Cooking with Non-Gluten Grains If you have been told that you have to give up gluten grains, you may be feeling a bit lost. This guide to cooking with non-gluten grains can get you started. Many people who have Celiac disease or gluten intolerance (also called...

Gluten is one of the major proteins found in wheat. Gluten is also found in other grains such as:  spelt, kamut, triticale, barley, rye, and malts (and oatmeal). But if you really want to avoid gluten you also have to look out for food additives as stabilizers,...

Metabolic syndrome is not really a disease but a syndrome and what I would call a “pre-disease”. Metabolic syndrome is also known as syndrome X, or metabolic syndrome X, or even insulin resistance syndrome. There are four primary symptoms of metabolic syndrome:...

Insulin resistance is a modern day problem that is the result of eating modern day foods. What insulin resistance means is that the cells in your body are resistant to insulin. While this may not sound like a big deal, it is. The more insulin resistant your cells...

Most weight loss success stories sound pretty much the same. The stories all tell of people losing incredible amounts of weight in short periods of time using some new and crazy diet. But the question you really want to ask is: Did the Weight Stay Off? Everyone...

Gluten Free Flour Guide You have been diagnosed with Celiac disease or gluten intolerance (also called sprue, gluten enteropathy or gluten-sensitive enteropathy), now what? If you think your baking life is all over now that you can’t use traditional flours,...

Everyone knows vegetables are good for them, but why is this true? The short answer is that they are good for you because they are what you should be eating. But that answer doesn’t tell us much, and more importantly, there are lessons that can be learned...

Losing weight is not as difficult as it is keeping the weight off (you probably know that). But keeping the weight off is not as big of a mystery as you might think. You really don’t have to resort to some crazy diet plan like eating only rice or grapefruit,...

Low glycemic foods are the best foods to eat if you are trying to control your blood sugar, but it also works well to eat low glycemic foods if your goal is weight loss. But just what are low glycemic foods? The Glycemic Index The glycemic index is a listing of...

Sugar Free Diet for Diabetics If you ask most medical doctors or even established associations such as the American Diabetes Association (see Diabetes Myths) you will find that they think that eating sugar has nothing to do with diabetes. To most people it seems...