My Celiac Blog

One of the leading sellers among gluten free breakfast cereals is Erewhon brand Crispy Brown Rice Cereal. Recently the manufacturer has changed their packaging. On Amazon it seems to be the number one selling GF cereal.

You should be aware that Erewhon makes a number of different breakfast cereals, please be certain that the product you buy has the words Gluten Free displayed prominently on the package (if you have celiac disease). Most breakfast cereals contain barley malt flavoring, and since barley is one of the grains that people with celiac disease must avoid, that eliminates the vast majority of breakfast cereals from the gluten-free diet. In some cases malt flavoring is derived from non-barley sources like corn, which should be safe for people with celiac disease.

I like this cereal, it reminds me of another similar looking product that is known for sounds it creates in milk. I use soy milk with my breakfast cereal because I'm vegan as well as having celiac disease. You can buy this cereal at our celiac friendly food shopping site, The GF Store.

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At our house, we go through gluten-free and vegan burgers as if they were candy, yum! And the best ones we have found are thankfully available in great quantity at our local Trader Joe's. These burgers have a texture and mouth feel that is very much like meat, they are more chewy than most gluten-free vegan burgers. I've seen them at Whole Foods stores too. After two of these with a little ketchup and I get what I call Happy Tummy, always a desirable state for people with celiac disease. Look for them at your local health food store, I think you'll like them too.

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The US Senate has declared September 13th, 2007 as Celiac Disease Awareness Day (see attached PDF file). At our sister site The Sensible Celiac we hope to raise awareness, not just in the US but worldwide, about this dramatically under-diagnosed condition.

Although this may change in a few more years, at the present time there are no over-priced medications for celiac disease, and there are no multi-billion dollar drug companies offering free samples and golf tours to doctors for these drugs that don't exist - yet. So, doctors in America are not as conscious of the condition as they might be if a drug company sales rep was dropping in every Wednesday with brochures for the waiting room and free sample packs.

But it's out there. An estimated 1 person in 133 in the USA has celiac disease, but very few are aware of their illness. Symptoms vary widely, adding to the difficulty of diagnosing this disorder.

Have a gluten free day today, and tell a friend, acquaintance or neighbor about celiac disease. Information is the key to progress.

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