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Hidden Gluten in the Bathroom

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Purge Your Bathroom, Purge Your Body

Gluten lurks in many amazing places.  Your bathroom shower and your medicine cabinet hold many potential routes of gluten exposure.  Gluten-containing starches are used as a thickening agent, filler and stabilizer in many things.

Every single item that goes on or in your body must be examined.  Shampoo, conditioner, hair styling products, make-up, lotion, and personal care items very often contain gluten.  My first trip to the store to try to find gluten-free make-up and body products resulted in tears.  Below are some sources for gluten-free items to help you in your search. [Read more…] about Hidden Gluten in the Bathroom

Should Celiacs Eat Corn?

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I saw an interesting article from The Gluten Free Society named Celiac Patients React to Gluten-Free Bread.  The article claims that corn contains gluten and is just as damaging as the gluten from wheat, rye and barley and they point to some studies to back up their stance.  The studies appear to have some holes in them just from my cursory readings.

After reading it, my first thought was how much of that corn was GMO?  Organic?  Surely the body could have an immune reaction to a GMO grain and not react to the same grain in non-GMO form? [Read more…] about Should Celiacs Eat Corn?

Ingles Market Gluten-Free Fair

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Cooking Traditional Foods will be a vendor at the Ingles Market Gluten-Free Fair.  Over 50 national brands, such as Bob’s Red Mill, Earthbound Farms and Enjoy Life, will be present along with many local vendors.  All will be sampling and selling gluten-free food, books and more.  In addition to the food vendors, there will be companies that support a gluten-free lifestyle, including book authors, gluten-free personal care, local conventional and alternative care providers.  There will also be speakers, panel discussions, presentations and more.  Come join us!

If you’re in the area, please drop by and say hello. We will be selling a variety of cookbooks, CDs, Menu Mailers and other items, including some new items that haven’t debuted on the website yet.

When: Saturday, April 30, 11am-2pm

Where: Doubletree Hotel- Biltmore
115 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC [Read more…] about Ingles Market Gluten-Free Fair