Celiac Disease - Choosing A Gluten-free Diet

If you have recently been diagnosed with celiac disease, navigating the grocery store to find something to eat can seem like an insurmountable task. Not only are wheat, rye, barley and oats barred from your diet but, often, within several months of the diagnosis, it becomes necessary to avoid dairy products as well. Cutting out gluten and dairy simultaneously may seem overwhelming, but if everything is taken in proportion and step-by-step, the task becomes manageable.
Where should you begin?
(The advice found below is only applicable if you do not have any other health problems that need a special diet such as heart disease or diabetes. If you do, please follow closely the advice of your doctor and dietician.) Let us focus on the two problems you now must face–gluten-free and dairy-free. Our advice: Cancel out all other food restrictions. That’s it. Don’t worry about counting carbohydrates, grams or calories. The single most important thing is to get healthy before worrying about your weight or any other food concerns or self-imposed food restrictions.
Before you panic, let us take a look at and see how many foods out there you are allowed to eat. That’s right. I am talking about all those plain […]

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