Gluten/free foods

What is Gluten?  Gluten is a protein found in all forms of wheat, rye and barley. It's most commonly found in foods, but can also hide in medicine, vitamins and make up. After being diagnosed with celiac disease or a gluten sensitivity, you should schedule a meeting with a skilled dietitian or nutritionist as soon as possible to help you learn the basics of a gluten-free diet and find ways to adapt it into your lifestyle. 

Treatment of Celiac Disease & Gluten Sensitivity: The ONLY treatment for celiac disease is adhering to a life-long gluten-free diet. All forms of wheat, rye and barley must be eliminated from your diet. Research is ongoing to find treatments for the conditions, however there are currently no medications or surgeries to cure the diseases. 

What Happens if you Eat Gluten? Gluten is essentially toxic to people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. Unlike an allergic reaction, someone with celiac or gluten sensitivity will not go into anaphylactic shock if they eat gluten. Instead, they may experience physical symptoms such as diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, skin rashes or headaches. Continuing to consume gluten puts one at risk for long-term damage to the small intestines. Additionally, there are no medical treatments to prevent the body from responding once gluten has been ingested. 

Unsafe Foods

Here is a basic list of items containing gluten. Always be on the lookout for these keywords, especially on packaged and prepared foods. 

Barley	Barley Enzymes	Barley Extract	Barley Grass	Barley Malt	Barley Pearls
Bran	Bleached Flour	Bulgar	Bulgar Wheat	Couscous	Dextrin
Durum	Einkorn	Emmer	Farina	Fu	Graham
Hordeum Vulgare	Hydrolyzed Wheat	Rye	Kamut	Macha	Malt
Malt Vinegar	Matzo	Mir	Seitan	Spelt	Semolina
Tabbuleah	Triticale	Udon	Wheat	Wheat Berry	Wheat Bran
Wheat Bread	Wheat Germ	Wheat Oil	Wheat Protein	Wheat Starch	Wheat Fl

Safe Foods

There are hundreds of grains and other food items that are safe and gluten-free. In fact, there are actually many more items you can eat than you cannot. This is just a short list of some of the many gluten-free items that are safe

Acorn	Almond Flour	Amaranth	Arborio Rice	Arrowroot	Basmati Rice	Brown Rice
Bean Flours	Buckwheat	Calrose	Canola	Cassava	Channa	Chestnut
Coconut Flour	Corn	Corn Flour	Corn Meal	Corn Gluten	Cornstarch	Cottonseed
Dasheen Flour	Enriched Rice	Fava Bean	Flax Seeds	Garbanzo Beans	Glutinous Rice	Guar Gum
Lentils	Millet	Modified Corn Starch	Modified Tapioca	Montina	Peanut Flour	Potato Flour
Quinoa	Red Rice	Rice Bran	Rice Flour	Risotto	Sago	Sesame
Soy	Soy Beans	Tofu	Sunflower Seeds	Sweet Rice Flour	Tapioca	Tapioca Flour
Teff	White Rice	Xanthan Gum	Yucca	Yeast
Brown Rice Flour	Chickpea Flour	Dal	Hominy	Potato Starch	Sorghum	Taro Flour