Customer Service and Gluten Free Product Update
We regret to inform our loyal customers that Gluten Free Promise will not longer be selling Andean Dreams products. Unfortunately, the business practices of Andean Dream and/or its contracted vendors do not allow us to provide you with the customer service that you deserve. Tweet This Post
Give and You Shall Receive!
Having trouble finding that perfect recipe for your gluten free holidays? Have a fabulous recipe that you’d like to share with your fellow gluten free friends? With all of the holidays around the corner, we at Gluten Free Promise are looking for your best recipes. We want to try as many of your recipes as [...]
Grand Opening Sale!
In celebration of the Grand Opening of our online store, we are offering 10% off your entire order through November. Click here to get to our online store. Tweet This Post
More Gluten Free Chex!
General Mills has re-formulated additional varieties of its Chex cereal to be gluten free. Gluten free Chex now include: Tweet This Post
Check Your Halloween Candy!
We have arrived at the season of ghouls and ghosts again! Are you concerned about your children’s candy? To help with identifying gluten free candy for your gluten intolerant or celiac child, we have compiled a list of the gluten free candy. An overall theme of the major candy makers was to always consult labels! [...]
Autism May Be More Prevalent in the United States
There have been many articles over the past 24 hours reporting the results of a study recently released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) regarding the increase of the rate of Autism in the U.S. Tweet This Post
Hold On, Olive Garden, We Are On Our Way!!!
There is exciting news in the gluten free community! A predominately pasta-serving restaurant, Olive Garden, has added a gluten free pasta dish to its gluten free menu. Tweet This Post
Good Bye, New Friend!
As a follow up to the Starbuck’s debacle of 2009, I wanted to clear up any remaining uncertainty about the discontinuance of the Gluten Free Valencia Orange Cake at Starbucks. I am sad to confirm that my new friend has already bit the dust. Tweet This Post
Gluten Free Gossip or Truth?
The gluten free community is abuzz today about whether or not Starbucks is discontinuing its gluten free Orange Valencia Cake. Apparently, Starbucks announced this through its Twitter account, which states “…We heard that it was too much of a treat, and not a nutritious snack…” The tweet continues by saying that Starbucks will carry Kind [...]
How Many Celiacs Does it Take?
According to a July 2009 Wall Street Journal article, General Mills is currently researching expanding its line of gluten free products. The article states that General Mills “decided to pursue gluten free products last year after its customer-relations department noticed that customer inquiries about food allergies and sensitivities most frequently centered on whether items contained [...]
Cure to Celiac Disease in Sight?
A study conducted by the Mayo Clinic and published in the July 2009 edition of Gastroenterology estimates that Celiac Disease is four times more prevalent today than it was fifty years ago. Find a link to the abstract and video interviews here. Tweet This Post
Dunkin Donuts Coffee is Gluten Free
I keep reading conflicting comments online about Dunkin Donut’s coffees. I kept telling myself that there is no way that Dunkin’s coffee contains gluten and skillfully convinced myself of it every morning while I was waiting in line to order my medium French Vanilla with skim milk and sugar. However, there was always that voice [...]
Going Gluten-Free At Age 13
Jacob used to have excruciating stomach pains. During seventh grade, he remembers dashing off to the bathroom during tests. “Then I had less time to take the test.” And after sports practices, he’d come home doubled over in pain.
At the time, his family had no idea the pain was triggered by eating gluten — a protein found in wheat, barley and rye grains.
“It got to the point where I had to miss sports practices and games because I was so sick,” Jacob recalls. “It was really painful.”
Celiac Disease Vaccine?
Last month, researchers at Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) began the first human trials of a possible coeliac vaccine.
The vaccine is designed to persuade the immune system to tolerate the gluten peptides, says Dr Bob Anderson, WEHI researcher and head of Nexpep, the company that holds the patent for the vaccine.
