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The Full Plate Diet May Help Improve Celiac Disease

Posted by Diana Fleming, PhD, LDN on 13 October 2009 | 1 Comments

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If you have celiac disease, you already know it's an autoimmune disease that can involve scary amounts of inflammation of the digestive tract.  No fun.  It's also no fun to be unable to eat all the breads and cereal products that are so in your face at grocery stores and restaurants.  Good news!  The fiber-rich foods recommended on The Full Plate Diet contain lots of anti-inflammatory properties that just may improve your disease while you lose weight: fruits, veggies, beans, nuts and seeds.  OK, what about the elephant in the room---fiber-rich whole grains?  Shouldn't be a problem if you choose from the following: brown rice, whole grain cornmeal and cornmeal products, wild rice, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, amaranth, and teff.  Oats have traditionally been taboo, but there is more recent evidence strongly suggesting that oats are not toxic for those with celiac disease.  You just need to be sure that the oats have not been contaminated by other gluten-containing grains during milling and/or transportation.  In line with this evidence, there is an increasing number of oat-based food products showing up in health food stores that are packaged as safe for those who are gluten intolerant.  Bean flours, like lentil and garbanzo bean, and nut flour, like almond, can also be used in cooking and baking with great results.  Bon Appetit!

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