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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| What You're Not to Read | |
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| What I.Assume about You | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Going Gluten-Free: Who, What, Why, and How | |
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| Gluten-Free from A to Z: The Basics of Being Gluten-Free | |
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| What Is Gluten, Anyway? | |
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| Discovering the Benefits of a Gluten-Free Lifestyle | |
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| Mastering the Meals | |
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| Getting Excited about the Gluten-Free Lifestyle | |
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| Going Gluten-Free: Who's Doing It and Why | |
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| Shedding Light on the Gluten-Sensitivity Spectrum | |
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| Identifying Symptoms of Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease | |
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| Blaming the Bread: How Gluten Affects Behavior | |
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| Getting Tested for Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease | |
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| Considering the Risks If You Don't Give Up Gluten | |
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| Healing Begins on Day One | |
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| A Closer Look at Celiac Disease | |
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| Exposing One of the Most Common Genetic Diseases of Mankind | |
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| Pinpointing Who Develops Celiac Disease and Why | |
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| Understanding Celiac Disease and What It Does to the Body | |
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| Scratching the Surface of Dermatitis Herpetiformis | |
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| Grasping the Ground Rules of the Gluten-Free Diet | |
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| When In Doubt, Leave It Out | |
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| Defining Gluten So You Can Avoid It | |
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| Recognizing Gluten-Free Foods at a Glance | |
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| Exploring Alternative Grains and Superfoods | |
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| Checking Up on Questionable Ingredients | |
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| The Buzz on Booze: Choosing Alcoholic Beverages | |
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| Making Sure Your Medications and Supplements Are Safe | |
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| Using Nonfood Products: What You Need to Know | |
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| Making Sure It's Gluten-Free: Digging a Little Deeper | |
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| Gluten-Free Ambiguously: Why It Isn't So Straightforward | |
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| Defining Safe Amounts of Gluten | |
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| Testing for Gluten in Foods | |
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| Deciphering Label Lingo | |
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| Checking with Food Manufacturers | |
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| Searching for Information: The Good, The Bad, and the Completely Ludicrous | |
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| Gluten-Free...Nutritiously | |
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| Appreciating Your Food | |
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| Good Carbs, Bad Carbs: Tuning In to the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load | |
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| Taking a Healthful Approach to Gluten-Free Living | |
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| Being Healthy, Stealthy, and Wise | |
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| Winning the Weight Wars | |
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| Gaining an Athletic Advantage by Being Gluten-Free | |
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| Planning and Preparing: The Preludes to Cooking | |
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| Creating a Gluten-Free-Friendly Kitchen | |
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| Sharing the Kitchen with Gluten | |
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| Taking Inventory of the Pantry and Fridge | |
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| Shopping Is Easier Than You Think | |
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| Knowing What You Want | |
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| Deciding What to Buy | |
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| Deciding Where to Shop | |
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| Navigating the Aisles | |
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| Living Gluten-Free - Affordably | |
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| Cooking: Tips and Techniques | |
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| Creatively Gluten-Free: Improvising in the Kitchen | |
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| Cooking with Wheat Alternatives | |
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| Trying Your Hand at Gluten-Free Baking | |
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| From Menus to Meals: Recipes for the Gluten-Free Gastronome | |
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| First Things First: Beginning with Breakfast | |
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| Getting Your Day Off to a Gluten-Free Start | |
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| The Incredible, Edible Egg | |
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| Smoothies for Starters | |
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| Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Cake: Hot Breakfast Ideas | |
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| Dinner for Breakfast, Anyone? | |
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| Appetizers with Attitude | |
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| Fashioning Finger-Lickin'-Good Finger Foods | |
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| Digging into Dips and Dippers | |
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| Going Wild with Wraps | |
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| Sensational Soups, Salads, and Sides | |
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| Sipping Soups and Chowing Down on Chowders | |
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| Making Strides with Salads and Sides | |
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| Move Over, Mashed Potatoes: Considering New Sides | |
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| Enticing Entrees | |
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| Making Poultry with Pizzazz | |
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| Eating Meat | |
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| Diving into Seafood | |
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| Exploring Vegetarian Entrees | |
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| Pizza, Pasta, and Bread: Foods You Thought Were a Thing of the Past | |
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| Pizza with Pizzazz | |
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| No More Pining for Pasta | |
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| Making Bread | |
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| Getting Your Just Desserts | |
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| Daring to Be Decadent: Gluten-Free Indulgences | |
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| Making Sweet Stuff to Pack 'n Snack On | |
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| Being Sensible: Sweets for the Health-Conscious | |
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| Living - and Loving - the Gluten-Free Lifestyle 24/7 | |
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| Getting Out and About: Eating Away from Home | |
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| The Golden Rules of Going Out Gluten-Free | |
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| Dining Out: Restaurant Realities and Rewards | |
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| The Incredible, Edible Journey: It's Travel Time! | |
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| Raising Happy, Healthy, Gluten-Free Kids | |
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| Forging through the Feelings | |
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| Talking to Your Kids about Being Gluten-Free | |
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| Deciding Whether the Whole Family Should Be Gluten-Free | |
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| Giving Your Child Control of the Diet | |
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| Hitting the Road with the Gluten-Free Gang | |
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| Leaving Your Gluten-Free Kids in the Care of Others | |
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| Guiding Your Gluten-Free Teens | |
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| Beating the Blues: Overcoming Emotional Obstacles | |
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| Recognizing Common Emotional Struggles | |
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| Dealing with Denial | |
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| Getting Back on Track When You're Feeling Derailed | |
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| Redefining Who You Are | |
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| Resisting the Temptation to Cheat | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Benefits of Being Gluten-Free | |
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| You Know How to Improve Your Health | |
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| If You Have Problems with Gluten, Your Health Improves Right Away | |
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| The Diet Can Be Super Healthful | |
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| If You Don't Have Celiac Disease and You're Not Eating Gluten, You'll Never Develop It | |
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| You May Decrease the Chances of Developing Associated Autoimmune Diseases | |
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| You May Be Turning Back the Clock | |
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| Symptoms of Menopause May Decrease | |
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| Your Weight Can Be Easier to Manage | |
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| You're More Aware of Nutrition | |
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| Blood-Sugar Levels May Be More Stable | |
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| Ten Tips to Help You (or Your Child) Love the Gluten-Free Lifestyle | |
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| Focus on What You Can Eat | |
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| Expand Your Culinary Horizons with Alternative Grains | |
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| Enjoy an Ethnic Flare | |
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| Control the Diet | |
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| Eat to Live, Don't Live to Eat | |
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| Remember: You're Different. So What? | |
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| Go Ahead - Enjoy a (Gluten-Free) Splurge | |
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| Tune In to the Benefits | |
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| Turn Away from Temptation | |
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| Deal with It; Don't Dwell on It | |
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| Ten Lame Excuses Not to Go Gluten-Free | |
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| "I'm too fat to have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity" | |
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| "I don't have the symptoms of gluten sensitivity or celiac disease" | |
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| "I don't want to be deprived of important nutrients" | |
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| "I don't want to give up (insert favorite gluten-containing food)" | |
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| "My problem isn't with gluten. I just don't do well with pasta and beer" | |
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| "Pizza makes me feel bad; I must have lactose intolerance" | |
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| "I have irritable bowel syndrome, and my doctor said diet doesn't affect it" | |
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| "I had celiac disease as a kid, but I outgrew it" | |
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| "I was tested for celiac disease, and I was negative" | |
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| "I don't have the genes for celiac disease" | |
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| Index | |