Author(s): Carole HOFFLIN

HEALTH & DIET

You're on a gluten-free diet, or perhaps you are responsible for the preparation of meals for a gluten intolerant child or adult in your care, or you have a friend who has Coeliac Disease and you don't know what to feed them when they visit. Perhaps you run a catering business or manage a cafe and an increasing number of your customers have requested gluten-free food. You may be a healthcare professional who requires a user-friendly reference for quick professional and client use. - What is gluten-free food? - Why a gluten-free diet? - What foods contain gluten? - What do I do with some of these ingredients? - How will this affect my pantry and shopping trolley? - How do I interpret food labels? - What do I do if I want to entertain or dine out? - What about travel? - What is the meaning of these unfamiliar terms? Look no further. This A - Z of gluten-free terms, ingredients, hints and recipe tips will help you, your family, your friends or your colleagues make sense of the gluten-free world you now find yourself involved in. The gluten-free diet is not difficult nor the flavours sacrificial. It is simple to achieve good food gluten-free without the need to accept second best!