Is Your Food Actually Gluten Free?

Janelle Smith, MS, RDN, CEDRD, UCLA dietitian for the Celiac Program at the Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center at UCLA, will discuss the latest information on following a safe and healthy gluten-free diet. Learn about gluten contamination in foods, ways of testing for accidental exposures and how to determine if your food is safe to eat. Sample quality gluten-free foods at the event and go home with new ideas to enhance your gluten-free lifestyle.

This video was recorded in 2019, before the Coronavirus pandemic.

[SparkyOne]

I don’t know what I have but since I was born, I couldn’t digest anything with wheat. I was on a diet of prunes and laxatives as a child, this continued into adulthood. I find that corn and rice and oats affect me also. I’ve been gluten free more than not all my life. I feel a ton better when I don’t eat it. I get intestinal pain once the gluten reaches the small intestine area.
I was just diagnosed with Graves’ disease, my endocrinologist asked me if I have issues eating gluten, I told her. She told me that a number of her patients with graves, also have celiac. So she ordered a celiac blood test. The problem is, she needed me to do the blood test a week before my appointment with her, I’ve been on a gluten free diet for years. So, unwillingly, I crammed as much gluten as I could in 2 weeks, and wow, did I pay for it physically. I did the blood test 3 days ago, am waiting for the results to say I’m not celiac because I didn’t have time to do the gluten challenge.
I also have a systemic nickel allergy.

[rawauthenticvulnerable]

Can we talk about the AVENIN in the oats and ZEIN in the corn, and the effects, and where were finding that we still have issues its still a cousin of gluten

[dyllllllan]

Great synopsis! You’re making a huge impact; you don’t need to be nervous!