Showing posts with label Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide. Show all posts
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea
Looking for a last minute gift. Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide can help anyone who may be considering trying an alternative way to eat. Check it out on Amazon: just click on the title above.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Living Gluten-Free During the Holiday's
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| Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide |
Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide is a great handbook for these kinds of situations. As an author we sometimes lose perceptive about our works. Yesterday I was reminded just how needed my gluten-free handbook can be.
I was at a Celiac meeting where I met a person very new to the gluten-free world. She has been living a life of pain and discomfort for years. She has undergone 7 years of medical testing with no positive results. Recently someone suggested she try eating gluten-free. As with so many people, she does not have a full grasp on what eating gluten-free is, so she only eliminated the obvious wheat. Though her symptoms have been reduced, she still suffers. As we spoke, I showed her my books.
"This is exactly what I need," she said. Her eyes lit up as we reviewed the pages in Gluten-Free Living 101 :
Pages 16 & 17 has a complete list of flours containing gluten and gluten-free flours.
Pages 18 & 19 "Gluten Hiding in Surprising Places"
Chapter 6: " Eating Out'
Chapter 8: "Recipes"
Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide
I wrote this book so that a person could read it quickly and start living gluten-free as soon as they are ready. This book can also be read by need: choose the chapter you need to help you maneuver the holiday's and have a successful and happy holiday season.
My series of books also make great holiday gifts.
Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide
Is Gluten Hiding in Your Shampoo? It Was Hiding in Mine.
Is Gluten Hiding in Your Kids Things?
Friday, November 7, 2014
Possible Causes of Intestinal Permeability
Intestinal Permeability or Leaky Gut - what is it and what causes it?
The Dr.Com addresses this issue on Facebook by answering, "Q: Is it true that sensitivities and allergies are due to proteins getting into the blood stream due to leaky gut syndrome, and a leaky gut is caused by mycotoxins?"
Partial response:
"Yes and no ... The two most common initiators of intestinal permeability are gluten and lipopolysaccharides (LPS)... Whatever the trigger that’s producing the inflammation leading to intestinal permeability, the primary objective is to reduce the trigger. If it’s mycotoxin, then clean the gut and remove mycotoxin-laden food. If it’s gluten, then remove the gluten. In other words, stop throwing gasoline on the fire!" For the complete response please go to. The Dr. Com
For information about how to start living gluten-free, please check out my book, Gluten-Free Living: A Step by Step Guide.
The post got me wondering about what mycotoxins are. I set out do do some research. I found some answers on Clinical Medical Reviews. The answer is complicated.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) had a clearer definition:
"Mycotoxins are toxic compounds produced by different types of fungus, belonging mainly to the Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium genera.
Under favourable environmental conditions, when temperature and
moisture are conducive, these fungi proliferate and may produce
mycotoxins. They commonly enter the food chain through contaminated food
and feed crops, mainly cereals.
The presence of mycotoxins in food and feed may affect human and animal health as they may cause many different adverse health effects such as induction of cancer and mutagenicity, as well as estrogenic, gastrointestinal and kidney disorders. Some mycotoxins are also immunosuppressive reducing resistance to infectious disease."
If you are diagnosed with mycotoxins then what foods should you avoid? According to EFSA,
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"Aflatoxins are mycotoxins produced by two species of Aspergillus, a fungus which is especially found in areas with hot and humid climates. Since aflatoxins are known to be genotoxic and carcinogenic, exposure through food should be kept as low as possible.
Aflatoxins can occur in foods, such as groundnuts, treenuts, maize, rice, figs and other dried foods, spices and crude vegetable oils, and cocoa beans, as a result of fungal contamination before and after harvest."
www.mycotoxins.info is a blog/website dedicated to the subject of mycotoxins and the effect on the body.
To be continued as I learn more about this subject.
Please remember I am not a doctor, scientist, or medical practitioner. These are my thoughts and ideas. Please ask you medical care provider if you have questions about your health.
References:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC164220/
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/mycotoxins.htm
http: www.mycotoxins.infoh
The Dr.Com addresses this issue on Facebook by answering, "Q: Is it true that sensitivities and allergies are due to proteins getting into the blood stream due to leaky gut syndrome, and a leaky gut is caused by mycotoxins?"
Partial response:
"Yes and no ... The two most common initiators of intestinal permeability are gluten and lipopolysaccharides (LPS)... Whatever the trigger that’s producing the inflammation leading to intestinal permeability, the primary objective is to reduce the trigger. If it’s mycotoxin, then clean the gut and remove mycotoxin-laden food. If it’s gluten, then remove the gluten. In other words, stop throwing gasoline on the fire!" For the complete response please go to. The Dr. Com
For information about how to start living gluten-free, please check out my book, Gluten-Free Living: A Step by Step Guide.
The post got me wondering about what mycotoxins are. I set out do do some research. I found some answers on Clinical Medical Reviews. The answer is complicated.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) had a clearer definition:
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| Mycotoxins: Image by EFSA |
The presence of mycotoxins in food and feed may affect human and animal health as they may cause many different adverse health effects such as induction of cancer and mutagenicity, as well as estrogenic, gastrointestinal and kidney disorders. Some mycotoxins are also immunosuppressive reducing resistance to infectious disease."
If you are diagnosed with mycotoxins then what foods should you avoid? According to EFSA,
"
"Aflatoxins are mycotoxins produced by two species of Aspergillus, a fungus which is especially found in areas with hot and humid climates. Since aflatoxins are known to be genotoxic and carcinogenic, exposure through food should be kept as low as possible.
Aflatoxins can occur in foods, such as groundnuts, treenuts, maize, rice, figs and other dried foods, spices and crude vegetable oils, and cocoa beans, as a result of fungal contamination before and after harvest."
www.mycotoxins.info is a blog/website dedicated to the subject of mycotoxins and the effect on the body.
To be continued as I learn more about this subject.
Please remember I am not a doctor, scientist, or medical practitioner. These are my thoughts and ideas. Please ask you medical care provider if you have questions about your health.
References:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC164220/
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/mycotoxins.htm
http: www.mycotoxins.infoh
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Thank You All!
I want to take this time to thank you all for supporting my books and my business. So many of you have helped me in one way or another.
I really enjoy being a gluten-free coach. Knowing that I can make a difference motivates me to write my books and learn all I can learn about living gluten-free.
It took me 2 1/2 years to complete Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide. I stayed focused and "driven" knowing that there was no other book out there like it. I created this book so anyone who wants to live gluten-free can read the book and start living gluten-free with a few days.
It was all your voices, faces and online comments that fueled the fire that got me here.
Thank you,
Marian
I really enjoy being a gluten-free coach. Knowing that I can make a difference motivates me to write my books and learn all I can learn about living gluten-free.
It took me 2 1/2 years to complete Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide. I stayed focused and "driven" knowing that there was no other book out there like it. I created this book so anyone who wants to live gluten-free can read the book and start living gluten-free with a few days.
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It was all your voices, faces and online comments that fueled the fire that got me here.
Thank you,
Marian
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Happy Gluten-Free Anniversary to me and my family!
Let's party- it is an anniversary! So many of the people I know discuss living gluten-free as a burden rather than a new lease on life. So what if we can't eat bagels or bread anymore. I no longer have brain fog, intestinal pains, skin issues and so many other benefits that I can't see but feel. So let's celebrate our commitment to health and a better quality of life.
August is the anniversary when my family and I decided to take living gluten-free to another whole level. Complete and total commitment not only to eating gluten-free and using gluten-free body care products BUT also to learning everything we could about it.
Though it feels like we have been gluten-free for a life time, it is almost 5 years. The 1st year was all about helping my daughter regain her health. She was tested and told to eliminate 31 foods including gluten. Yes, we did remove gluten from the menu but truthfully it took months and endless hours of research to understand the various places gluten could be hiding.
