My co-op electric company that un-co-oped a few years ago has finally had to let us choose our own electric. Which is really a good thing, this coop has had a bit of a monopoly going for years, and we have literally paid for it. Thus the needed de-regulation. We HAVE to pick a new…
Category: GLUTEN FREE 101
Do Not Fear, Change to Gluten Free
pride:a high or inordinate opinion of one’s own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc. St. Augustine: “pride is the love of one’s own excellence” Pride is a problem when we hold such high esteem to what we have been doing, saying, believing that…
A Gut Reaction
I heard a commercial for yogurt make the statement that 70% of our immune system is located in our gut. In all of these almost 30 gut wrenching years of Celiac awareness, I have never heard this. Experiencing how absolutely EVERYTHING that goes wrong with my body, seems directly related to ingesting wheat. It makes…
They Don’t Know, But YOU Do
Last week I heard three different instances of misdiagnosis or refusal to diagnose celiac/gluten intolerance by doctors. As always the person(s) involved say the doctor said the tests don’t show the celiac, though the patient has felt better being off of wheat. The majority of doctors, labs, pathologist, the medical world still does not know…
Remember. Forget the Wheat.
Celiac,gluten intolerance effects more than just the gut. For far more people than you know, and doctors will admit. Gluten does not JUST cause a bit of upset stomach and diarrhea. The stomach intestinal upset is just the easiest seen symptom. It is the hidden symptoms that are truly the most detrimental. Doctors, and we…
Delete Wheat with Christy Petty 