March 5, 2010 | Posted by
Why Gluten Free Baked Goods are an Important Part of a Gluten Free Diet.
Why Gluten Free Baked Goods are an Important Part of a Gluten
Free Diet. Gluten free baking requires that not only the
ingredients, but also the processing equipment and the kitchen
be entirely free from gluten in order to prevent cross
contamination with other gluten containing products.
What is the secret to making gluten free baked goods without using normal
baking flour? The answer is that potato starch flour, tapioca
flour, soy, corn, and rice flour are used as excellent
substitutes.
All of these alternative forms of flour have their own advantages.
Potato starch flour is a nice thick flour that is often used in gravy,
soups, or stews in addition to baked goods. Tapioca flour is a light,
white, very smooth flour that comes from the cassava root.
This source of flour has a nice
chewy taste that makes it superb for use in white bread and
rolls. Soy flour contains a high protein and fat content with a
delicious nutty taste. It is best when used in combination with
rice, corn, potato, and tapioca flours as a blend. Corn flour is
used as a substitute for wheat flour in recipes that call for a
mixture with cornmeal to make breads, cakes, and cookies. People
often use it to make waffles or pancakes. Corn flour generally
requires a mixture with xanthum gum or guar gum to improve its
texture. Rice flour may be made from either white rice or brown
rice and also comes as sweet white rice flour. When making this
flour, the husk of rice or paddy is removed and raw rice is
obtained. In order to create flour the raw rice must be ground
to form rice powder.
Our bakers normally use fine textured white
rice flour. The exception is in the producing of mock whole
grain breads where brown rice flour is used. This is because
brown rice flour contains bran. Rice flour is unequaled as a
basic flour for gluten-free baking. It mixes well with the other
flours and is flavorless. Gluten free bread can also contain oil
(normally a canola oil), fresh eggs, honey, salt, dry yeast,
apple cider vinegar, and occasionally sesame and other seeds.
Since raw honey is used instead of sugar in our breads,
diabetics may also find our delicious breads to be satisfactory
for their special food regimen.
Gluten free desserts often
contain rice flour, tapioca flour. potato flour, cocoa, sugar,
eggs, pure vanilla, baking soda, and baking powder. Some gluten
free desserts that contain no sugar are safe for diabetics. Katz
Gluten Free has some of the best celiac disease safe white
bread, challah bread, whole grain bread, cookies, and cakes.
Rose’s Bakery has some of the best tasting gluten free brownies
around. If you have you been searching for baked goods that are
entirely gluten free because of celiac disease or gluten
intolerant problems, then look no further.
A1glutenfree.com has
a variety of breads, cookies, and cakes that are delicious as
well as gluten free. A1glutenfree.com offers products that are
certified gluten free and have no cross contamination. So enjoy
all the great nutritious, delicious, and celiac disease safe
baked goods A1glutenfree.com has to offer.
About the author:
Sam Hilton is COO of http://www.a1glutenfree.com
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March 5, 2010 | Posted by
A General Explanation of my Life With Celiac Disease
When I first began to tell people I had Celiac Disease I had
some pretty odd reactions. Most people had never heard of it. If
they had they didn’t know what it meant. Most don’t want to ask,
after all, it does have that word “disease” in it. It’s not
catchy, doesn’t spread like the common cold or the flu and you
can’t get it from anyone, anywhere. Except, probably, from your
long passed grandparent, aunt, uncle or some other distant, or
perhaps, close relative. Celiac Disease is usually an inherited
disease, in the same family of diseases as diabetes, lupus,
rheumatoid arthritis, etc. All autoimmune diseases. It just
means the body turns on itself. There are little soldiers inside
beating each other up. The more gluten you take in the happier
they are.
I generally am amused at the reaction I receive when asked how I
possibly EAT! My rheumatologist, who I have seen for all these
years and who diagnosed me after several years of trying to
figure out why this crazy lady had so many really odd symptoms
that no one else has, still asks me how do I live without pasta.
He knows I come from a large Italian family & have big Sunday
suppers, mostly of pasta with homemade sauce and homemade
everything else. People always say they know they couldn’t do
it. Oh yes you can. I just think of the alternative and now I’ll
never go back to “toxic pasta” and “illegal bread”. No way. You
see, bloating, cramping, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, on and
on, is always in the back of my mind. I can’t tell you how many
times I have attempted to order a meal at a restaurant that I
could somehow manipulate to be gluten free by the time it
arrived at my table.
