Gluten Free Travel – My Top 10 Tips
Traveling can be one of the greatest pleasures in life and for the gluten intolerant it can also be one the most challenging. I have traveled a lot in my life, sometime with great gluten-free success and sometimes with fairly poor results. I like to think we learn more from our failures than our successes […]
Breaking Up with Gluten
It’s been said that breaking up is hard to do. In my relationship with gluten, that was certainly the case. And I don’t use the word “relationship” lightly. For I most certainly had a
Are You Eating Healthy…Or Just Gluten-Free?
Miley did it. So did Kim K. And let’s not forget Lady Gaga. What am I talking about? Did they all sell their souls to maintain their notoriety? Well … yes, actually. But they also went gluten-free and were more than happy to spew nonsense about how by simply going gluten-free, they were able to […]
Tired? Exhausted? It Could Be Gluten.
If you’re tired of feeling tired, consider gluten as a potential culprit.There are many studies that cite fatigue as a common and prevailing symptom associated with both celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. A recent study published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology (May 2012, “Opinion: New understanding of gluten sensitivity”) specifically noted that in gluten […]
From Actress to Advocate: Jennifer Esposito’s Celiac Journey
The set was ready. The crew was waiting for the actors to arrive and for the Hollywood magic to begin. Jennifer arrived on set, weaker than ever but dedicated to taking on her role as a resilient police detective on the CBS show Blue Bloods. She opened the car door, stepped an achy foot onto […]
Yoga for Tension Release
Despite the wide availability of ergonomic office chairs, car seats with massaging lumbar support, and chiropractic offices on almost every corner, neck, shoulder and upper body tension still remains one of the primary physical ailments for many people. We tend to hold tension in areas of our bodies without even realizing it. For example, right […]