not Run on Dedicated Line
  • Specialty Three Large Eggs
  • Specialty Tea
  • Steak Sauce
  • Syrup (Blueberry)
  • Tea (Green, Orange Spice Black)
  • Truffles (Chocolate/Raspberry, Mocha, Butterscotch, and Milk Chocolate)
  • Tuna (Tongol)
  • Vinegar (ALL EXCEPT Malt Vinegar)
  • Whole Bean Coffees, flavored
  • Winners Thirst Quencher (Lemon Lime, Lemon Ice, Orange, Lemon, Tropical, Fruit Punch, Glacier Wave, Tangerine Freeze, and Amazon Freeze)

ENLIGHTEN Brand

  • Dressings (Honey Mustard, Roasted Sweet Pepper & Garlic Vinaigrette, Garden Italian, and Balsamic & Red Wine Vinaigrette)
  • Mayonnaise

HEALTHY ADVANTAGE

  • Vegetarian Chili

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