Diet and AutismSource: Boulder Daily Camera
Parents swear by dietary interventions, but study finds them unlikely to help. This article investigates the disparity.

On Friday, I faced the morning, alone with the girls. I wanted to make sure we enjoyed the day, so our first task involved finding the Betty Crocker gluten-free cake mixes.
Starbuck's Gluten-Free Valencia CakeSource: blogs.starbucks.com
Starbuck's describes their technique for baking their new gluten-free treat, including details on their "gluten-free zone" to avoid cross-contamination.
Starbucks to offer gluten-free pastry Source: Forbes
There is only one medical treatment for celiac disease, a gluten-free diet, which makes dining out challenging to say the least.
Starbucks will begin offering a gluten-free pastry, as a result of numerous customer requests.
Food ingredient database aims to empower consumersSource: foodnavigator-usa.com
Consumers with food allergies, food intolerance and/or celiac disease have a new tool to help decipher the ingredient label on foods, which often reads like a chemistry book.
Gluten-Free French Bread Underway For Celiac Disease PatientsSource: Science Daily
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food--the only treatment is a gluten-free diet. Gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley and their derivatives.
Detroit Caterers Catering To People With Food AllergiesSource: carloatyourserviceprod.vox.com
We're a company of Detroit caterers that are here to help you. It's extremely crucial for party hosts to try to find out about their guest's food allergy issues. It can be scary when they don't know, because it's such a serious issue...

Made another great soup for Valentine's Day dinner, if I do say so myself! As always, everything in my kitchen is "to taste" so this is more of a shopping list than a recipe....but this will get you close. Enjoy!

Hey y'all.....I notice that there wasn't yet a gluten-free group....and as all my recipes are going to be gluten-free, cause that's all I can eat, I thought I would start a group to which I can publish all my recipes and "stuff" about celiac disease, wheat allergies, etc.
Celiac's Communion Invalidated - Wafer Contained No WheatSource: atheism.about.com
In New Jersey, a little girl's first Holy Communion has been invalidated. Why? Because it contained no wheat. Why didn't it? Because she has a digestive disorder that could cause her to fall seriously ill if she does consume wheat gluten.
Thyroid disease often seen with celiac diseaseSource: healthcentral.com
Individuals with celiac disease -- a common digestive problem in which the body cannot breakdown and absorb a protein found in wheat -- are at significantly increased risk for developing thyroid disorders, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and thyroiditis, investigators i …
Is Celiac Disease Killing Apple's Steve Jobs?Source: celiac.com
A number of people have speculated that Steve Jobs might be suffering from the effects of untreated celiac disease. Type the terms "Steve Jobs" and "celiac disease" into Google and you will get about 7,000 results.