Living Gluten-Free for Dummies
Chapter One
Gluten-Free from A to Z:
The Basics of Being Gluten-Free
In This Chapter
* Getting a grip on gluten
* Discovering the advantages of the gluten-free lifestyle
* Making the most of meals
* Going from gluten-gorger to gluten-free forager - and loving it
I figured the doctor had made a mistake. "You mean glucose," I corrected
him with a tinge of exasperation at his clumsy blunder. "You must mean
my son can't eat glucose." Geesh. This was going to be tough. No more gummi
bears.
"No, I mean gluten," he insisted. "And to be honest, I really don't know much
about the gluten-free diet. You can see our hospital dietitian, but she won't
have much on the diet, either. You're going to have to do some homework on
your own."
All I could muster was a blank stare. What the heck was gluten? Keep in mind
this was 1991, when I knew as much about gluten as I know about piezoelectric
polymers. Approximately nothing.
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