I believe we need to increase awareness and understanding of children with Celiac Disease, especially in public environments like their schools.
My sister works in a child care facility, and one of the more disturbing trends I hear about is how so many employees and parents of non-Celiac children don’t appreciate the severity of Celiac Disease symptoms. It is almost as if children with Celiac Disease are a nuisance to them.
“Oh gosh, we have to make special pancakes for the Celiac child — woa is us!”
I understand why this happens; it’s a familiar phenomenon for anyone suffering from a relatively unknown health condition, and unfortunately it may even be a familiar phenomenon for those of us just dealing with the pubic in general. I prefer to focus on the best qualities of humanity, but
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With this article, Gluten Allergy Symptoms, I will attempt to clarify something I feel may confuse people researching Celiac Disease (or Celiac Sprue Disease) and Gluten Intolerance.
To be honest, the term gluten allergy symptoms itself creates confusion and I’m not fond of it. I titled this article this confusing term on purpose to draw those using it so I might educate them on why it isn’t the best term for this condition. And yet even as I wrote it, I have come to the conclusion that it may still have a purpose if we can get the health community to use it in a specific way and in a consistent manner.
The first aspect you must understand is that clinical Celiac Disease and even Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS) is fundamentally different than an allergy in the traditional sense. Celiac disease is not a food allergy; it is an autoimmune disease. I explain this to some degree with the main article of this site, but because I receive an overwhelming number of emails targeting the phrase gluten allergy symptoms, I thought I better address the term more directly in its own article.
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Some general notes:
- Always be sure to carefully seat the pan in your bread maker. I’ve seen friends disappointed with the performance of their bread machine only to discover they weren’t properly securing the bread pan.
- Always read your manufacturer instructions. Some bread machines may specify a different order for placing wet or dry ingredients into the machine’s pan.
- IMPORTANT: Unless specified otherwise, don’t let the yeast touch the sides of the breakmaker pan or reach the liquid. I create a small, shallow volcano whole for the yeast within the dry ingredients.
Some standard variations to keep in mind:
- Instead of three eggs, try using one egg plus two egg whites. For more leavening, add 1 to 3 teaspoons of egg replacer.
- You might also use our gluten substitutions page as a reference when using these recipes or other recipes you find on the Internet. You might just concoct your own perfect recipe from the methods described therein to substitute gluten in standard bread recipes.
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Hey all! I’ve just completed and published two cool new pages to my site! The first is quite possibly the most comprehensive guide on the Internet to gluten free flour blends and gluten substitutions.
I know that sounds arrogant, but I rigorously looked all over the Internet to see what was out there and what was missing, then brought all the best information together into a single, comprehensive document. It includes a comprehensive list of wheat flour alternatives and gluten substitutions as well several cool recipes for top quality gluten free flour blends.
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