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New to the GF LifestyleBecause thatâ€™s what it is â€“ a lifestyle, not a diet. If you are newly diagnosed and wondering what to do, there are plenty of sites to peruse. But be very careful what you choose to read. There is a lot of misinformation out there, some of it harmful to your health. First, I want to touch on the idea of â€œcheatingâ€ on a gluten-free diet. If you have Celiac Disease, â€œcheatingâ€ is not allowed! Itâ€™s not like woops â€“ a few more calories (like on a weight loss diet), but it is serious business with Celiac Disease. If you â€œcheat,â€ you are stimulating your immune system to attack your body. Anyway you look at it, thatâ€™s bad. And if you do have Celiac Disease or are just gluten-intolerant or sensitive, and people see you eat gluten-free sometimes and sometimes you eat some gluten, then what you are doing is ruining all the work that those of us who are gluten-free for real are doing to educate people. This is the main reason that other people think â€œyou can have a little.â€ Theyâ€™ve seen someone else who is â€œgluten-freeâ€ do it. Iâ€™m sorry if that sounds harsh, but itâ€™s theu0026hellip;
GF Myths UncoveredThere are a lot of gluten-free myths out there. I would like to debunk some of them. (This page is a work in progress.) Myth 1: Vinegar is not gluten-free. Truth: Most vinegars are gluten-free. The exceptions are malt vinegar and â€œflavoredâ€ vinegars, which have stuff added to them after the distillation process. Myth 2: McDonaldâ€™s French Fries are not gluten-free. Truth: A very small amount of gluten was in a flavoring used in the oil to par-fry the potatoes. The french fries have been tested and NO detectable gluten was found in the final product. Even the CSA believes them to be gluten-free. Now, you may not want to eat them on the principal that they once put even a small amount of wheat in them. Thatâ€™s fine. But the bigger concern is the level of cross-contact caused by the obnoxious 16 year-old in charge of the fryer. If youâ€™ve never had chicken nugget bits in your french fries, then youâ€™re pretty lucky. And that is why I donâ€™t eat their fries. Myth 3: Alcohol from grain sources are not gluten-free. Truth: The distillation process removes the gluten. I donâ€™t know what kinds of alcohol are distilled, because Iu0026hellip;
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- GF/CD Books I OwnUpdated 3/26/10 I wanted to put together a list of gluten-free cookbooks and reference books I own for my readers, in case you are interested.Â Donâ€™t worry â€“ nobody expects you to have as many as I do.Â Since I am the book chairman for my local support group, it makes sense for me to know at least a little about each book that I am selling.Â Plus, I may actually have an addiction.Â Iâ€™m not sure. Iâ€™m also in the process of putting together an Excel spreadsheet of the tables of contents for the cookbooks.Â This, I do, for many good reasons. I thought it was a good idea. I was bored one afternoon. So I can search easily between all the books to find a recipe I might like to try. So my friends and family can look up a recipe title if they want to make something for me, or (more likely) have me make it for a gathering. So you, my readers, can look at the recipes in different books before deciding which book(s) to buy. So you, my readers, can also search easily through a book or books you might have to find a newu0026hellip;
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