Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Gluten free? WOW!

Soooo.... recently my sister discovered that she is celiac - meaning she can't have gluten which is this stuff in wheat, barley and rye, etc. (This is my own personal non-technical layperson explanation.) Discovering this was a major shock as we'd pretty much never heard of it before and seeing how much life has changed for her (for the better) has made a believer of me in this gluten free thing. Seriously.

Watching her undergo this incredibly paintstaking process to de-glutenize (again, my own personal non-technical layperson term) her diet, kitchen, lifestyle, etc. has just blown me away and I have an incredibly high admiration of how she has managed it so systematically, methodically and CONSISTENTLY! (I couldn't.) While she's had to change her entire approach to food, she's rediscovered a love of cooking and baking and creating with food that is just awesome to watch. I must also say that it is also fun to EAT the TANTALIZING creations she gives me to sample... :)

It has NOT been an easy process by any means. She's found out the hard way which restaurants really understand what "gluten free" is and the importance of avoiding cross-contamination. She's had a few episodes of getting "glutened" and has been sick as a dog for a few days each time. But dang it all, she emerges with a positive attitude and with a greater heart to help others out there who may be suffering along with gluten intolerance or full blown celiac disease. (Me, on the other hand, I just want to go and chew out the places that glutened her... not very helpful.)

However, she is not the kind of person who likes to plaster her own life all over the internet. She likes her privacy. And yet she has started a blog to chronicle her journies into the world of gluten-free living because of how amazingly FREEING it has been for her - how much BETTER she feels (and - shameless plug here, don't kill me, sis - how AMAZING SHE LOOKS!). To share her ideas, thoughts and experiences to help others along in their own journey.

She gets ideas from other sites, adapts some of them and shares them with us here at the Nut House. They are soooo yummy that we are starting to implement them ourselves - yummy foods such as cinnamon quinoa and fruit, gluten free breads and snacks, gluten free cinnamon rolls, etc. I've noticed that I FEEL BETTER when i eat gluten free and we already know that a gluten/casein free diet is often beneficial for autistic folks, so we're moving in that direction here, especially for Cody.

So people... CHECK IT OUT. She's going to be including ideas, photos, thoughts, gluten free places to eat and shop (and to avoid) and all that jazz.

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