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I have celiac disease. That means that I am gluten intolerant.
And, because of that, I have intimate knowledge of the disease and what it takes to survive comfortably in spite of it.
I'd like to share with you what I have learned from living with the disease... as one friend to another. So, get yourself another cup of coffee or tea and let's chat about gluten intolerance, what it is and how it can be lived with and managed successfully by ordinary people...
... It's been almost 12 years since I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance (a.k.a. celiac or coeliac disease). But, I've had it all of my life as near as I can tell. Even as a small child, I can remember having what I now know are symptoms of celiac disease.
Before I was formally diagnosed with the disease, I was helping my mother-in-law live with her celiac condition because she had it, too. All told, it's been close to 17 years since I first began to learn how to live and deal with the disease.
When I first began to deal with the disease by taking care of my mother-in-law, there was almost no information outside of medical textbooks and reference materials about the disease. Awareness of the disease was almost non-existent in the public at large and just barely acknowledged by the medical community itself.
When I was finally diagnosed 5 or 6 years after my mother-in-law's diagnosis, there was only a tiny bit of information that had begun to leak out to the public. The internet was in its infancy and there was still very little awareness of the disease by the public.
This almost total lack of information and "poo-pooing" by the medical establishment about the disease made it very hard at first not only to live with the disease but also to learn how to manage the disease effectively.
Although there is wider acceptance of the reality of the condition than there was 15 or 20 years ago, reliable, coordinated information is still difficult to come by. The internet has helped a lot but the reliable information base is still not there.
Because of that, it has become one of my life goals to help people learn about celiac disease which is also known as gluten intolerance.
In this book, I answer questions that almost all gluten intolerant individuals will eventually ask about their disease and how to live with it. I talk about things like:
- The 7 common warning signs that may tell you that you may have celiac disease... This is an especially important heads-up if you see these symptoms in children.
- What to do if you have a blood relative who has been diagnosed with the disease... especially if you have no symptoms.
- The only way you can know for sure that you have celiac disease.
- When celiac disease actually starts and what may cause it to "go active."
- The one thing that you can do to stop the immediate symptoms of celiac disease.
- How to avoid long term, serious damage to your body from celiac disease.
- The major ways that celiac disease can hurt you.
- How to tell if something you want to eat has gluten in it.
- What is the largest amount of gluten that an individual with celiac disease can safely eat.
- What to say to your waiter or waitress to be sure that your meal will be gluten-free.
- How to successfully change your kitchen to be gluten-free.
- And, finally, I've included a reprint of my informative article about gluten intolerance and its long-term effects called "Gluten Intolerance, A Silent And Vicious Killer." I think it's a must-read for anyone with gluten intolerance... Especially those who have blood relatives with no outward symptoms of the disease.
This book is Volume II of the Elegantly, Gluten-Free Survival Series and is written to help people with gluten intolerance have a single, reliable resource, written in common, everyday English, that will answer questions that everyone with the disease will eventually ask. This book is a "medical mumbo-jumbo" free zone!
And, because of that, I have intimate knowledge of the disease and what it takes to survive comfortably in spite of it.
I'd like to share with you what I have learned from living with the disease... as one friend to another. So, get yourself another cup of coffee or tea and let's chat about gluten intolerance, what it is and how it can be lived with and managed successfully by ordinary people...
... It's been almost 12 years since I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance (a.k.a. celiac or coeliac disease). But, I've had it all of my life as near as I can tell. Even as a small child, I can remember having what I now know are symptoms of celiac disease.
Before I was formally diagnosed with the disease, I was helping my mother-in-law live with her celiac condition because she had it, too. All told, it's been close to 17 years since I first began to learn how to live and deal with the disease.
When I first began to deal with the disease by taking care of my mother-in-law, there was almost no information outside of medical textbooks and reference materials about the disease. Awareness of the disease was almost non-existent in the public at large and just barely acknowledged by the medical community itself.
When I was finally diagnosed 5 or 6 years after my mother-in-law's diagnosis, there was only a tiny bit of information that had begun to leak out to the public. The internet was in its infancy and there was still very little awareness of the disease by the public.
This almost total lack of information and "poo-pooing" by the medical establishment about the disease made it very hard at first not only to live with the disease but also to learn how to manage the disease effectively.
Although there is wider acceptance of the reality of the condition than there was 15 or 20 years ago, reliable, coordinated information is still difficult to come by. The internet has helped a lot but the reliable information base is still not there.
Because of that, it has become one of my life goals to help people learn about celiac disease which is also known as gluten intolerance.
In this book, I answer questions that almost all gluten intolerant individuals will eventually ask about their disease and how to live with it. I talk about things like:
- The 7 common warning signs that may tell you that you may have celiac disease... This is an especially important heads-up if you see these symptoms in children.
- What to do if you have a blood relative who has been diagnosed with the disease... especially if you have no symptoms.
- The only way you can know for sure that you have celiac disease.
- When celiac disease actually starts and what may cause it to "go active."
- The one thing that you can do to stop the immediate symptoms of celiac disease.
- How to avoid long term, serious damage to your body from celiac disease.
- The major ways that celiac disease can hurt you.
- How to tell if something you want to eat has gluten in it.
- What is the largest amount of gluten that an individual with celiac disease can safely eat.
- What to say to your waiter or waitress to be sure that your meal will be gluten-free.
- How to successfully change your kitchen to be gluten-free.
- And, finally, I've included a reprint of my informative article about gluten intolerance and its long-term effects called "Gluten Intolerance, A Silent And Vicious Killer." I think it's a must-read for anyone with gluten intolerance... Especially those who have blood relatives with no outward symptoms of the disease.
This book is Volume II of the Elegantly, Gluten-Free Survival Series and is written to help people with gluten intolerance have a single, reliable resource, written in common, everyday English, that will answer questions that everyone with the disease will eventually ask. This book is a "medical mumbo-jumbo" free zone!
