Word: gluten
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...come down with celiac disease this week, you might not know it until 2015. It's not that the illness is symptom free. Caused by a severe allergy to gluten (a protein found in wheat and other grains), the disease can cause diarrhea, gas, cramping and weight loss--which is why doctors often mistakingly assume it's irritable bowel syndrome. Or it might show up instead as joint pain, or fatigue, or a skin rash...
...pretender, and why it takes an average of 11 years to diagnose. An expert panel convened by the National Institutes of Health last month estimated that some 3 million Americans may suffer from the illness--10 times as many as doctors once thought. The disease is not just discomforting; gluten from wheat, rye, barley and several other grains triggers an immune response that attacks the lining of the intestines, cutting down on the absorption of calcium, iron and other nutrients...
Schaps now sells soy flour--and wheat gluten--based bread, which comes in flavors like cinnamon chip, that contains about a third of the carbs of regular loaves. The new offerings represent about 5% of sales, and many of these, he says, are to fresh customers as opposed to recipe switchers. But the reformulated loaves with the subtly spongier texture may not swing the pendulum back anytime soon. "I wouldn't eat enough to justify getting a whole loaf," said low-carb dieter Sue Hagedorn, who was buying her son an oversize cookie at a full-carb bakery down...
...Mathis-Lilley and Ben Wasserstein have previously co-authored five semesters’ worth of “Gossip Guy,” a gluten-free cookbook and an erotic roman à clef entitled Call...
...called her Tuesday afternoon, suggesting tea. She told me to come to my great-aunt and -uncle's apartment instead, since she'd already had a big lunch. I went there and sat for three hours while they talked about trips to Israel and newly discovered food allergies. Gluten is a silent killer...