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Just in time for holidays! Cookies, pies, fruit cakes, and gingerbread houses, oh my—it’s Gluten-free Baking Week, from December 18 to 24, 2016. If you or someone in your family are gluten free due to a food allergy or food sensitivity, Alicia Woodward, Editor and Chief at Gluten Free & More Magazine assures us that gluten-free baking goes far […]

Have you ever wondered how the world’s most popular fad diets stack up against one another as far as ease, effectiveness, and long-term sustainability? Well, you are in luck because nutritionist, Shereen Lehman, MS, co-author of Superfoods for Dummies and Clinical Anatomy for Dummies and Reuters Health writer, puts the world’s top trendy diets (5:2, Blood Type […]

Many of us realize that a “gluten free” label doesn’t automatically mean healthy. Yet for roughly 5-percent of population with celiac disease (or a gluten intolerance) staying away from foods that contain gluten (wheat, barley, malt, or rye) is essential to health. Still, the popularity of a gluten free lifestyle continues to soar—with an estimated market growth […]

For those trying to eat healthy, maybe even shed a few pounds, one of the biggest challenges can be eating on the go. Certain settings can be huge food temptation triggers, like the mall food court. Food courts offer a smorgasbord of fast food. And these foods aren’t typically geared towards healthy choices, leading to overwhelmed, rash decisions, […]

Society tells us that being overweight is bad. However, even though obesity is linked to many chronic health problems, the key word is “linked,” which means the medical community can’t come out and say for sure that being overweight is the cause of these diseases. Here are six BMI myths that we should stop giving any weight to.

While grocery shopping, you’ve likely noticed there are a myriad of products with a “gluten-free” label on the packaging. Even though this diet is so popular, many of us don’t have the foggiest what going gluten free actually means. Let’s clear up six common misconceptions about going gluten-free!