Sometime during that 1st year we realized the profound impact eliminating gluten and dairy had on my daughter's health and we began to focus on those 2 foods. There were so many questions I could not answer about gluten and where it could be lurking so I set out to find out.
While finding out the answers, I developed a passion for the gluten-free lifestyle. (My reason for writing "Gluten-Free Living 101: A step by Step Guide and Is Gluten Hiding in Your Shampoo? It was Hiding in Mine!)
When is your anniversary date for living a gluten-free life?
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| My Gluten-Free Anniversary! |
Though it feels like we have been gluten-free for a life time, it is almost 5 years. The 1st year was all about helping my daughter regain her health. She was tested and told to eliminate 31 foods including gluten. Yes, we did remove gluten from the menu but truthfully it took months and endless hours of research to understand the various places gluten could be hiding.
Sometime during that 1st year we realized the profound impact eliminating gluten and dairy had on my daughter's health and we began to focus on those 2 foods. There were so many questions I could not answer about gluten and where it could be lurking so I set out to find out.
While finding out the answers, I developed a passion for the gluten-free lifestyle. (My reason for writing "Gluten-Free Living 101: A step by Step Guide and Is Gluten Hiding in Your Shampoo? It was Hiding in Mine!)
When is your anniversary date for living a gluten-free life?
Monday, July 28, 2014
Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide is Here!
Four and a half years ago I started to do research about gluten. After I learned the basics, I continued to research every aspect of gluten I could. Though the conversation about gluten was limited to Celiac disease and a few other disorders, I could sense the movement towards understanding the far range connections to gluten and illness.
As I became well versed in how to live a gluten-free lifestyle, Dr. Cynthia Costa, D.C. suggested I take all this knowledge and write a book. Who know it would take 2 1/2 years to complete that task.
The original version of the book was an accumulation of all I had learned about gluten and was 100's of pages long. As I stared down at the first draft of the book, I knew I did not want to publish another lengthy book that would take weeks to read and longer to digest.
Dr. Costa had also suggested I become a gluten-free consultant (coach), which I did. Working with my clients and blogging with other gluten-free people, I began to understand the difficulties people faced when trying to learn how to live a gluten-free lifestyle.
I set out to create a way to streamline the process. My new book, Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide, makes the process of learning how to live gluten-free simple.
Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide covers all the things you need to know about living gluten-free:
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: Educating Yourself
CHAPTER 2: Gluten-Related Medical Information
CHAPTER 3: The Emotional Journey
CHAPTER 4: Living Gluten-Free
CHAPTER 5: Cross Contamination
CHAPTER 6: Eating Out
CHAPTER 7: Baking Basics
CHAPTER 8: Recipes
CHAPTER 9: My Favorite Things
Thank you all for being a part of my journey!
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| Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide |
As I became well versed in how to live a gluten-free lifestyle, Dr. Cynthia Costa, D.C. suggested I take all this knowledge and write a book. Who know it would take 2 1/2 years to complete that task.
The original version of the book was an accumulation of all I had learned about gluten and was 100's of pages long. As I stared down at the first draft of the book, I knew I did not want to publish another lengthy book that would take weeks to read and longer to digest.
Dr. Costa had also suggested I become a gluten-free consultant (coach), which I did. Working with my clients and blogging with other gluten-free people, I began to understand the difficulties people faced when trying to learn how to live a gluten-free lifestyle.
I set out to create a way to streamline the process. My new book, Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide, makes the process of learning how to live gluten-free simple.
Gluten-Free Living 101: A Step by Step Guide covers all the things you need to know about living gluten-free:
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: Educating Yourself
CHAPTER 2: Gluten-Related Medical Information
CHAPTER 3: The Emotional Journey
CHAPTER 4: Living Gluten-Free
CHAPTER 5: Cross Contamination
CHAPTER 6: Eating Out
CHAPTER 7: Baking Basics
CHAPTER 8: Recipes
CHAPTER 9: My Favorite Things
Thank you all for being a part of my journey!
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