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Corn Gluten, is it Safe for Celiac? Dr. Peter Osborne Explains

Is Corn Gluten Just as bad as Wheat Gluten for Celiac?

Most doctors tell celiac patients that corn is gluten free and safe to eat. A growing body of experts still question this advice. Is corn gluten damaging to celiac patients?

Watch Dr. Osborne’s Video that questions the use of corn gluten in gluten free foods:

Gluten Sensitivity Vs. Celiac Disease Vs. Gluten Intolerance

Dr. Osborne questions why celiac experts are recommending corn gluten and other gluten-grains like: millet, sorghum, and buckwheat as supposedly safe for the celiac community and people with gluten sensitivity. This video explains the difference between gluten sensitivity, gluten intolerance, and celiac disease. Take the time to watch it and get an eye opening education on why a grain free diet is the best option for celiac disease. Dr. Osborne poses valid questions about the safety of certain alternative grains, especially corn gluten, that are commonly used by patients on a gluten free diet, explains old medical views and introduces a new school of thought on gluten sensitivity …continue reading »


Celiac Book is Great for Kids who are on a Gluten Free Diet

Are you looking for a kid’s celiac book that would be a great teaching tool about the celiac diagnosis?

Cilie Yack is Under AttackThis holiday consider getting a funny children’s celiac book that teaches about being a good friend, a good sport on the football field, and a lot about celiac disease, too.

The main character in this celiac book for kids, appropriately named Cilie Yack, learns about common celiac disease symptoms and gluten free eating.  Cilie Yack is Under Attack is a fun, fast-paced celiac book just for kids. It packs a lot of  juvenile humor in its 16 small chapters. The novel is about a boy who lives on a farm and loves sports, particularly football. But it is also about learning to be on a special gluten free diet. If you have a reluctant reader, he or she will be delighted with the 60 cartoon-like illustrations. There is also plenty of silly humor in this fast-paced celiac book to make the most reluctant child reader turn the page. Cilie Yack’s story is the perfect addition to your teacher’s set of classroom books, too.

Taking place in rural Ireland, this story is a labor of love for all kids who are food allergic, and would make a great addition to any library collection of food allergy and celiac books. …continue reading »


Make a Gluten-free and Dairy-free Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving

Try our gluten and dairy free pecan pie recipe

Here's a example of our family's favorite gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, corn-free pecan pie!

As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, celiac and food allergy sufferers should consider adding a little pie to their holiday desert menus. We’ve used this recipe every year for the past several years during the holiday season. I finally decided to post it online because it is a top request with our non-allergic family members every year. So if our guests like it, and they can eat anything that they like, then your company will like it too! I’ve made several allergy-friendly alterations to the typical pecan pie’s standard ingredients but the resulting gluten-free dessert tastes very much like the ones you buy in the store …continue reading »


9 Easy Gluten free Holiday Cookie Recipes to Bake this Christmas

These recipes are gluten and corn free & one’s free from the top 8!

free from the top 8, gluten, and corn

This Sunbutter Blossom Recipe from cilie-yack.org is free from the top 8, gluten, and corn!

Here are nine of our favorite holiday cookie recipes. Okay, roll up your sleeves and turn that oven on! What’s Christmas without a few favorite holiday cookie recipes? Over the years we have worked hard to try to recreate familiar family favorites. If you are part of the celiac community there’s no reason you can’t bake a batch or two of these holiday cookie recipes to share with your family and friends. All of our recipes are also good for the Feingold diet and offer helpful tips for folks with corn allergies. So here’s our knockoff list of best allergy-friendly look and taste alike holiday cookie recipes:

Pecan Dreams

Nut Cups

Kolacky Cookies

Tumbprint cookies

Thumbprints

Sunbutter Blossom cookie

Sunbutter Blossoms

Coconutty Fruit Cookies

Tollhouse Cookies

Chocolate Coconut Bars

Chocolate Duplex Cookies GFCF

Chocolate Duplex Cookies

Allergy friendly Pecan Dreams

Pecan Dreams


Gluten, Corn, Soy and Dairy free Pecan Dreams Cookie Recipe

This pecan dreams cookie recipe will melt in your mouth!

Allergy friendly Pecan Dreams

Pecan Dreams

The pecan dreams cookie has always been a childhood favorite for me. I can remember sneaking into the freezer as a child to snatch these shortbread-like cookies in the days before our holiday gatherings. I would go into hiding to eat those pecan dreams so that my mom wouldn’t catch me in the act. Mom often had half her batch of pecan dreams left when it came time to divvy them up as gifts to friends and family or serve them for dessert after the holiday dinner.

She never said a word to me or my brother about the missing pecan dreams cookies.

After my son’s diagnosis in 2007 with celiac disease and his need to go on a strict gluten and corn free diet, we had to stop making this family favorite. Over the years I have attempted to recreate it but have never gotten the recipe quite right, until now.

But I am very happy to have found a gluten and corn free pecan dreams cookie recipe that works just great this year! …continue reading »


Reserve your spot at the 2011 Gluten and Allergen Free Expo of Chicago

The Gluten and Allergen Free Expo in Chicago April 29-May 1, 2011I just finished chatting on the phone with Jen Cafferty,  Founder of the Gluten and Allergen Free Cooking Expo, which is in its fourth year. She’s filled me in on all the wonderful vendors, cooking classes, and possible children’s events scheduled for the weekend of April 29-May 1, 2011. Interested attendees are asked to register now if they want to receive early registration discounts for this event. I’ve attended past Cooking Expos hosted by Jen as a consumer, and I can tell you that each year this event  gets bigger and better. This spring promises to be no different. For the first time, the Gluten and Allergen Free Expo will host cooking classes in two tracks, one geared toward beginners and one for experienced allergen-free cooks looking to expand their knowledge. Sign up for the classes as soon as possible because they sell out every year. …continue reading »


Visit Lil’s Dietary Shop in Chicago for Grand Re-Opening Celebration

Marcie Harveys Lils Dietary Shop in Chicago, IL

Lil’s Dietary Shop on the far southwest side of Chicago in the Mount Greenwood/Beverly neighborhood, has recently expanded. To celebrate, the store is throwing a  Grand Re-Opening kick-off. All customers new and familiar to the store are invited to meet Lil’s new in-store dietitian, Anne Kozek, RD, MS, LDN and enjoy free samples and a friendly chat with Marcie Harvey, the store’s owner and her employees. …continue reading »


Movie “Food, Inc.” Opens in Theaters

This Robert Kenner documentary, entitled: “Food, Inc.” is an unflattering look inside America’s corporate controlled food industry.

The Magnolia Pictures film makes its debut at San Francisco, CA: Embarcadero Center Cinema 5, West Los Angeles, CA: Nuart Theatre, and the New York, NY: Film Forum on July 12 before moving through the rest of the country, starting June 19th. …continue reading »