Gluten

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Reviewed August 2011

6 Resources Found

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Title:   Gluten free diet
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Coeliac disease can be managed by sticking to a strict gluten free diet. A person with coeliac disease can still enjoy a varied diet if they fully understand the gluten free diet. Foods to avoid include bread, batter, baked goods, pasta, meat products containing gluten, and beer. It is important to consult with a dietitian with experience in coeliac disease.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Gluten free diet
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   A gluten free diet is a diet free of gluten. Gluten is a storage protein derived from wheat, barley, rye and a number of other cereals, and thus is commonly found in modern diets.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Gluten free alternatives
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A gluten free diet is the only treatment for a person with coeliac disease. A gluten free diet bans wheat, rye, barley and oat-based products. Alternative grains for a person with coeliac disease include amaranth, arrowroot, buckwheat, chestnut flour, cornflour from maize, cornmeal, millet meal, polenta, potato flour, rice, sago, quinoa, sorghum, soy flour and tapioca. Recipes are available for flour substitutes and baking powder substitutes.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Coeliac disease - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Coeliac disease is a condition that affects the small bowel, caused by an abnormal immune response to a dietary protein known as gluten.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Gluten- and casein-free diets for autistic spectrum disorder
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It has been suggested that peptides from gluten and casein may have a role in the origins of autism and that the physiology and psychology of autism might be explained by excessive opioid activity linked to these peptides. An extensive literature searc...
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Gluten enteropathy
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The presentation of coeliac disease is changing, and typical malabsorption is now uncommon. Patients are more likely to present with non-specific symptoms or with iron and/or folate deficiency. The diagnosis still depends upon finding villous atrophy in the small intestine by endoscopic biopsy of the distal duodenum.
Date:   Apr 2001

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