Several people have asked if it’s okay to eat oats on a gluten-free diet. The answer is mostly yes, depending on how the oats are grown, handled and processed and whether you have a sensitivity to avenin. Oats that are pure, uncontaminated, and certified gluten-free are recommended. These gluten-free oats are grown without cross contamination [...]

Personal Story: Going Gluten-Free Even with access to a large assortment of gluten-free foods, I looked like a “deer in the headlights” the first time I shopped for gluten-free food. As a mom and a nutritionist, I was on a daunting mission.  My teenage son needed my expertise to eliminate his constant nausea and bloating. [...]

Note: Many thanks to Tricia Thompson, MS, RD, The Gluten-Free Dietitian, for writing this guest post. Many people with celiac disease are lactose intolerant and have difficulty digesting products containing milk. In some cases this is a permanent condition resulting from age-related loss of the enzyme necessary to digest milk. In other cases, the condition [...]