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"Living Without", April/May 2009
"This easy read is an inspiration not just for celiacs but for anyone with food sensitivity."
"This easy read is an inspiration not just for celiacs but for anyone with food sensitivity."
"Gluten Intolerance Quarterly", Spring 2009
"'The First Year' is such a practical, well-written guide to the disease and the gluten-free lifestyle that it should be a part of a starter kit that doctors give newly diagnosed patients."
About.com, 7/15/09
"A glossary, FAQ, gluten-free baking Q and A and an extensive list of Celiac support groups in the U.S. give readers the tools they need adapt to life without gluten. I highly recommend this book, not only for those newly diagnosed with Celiac disease but for anyone curious about this not so rare autoimmune, genetic disease."
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This is a timely new addition to the top-selling "First Year" series - a patient-expert's step-by-step guide to living well with coeliac disease. A staggering one percent of the population suffer from coeliac disease, a condition with major lifestyle implications. Coeliacs are unable to digest gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye) as it triggers an autoimmune response in the body - meaning that common foodstuffs like bread, pasta, cereals and numerous products which include hidden gluten-containing products in their ingredients are out of the question.Now, in "The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free", coeliac sufferer Jules Shepard explains everything you need to learn and do upon a coeliac diagnosis, including the questions to ask your doctor, how to cope with coeliac symptoms (which are wide-ranging), how to change your diet, the foods you can eat, brands and restaurants that offer gluten-free foods, sources of hidden gluten, and what to expect every step of the way to lead a healthy, full life. The book also covers coeliac disease in children and includes easy gluten-free recipes.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book starts with what coeliac disease is and then moves on to how to survive and thrive on a gluten free diet, using the author's own experience and extracts from other coeliacs.
My only (minor) critcisms of this book is that
a) it is written from an American view point - so some of the ingredients used in the recipes are not available in the UK and the recipes measure quantities using American cups.
b) the author doesn't stint on mentioning her website, her other book and her consultancy work throughout the book.
However, I think this is a very useful book for anyone who has just been diagnosed as Coeliac. Buying Gluten Free cookery books just don't help with questions about eating out and having a normal life, which this book addresses.
My only (minor) critcisms of this book is that
a) it is written from an American view point - so some of the ingredients used in the recipes are not available in the UK and the recipes measure quantities using American cups.
b) the author doesn't stint on mentioning her website, her other book and her consultancy work throughout the book.
However, I think this is a very useful book for anyone who has just been diagnosed as Coeliac. Buying Gluten Free cookery books just don't help with questions about eating out and having a normal life, which this book addresses.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a very good book and a very easy read. Although a lot of the information is what I knew already it would have been a great start if this had been the first book I had ever read on the subject.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The best way for me to do this is to list the good and bad points.
So good points first
1) excellent introduction to celiac, if you have no previous knowledge - so ideal for newly diagnosed or for family members or friends
2) List of foods you can eat
3) List of foods you can't eat
You can copy both of these so you can carry with you when you are shopping/eating out. Extremely usefull even for those who are used to the illness.
4)Card to take to restaurants - again you can copy and print this, then hand it to staff so they know what they need to do and what you can't have.
I had never even thought of this - a very useful tool
5) recipes for lovely tasting food.
Bad points - and they really are just minor niggly points
1) as a previous reviewer mentioned author is American so references to food/products/companies that are no use to Europeans.
2) frequent references to negative attitude about Celiac, I personally had never even thought like this till I read the book
3) advice on how to hide the illness from new people....Bad, bad, bad!!! If people are going to come into your life then you shouldn't be hiding something this important.
4) recipes are a bit time consuming - I barely get time to eat, let alone make my own flour....
In summary negative points are just me being picky. this is an excellent starter book and an excellent refresher/summary book for the more established.
So good points first
1) excellent introduction to celiac, if you have no previous knowledge - so ideal for newly diagnosed or for family members or friends
2) List of foods you can eat
3) List of foods you can't eat
You can copy both of these so you can carry with you when you are shopping/eating out. Extremely usefull even for those who are used to the illness.
4)Card to take to restaurants - again you can copy and print this, then hand it to staff so they know what they need to do and what you can't have.
I had never even thought of this - a very useful tool
5) recipes for lovely tasting food.
Bad points - and they really are just minor niggly points
1) as a previous reviewer mentioned author is American so references to food/products/companies that are no use to Europeans.
2) frequent references to negative attitude about Celiac, I personally had never even thought like this till I read the book
3) advice on how to hide the illness from new people....Bad, bad, bad!!! If people are going to come into your life then you shouldn't be hiding something this important.
4) recipes are a bit time consuming - I barely get time to eat, let alone make my own flour....
In summary negative points are just me being picky. this is an excellent starter book and an excellent refresher/summary book for the more established.
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