What is in this article?:
- Guide to gluten-free living
- Grocery shopping made easy
- Favorite GF products from DL editors
- Raising gluten-free kids
- Gluten-free cooking and baking
From raising gluten-free kids and making tasty gluten-free meals to dining out and traveling with ease, we have the top tips for mastering a gluten-free lifestyle.
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Once considered an obscure malady, celiac disease now affects one out of every 133 Americans, according to a watershed study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 2003. Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disorder, meaning the immune system treats gluten—the elastic protein in wheat, spelt, barley, and rye—as a toxin. Celiac disease is four times more common today than it was five decades ago, according to 2009 research performed at the Mayo Clinic. For every person with celiac, experts believe there may be many more who have nonceliac gluten intolerance. Read more on celiac disease and gluten intolerance.