The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free

An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

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By Jules E. Dowler Shepard

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If you’ve just been diagnosed with celiac disease, you’re not alone: as many as 1 in 133 Americans have this autoimmune disorder characterized by an inability to digest gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains. For ten years, Jules Shepard’s gastrointestinal symptoms went misdiagnosed. Finally diagnosed, she experienced a rollercoaster of emotions and illness the year following, as she discovered what she could and could not eat through trial and error.

Now, in The First Year” Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free, Shepard explains everything you need to learn and do upon your or a family member’s diagnosis.

How celiac disease affects your entire body

Eating gluten-free (and avoiding hidden glutens)

Keeping your kitchen safe from cross-contamination

Can I drink alcohol?

Celiac and fertility

Finding support groups

Parenting a child with celiac disease

Dining out, traveling, and entertaining

This unique guide prioritizes all the most important information on diet and lifestyle changes for you. Day-by-day, week-by-week, month-by-month, learn how to safely alter your diet, manage your symptoms, and adjust to living gluten-free. Complete with easy and delicious recipes for gluten-free baking, The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free is your essential guide to a healthy life.

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On Sale
Dec 2, 2008
Page Count
304 pages
ISBN-13
9780786727162

Jules E. Dowler Shepard

About the Author

Jules E. Dowler Shepard has written two books on living with celiac disease and teaches gluten free cooking classes around the country. She contributes to Celiac.com and lives in Cantonville, Maryland.

Alessio Fasano, MD, is director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Celiac Research.

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