by Mary Blackburn | Jun 30, 2017 | Family Life, Nutrition for Celiacs
Today I’m continuing how to read a food nutrition label. I know you’re probably thinking why should you care other than whether the product is gluten-free or not, but if you are watching your…salt, sugar, calorie, carbohydrate, or fat intake, it is...
by Mary Blackburn | Jun 28, 2017 | Family Life, Nutrition for Celiacs
Learning how to read a food nutrition label can be one of the most important things you can do for your own health. Knowing what you’re eating and how much of it is so important for keeping you and your family healthy and weight on track. In recent years, food labels...
by Mary Blackburn | Sep 12, 2012 | Family Life, Nutrition for Celiacs
My mother and grandmother always yelled at me for not eating a good breakfast before I went to school in the morning. “Breakfast is the most important meal.” They would tell me, “after a long night of being without food, the body needs breakfast...
by Mary Blackburn | Apr 13, 2011 | Celiac Disease, Gluten-Free Food, Nutrition for Celiacs
Have you ever heard of Quinoa? (Pronounced Keen-wah) If not and you are a Celiac, eat a gluten free diet, or are a vegetarian, keep reading. Quinoa is a grain-like seed grown primarily in the Andes mountains of South America. It is related to the spinach family. ...
by Mary Blackburn | Jan 5, 2011 | Celiac Disease, Family Life, Getting Healthy, Nutrition for Celiacs, Osteoporosis and Celiac Disease
Celiac Disease is an autoimmune, malabsorption disease of the small intestine. When people with Celiac Disease eat gluten, their immune system responds by attacking the lining of the small intestine causing damage. Because the small intestine is responsible for the...
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