There are no restaurants where I live with the words “gluten
free” on the menu so I must prod the server for information
related to what might be in the food I want to order. Since most
people don’t know what I mean by gluten free, I just ask if it
contains wheat. If there is nothing visible on the plate that
looks like wheat the answer will always be no. Don’t blame the
server, they don’t know they are deceiving you. Always follow
that up with something like…is there gravy?….is it
breaded?….have those fries been dusted in flour?….is there
croutons on the salad? The reaction I usually get when I say
that I can’t have bread is this…”oh, there’s no wheat in it,
it’s white bread”. I don’t laugh, that would be rude. I just
follow that up with, sorry, can’t have it. We Celiac’s will
never be able to educate the masses on what it really means to
live without gluten. We just have to accept that this is our
job, no pay of course. When someone doesn’t get it, just smile
and say no thanks, and order the salad with oil and vinegar and
dress it yourself. http://www.vickisglutenfreeforlife.com
About the author, Vicki Mattera:
Diagnosed with Lupus in 1991 followed by Celiac Disease in 1995.
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September 2, 2009 | Posted by
Phobias are the most common psychiatric illness among women of all ages, and the second most common illness among men older than 25. Phobias are thought to be caused by a combination of biological factors and life events, much in the way other disorders (such as diabetes or heart disease) are influenced by a person’s genes and lifestyle. Phobias are more than extreme fear, they are irrational fear.
Phobias are the most easily treated of all psychological issues, with successful treatment being achieved in some cases within a few hours. They are seen as maladaptive learned responses which are able to be corrected by learning new ways of responding. The general symptoms of phobias include the following: Feelings of panic, dread, horror, or terror; recognition that the fear goes beyond what is considered normal and is out of proportion to the actual threat of danger; reactions that are automatic and uncontrollable, and seem to take over the person’s thoughts; rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling, and an overwhelming desire to escape the situation. Extreme measures are often taken to avoid the feared object or situation.
Sometimes they start in childhood for no apparent reason; sometimes they emerge after a traumatic event; and sometimes the develop from an attempt to make sense of an unexpected and intense anxiety or panic (e. Some individuals can simply avoid the subject of their fear and suffer only relatively mild anxiety over that fear. When the anxiety has gone, remind yourself that you have survived, and have not gone mad, lost control or died. When and where to seek further help If your phobias are interfering with your ability to lead a full, normal life and you don’t make any progress in challenging them yourself. If you are experiencing a lot of anxiety or distress, and you seem to be feeling like this often. If you are avoiding situations that matter or if you suffer from overwhelming blushing/trembling/sweating in social situations or feel that you lack social skills, you may be more prone. Studies have also shown that the occurrence or anticipation of stressful life events, anxiety in childhood, over-protective parental behaviour and substance abuse are common among people with panic disorder.
Treatment exists to help people with phobias and panic disorder, and research into new therapies and techniques continues. During therapy, a person can slowly learn to become comfortable with the situation or object through exposure treatment or reconditioning. If the object of fear is easy to avoid, people with phobias may not feel the need to seek treatment.
Most individuals understand that they are suffering from an irrational fear, but are powerless to override their initial panic reaction. Even professional entertainers can experience cold sweat, nausea, vomiting, and light-headedness when they step out in front of an audience. Group therapy has also been successful in providing social phobics with a supportive circle of people who can empathize with their experience and serve as a significant first rebellion against the very nature of the disease.
Psychologists have categorized as many as 500 phobias, and according to the estimates of some health professionals, as many as 50 million individuals in the United States suffer from some kind of phobia.
Glossophobia, a fear of public speaking, is one of the most common of phobias and one that must be overcome by many individuals who find themselves in the position of having to make a speech to a group of people for business, professional, or educational reasons.
Phobias are in fact a fear of being afraid and demonstrate the brain’s ability to learn instantly, potentially a very effective survival mechanism. If you are interested in finding out more about phobias and what you can do to relieve them, they are listed alphabetically and indexed by their definitions on the website.
Peter Fisher is an expert Author and webmaster for WAHM-Info.com where you will find help with overcoming your fears and anxieties
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