The Gluten-Free Bible: The Thoroughly Indispensable Guide to Negotiating Life without Wheat (Book)

According to a landmark 2003 National Institutes of Health study, 2.2 million Americans suffer from celiac disease, an allergy to the protein gluten found in wheat. Since this book was first published in 1995 (as Against the Grain), Jax Peters Lowell has been helping celiacs follow a gluten-free diet with creativity, resourcefulness, and humor. Since its original publication in 1995, Jax Peters Lowell's classic book has helped thousands of celiacs follow the gluten free diet with creativity, resourcefulness and down to the bone wisdom. This comprehensive, long awaited revised edition reflects all that is new in the widening world of the gluten intolerant. At nearly twice the size of its predecessor, The Gluten Free Bible(originally titled Against the Grain) is packed with Lowell's authoritative, witty, and practical advice for every aspect of living without wheat and other glutenous grains. Confronting some of the toughest situations a celiac will face. Lowell discusses the intricacies of shopping, traveling eating out happily, dining in safely, buying cosmetics, negotiating prescription drugs, and parenting as or for a celiac. And there is food: ethnic food, everyday food, holiday food, kid's food, and food from celebrity chefs like Nigella Lawson, Rick Bayless, Johnny Alamilla, Bobby Flay, Beth Hillson, Connie Sarros, and Whole Foods Market chef Lee Tobin. With unique features like the Celiac Preparedness Plan and the world's first gluten free crossword puzzle, The Gluten Free Bible draws on new research and the latest thinking of eminent experts, with Lowell's signature sense of humor guiding every step of the way.