A gluten-free diet, recommended in the treatment of celiac disease, is a diet completely free of ingredients derived from gluten-containing cereals: wheat (including Kamut and spelt), barley, rye, oats and triticale, as well as the use of gluten as a flavoring, stablizing or thickening agent. Although most patients can tolerate oat products, there is a controversy about including them in a gluten-free diet: some medical practitioners say they may be permitted, but the Celiac Society advises against them.

Does your child have an allergy to wheat? Food allergies are becoming more prevalent in both the United States and around the world. But living with a wheat allergy is possible by following a gluten free diet.

Many of my blog readers suffer from Celiac Disease, and even though they are not on a strict wheat free diet, they still find my site a useful resource. This is true when you consider that by avoiding wheat all together, you are more than likely going to avoid gluten.

Wheat intolerance is when your body reacts sensitively to all wheat products, and this is especially common among wheat containing gluten. There are different reactions, but generally speaking a wheat intolerance is hard to determine

The article quotes gastroenterologist Robert Anderson from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute where he estimates that a wheat or gluten free diet costs about $1,000 more each year.

I think it would be a strange person indeed to say one of the benefits of a wheat free diet is how great the food tastes. In fact, how annoying is it when you pop into your local supermarket, find the newest wheat or gluten free product and it ends up tasting like cardboard.