Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide

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Summary: Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide
Review: A concise resource with all the key information clinicians AND patients frequently need to get started. We recommend this book to all patients referred to us in our GI nutrition clinic with celiac disease.

Carol Rees Parrish RD, MS
Andrea Yoder, RD
University of Virginia Health System
Digestive Health Center of Excellence
Charlottesville, VA

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Summary: A must buy!
Review: Having been diagnosed with celiac disease 2 years ago and practicing as a Registered Dietitian for the past 21 years, I know the importance of professional-looking, detailed, and accurate information. Shelley's book accomplishes this and much more-it is a comprehensive resource for gluten-free living. I wouldn't counsel a newly diagnosed sprue patient and not use this book as a primary resource. I recommend Shelley's book to people with celiac disease and Registered Dietitian's/health professionals/physicians working with sprue patients.

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Summary: Save years of research
Review: I needed this book before I accumulated the mountain of computer printouts and handouts that adorns my office. Buy it or spend the next 20 years of your life unnecessarily duplicating this research.

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Summary: Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Case, S.
Review: Shelley Case has written the definitive gluten-free guide. The extensive research behind this book will benefit everyone who needs to be on a gluten-free diet. This is a MUST HAVE reference for every physician and patient who has to deal with gluten-restriction in their life!

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Summary: Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Case, S.
Review: Shelley Case has written the definitive gluten-free guide. The extensive research behind this book will benefit everyone who needs to be on a gluten-free diet. This is a MUST HAVE reference for every physician and patient who has to deal with gluten-restriction in their life!

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Summary: Awesome resource!
Review: Shelley Case is one of the foremost experts on the gluten-free diet. There is a lot of "bad" information out there about the diet, but Shelley's book can be trusted to be current, accurate, and thoroughly researched.
Danna Korn, founder of R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Celiac Kids) and author of
"Wheat-Free, Worry-Free: The Art of Happy, Healthy, Gluten-Free Living" and
"Kids with Celiac Disease: A Family Guide to Raising Happy, Healthy, Gluten-Free Children"

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Summary: The One Book I Would Choose!
Review: Shelley Case's Resource Guide is stuffed with practical information and helpful hints and I know, based on my own experience, that I can trust her research! I consult her book frequently in my own work, and I've learned more about the gluten free diet from it than I have from any other single resource.

I find the detailed information on USA and Canadian labeling regulations especially helpful, and I like the way she quotes the specific regulation that pertains to the ingredient she is discussing. She also gives web site references for food regulations and labeling for those who have additional questions.

Besides quoting from the regulations, Shelley provides additional details she's learned from food processors. For example, she notes that caramel color may be produced from a number of ingredients including some gluten-containing ones like malt syrup and starch hydrolysates, but she says the two gluten-containing ingredients listed aren't used in North America according to the food processors she's talked to. This kind of information is invaluable when celiacs are trying to decipher American food labels.

Shelley draws on her own experience as a registered dietician to explain the special nutritional requirements of celiacs and there's a lot of detailed information on how celiacs can insure they're getting adequate amounts of nutrients.

Gluten free cooking presents its own challenges, and Shelley provides a lot of baking tips to insure products come out tasty, along with a nice selection of recipes.

She also has a comprehensive list of resources including complete contact info.

If I had to recommend just one book to celiacs, this is the one I would choose!

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Summary: An Incredible Resource for those with Celiac Disease
Review: This is more than 5 stars! Without a question, this IS the resource to have if you or a family member has celiac disease. In depth nutritional information, sources and contact numbers for gluten-free foods companies, recipes, and so much more. It is a book you will refer to over and over again. And, a great one to share with teachers, and physicians.

Andrea Levario, Co-Chair, American Celiac Task Force

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Summary: An Incredible Resource for those with Celiac Disease
Review: This is more than 5 stars! Without a question, this IS the resource to have if you or a family member has celiac disease. In depth nutritional information, sources and contact numbers for gluten-free foods companies, recipes, and so much more. It is a book you will refer to over and over again. And, a great one to share with teachers, and physicians.

Andrea Levario, Co-Chair, American Celiac Task Force

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Summary: A Life Saver
Review: This practical common sense book is ideal for individuals who suffer from Celiac disease (about 1 in every 200) and for the nutritionists and medical professionals who help them. As one of the leading experts in Celiac disease, Case has worked with thousands of people with Gluten intolerance. Now her research and expertise can help individuals, families and health professionals around the world.
There are listings for over 130 North American and international companies specializing in gluten-free products. Over 1600 specialty foods are listed by company and product name. There is very helpful information about gluten-free meal planning, shopping guidelines, recipes, creative snack ideas, baking tips. Detailed nutrition information and gluten-free resource listings (cookbooks, web sites, magazines) also provide vital information.
The subtitle reads "A Comprehensive Resource Guide". Case's remarkable research and attention to detail makes this the leading gluten-free resource on the market today.