The Gluten-Free Nutrition Guide

by Thompson, Tricia

• ISBN13: 9780071545419
• ISBN10: 0071545417
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-12
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

The foods with the essential nutrients often missing from your gluten-free diet By cutting gluten from your diet, you could be missing out on much-needed fiber, calcium, iron, B vitamins, and other nutrients. This important new guide from a celiac specialist provides all the nutrition information you need: what to eat, what to avoid, and how to eat healthy and gluten-free.

Author Biography

Tricia Thompson, M.S., RD, is a graduate of Tufts University and an independent nutrition consultant specializing in celiac disease. She has written many peer-reviewed journal articles as well as the American Dietetic Association's Celiac Disease Nutrition Guide. She has also participated in some of the only U.S.-based research studies on gluten-free diets and nutrition. She lives in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet: The Basics	p. 1
What Is Celiac Disease?	p. 2
What Is a Gluten-Free Diet?	p. 7
Controversial Aspects of the Gluten-Free Diet	p. 13
All About Wheat Starch	p. 13
Can I Eat Oats?	p. 18
Identifying Gluten-Free Products	p. 27
Ingredient Labeling of Food Products	p. 27
"Gluten-Free" Labeling of Food Products	p. 34
Other Products That Contain Gluten	p. 39
Cross-Contamination	p. 45
Avoiding Nutritional Pitfalls in a Gluten-Free Diet	p. 49
Nutritional Quality of the Gluten-Free Diet	p. 49
All About Fiber	p. 54
All About Calcium	p. 60
All About Folate	p. 65
All About Iron	p. 70
All About Thiamin, Riboflavin, and Niacin	p. 76
All About Dietary Fat and Cholesterol	p. 80
Ensuring a Nutritious Gluten-Free Diet	p. 89
What to Eat Every Day	p. 91
What You Eat Now: Food Records	p. 93
How to Improve Your Diet	p. 106
Recipes for Enjoying Gluten-Free Food	p. 113
Resources	p. 177
Reading Food Labels	p. 195
Gluten-Free Food Products	p. 205
References	p. 223
Index	p. 235
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