Celiac Disease News

It's getting easier to "go gluten-free" when dining out because more restaurants are offering dishes designed for customers with celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity.

However, planning these special events is no small feat, especially when it comes to choosing the menus.

Editor's note: This column is prepared by Joan D. Cook, Penn State Family Living Program, answering questions concerning food that Berks Countians have asked the extension office.

When four-year-old Sydney Kessler was diagnosed with celiac disease, a digestive condition triggered by the consumption of the protein gluten, her family vowed to do everything possible to make her more comfortable.

Franchise Restaurant Investors Savor the Russo's Difference Russo's restaurants reaches historic level of U.S. and international expansion; announces additional growth of New York Pizzeria and coal-fired Italian kitchen brands."If you look at the quality of restaurant investors we're attracting it is easy to see why I feel so good about the ... (more)

Wegmans is recognizing that May is Celiac Awareness Month by sharing information from experts on how to live gluten-free and calling out for gluten-free recipes and tips! According to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, it's estimated that 1 out of every 133 individuals has celiac disease, and about 83 percent of those individuals are ... (more)

Have you heard someone say " Gluten Free " and "Organic" diets promote healthier lifestyles? I dipped into some recent research and science experts' opinions to see what they say.

It's getting easier to "go gluten-free" when dining out because more restaurants are offering dishes designed for customers with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.

The latest issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology reports on the American ACG clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of celiac disease.

Digestive diseases can include anything from irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, diverticular disease or celiac disease to peptic ulcers.

If restaurants operated like pharmacies, bread and pasta would be kept behind the counter as controlled substances.

DEAR DR. BENFIELD: I've read that a gluten-free diet is used to treat something called celiac disease.

In response to a local mother's petition, Disney Channel has pulled an episode of the show "Jessie" due to its depiction of celiac disease.

Recently Disney aired an episode entitled, "Quitting Cold Koala," on their popular show, "Jessie Show." In this particular episode of the "Jessie Show," there were multiple occasions where the main characters verbally and physically attacked a boy with Celiac Disease.

If the Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act proposed recently passes, medicines containing gluten will have to label themselves as such.

During her first trip to The Farmstead Market at the corner of Kalmia Street and Jefferson Avenue, she filled her shopping cart with cut-to-order meats, aged Italian cheese, a package of dried cantaloupe pieces, a salad and a head of cheddar cauliflower.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY Many people are adopting gluten-free diets for a variety of reasons.

I've written about my own experiences living with this combination in the past, and we've brought you some educational resources including videos and tidbits .

Apps Half Full, LLC introduces Grain or No Grain 1.0 for iOS. Do the plethora of weird ingredients on food labels confuse you? Are you not sure if you should have that dish at your favorite chain restaurant? Or do you simply want to learn more about gluten allergies and celiac disease? If any of these apply to you or a loved one, then download ... (more)

The Telegraph reports that British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver 's restaurant chain Jamie's Italian has been fined A 8,000 for serving wheat pasta to a terminally ill woman who informed the restaurant she had celiac disease during a 2011 visit .