03
Dec
2013
01
Dec
2013
Gluten Contamination of Gluten-Free Foods Sold in the US
Thomas Grace and I recently published two years worth of testing data from Gluten Free Watchdog in the journal Practical Gastroenterology. The pdf is available here. Excerpt: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the long awaited rule on the labeling of food as gluten-free. Labeled gluten-free food regulated by the FDA and sold in the United States must contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten. The objective of this evaluation is to assess the actual gluten content of labeled gluten-free foods...
26
Nov
2013
Do retainers contain gluten?
Do parents of children with celiac disease really have to worry that their children's retainers contain gluten? Amy Jones, MS, RD and Tricia Thompson, MS, RD Many of you may have heard about the article “An Orthodontic Retainer Preventing Remission in Celiac Disease” recently published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics. In short, this is a case presentation of a 9 year old girl diagnosed with celiac disease. IgA tTG at diagnosis was 172 U/mL (normal defined as < 20). The authors state...
23
Oct
2013
Survey on Rice Consumption: Impact on Inorganic Arsenic Intake
Poster Presentation from ICDS: Survey on Rice Consumption among US Adults with Celiac Disease: Impact on Inorganic Arsenic Intake If we missed seeing you at ICDS2013 here is the link to the poster. Brian and I also presented on the issue of arsenic and rice at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference. Full size poster which looks best on screens and can be printed letter size with "resize to fit." Letter size poster which can be printed as is. Please feel...
29
Sep
2013
Poster Presentation from ICDS: Summary Findings from Gluten Free Watchdog
If we missed seeing you at ICDS2013 here is the link to the poster Thomas Grace (Bia Diagnostics) and I presented. A full report, including two years worth of data will be published in October in the journal Practical Gastroenterology. A HUGE thank you to those of you who support this site!
12
Jul
2013
Omission Beer: The controversy over gluten-free labeling of malt-based beverages continues
Update July 12, 2013. I don't know about all of you but I am getting a little fatigued from the beer “issue.” BUT … Last evening I was forwarded some documents related to Craft Brew Alliance (Omission). According to the email included with these documents they are not considered confidential and will be in the public domain soon (when they are, I will post the links). When I have more information regarding how the scientific community views the information contained in these...
15
May
2013
Hair styling products: Must they be gluten-free?
If you have celiac disease, do you really need to worry about ingesting gluten from hair styling products? Let's take a logical look at this issue. Remember that parts per million of gluten is a proportion—ppm tells you how many parts out of a million parts are made up of a contaminant (e.g., gluten). If a product (food or hair wax) contains 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten it contains close to 0.6 milligrams of gluten in each ounce of product....
14
Jan
2013
Product Alert Good Greens Bars
Good Greens Nutrition Bars and Greek Yogurt Bars are labeled gluten-free and contain the ingredient “wheat sprout powder” or “wheat sprout” in the ingredients list according to information on the manufacturer website and product labels. Wheat sprouts with the germinating seed still attached should not be eaten by people with gluten-related disorders, including celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. While sprouting starts the process of breaking down gluten, harmful gluten peptides may still remain. I first learned about Good Greens...
10
Oct
2012
Gluten Content of Wine Aged in Oak Barrels Sealed with Wheat Paste
Amy Jones, MS, RD, Lisa Almenoff, MS, RD, Luke Emerson-Mason (Bia Diagnostics), Thomas Grace (Bia Diagnostics), Kristin Voorhees (NFCA), Cheryl McEvoy (NFCA) and FA (winery) contributed to the birth of this article. Bottom Line: Two bottles of wine aged in oak barrels sealed with a wheat flour paste were tested for gluten using both the sandwich and competitive R5 ELISA. All results were below the lower limit of quantification for gluten for these assays of 5 and 10 parts per million,...
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Sep
2012