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Gluten-Free Diet Won't Help You Lose Weight

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:53:00 CDT

Thinking of going gluten-free to lose weight (just like Gwyneth Paltrow told you )? Think again. Gluten-free foods help the rising numbers of people with celiac disease , wheat allergies, or gluten sensitivities, but those who are just looking to slim down are misguided. “Many packaged gluten-free products are even higher...

Hottest Celeb Diet: Gluten-Free

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:25:00 CDT

Everyone in Hollywood seems to be allergic to gluten—or at least off it—these days. Celebrity practitioners like Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Gwyneth Paltrow have helped propel the gluten-free lifestyle into the spotlight, with more of us mere mortals following suit in an effort to get thin. It's no wonder...

Celiac Disease Diagnoses Skyrocket

Harry Kimball — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:53:01 CDT

The number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease has quadrupled since the 1950s, and the condition "is emerging as a substantial public health concern," Mayo Clinic researchers warn. People who had the gluten-intolerance disease and didn’t know it were four times more likely to have died during the past few...

Woman Sues Hasselbeck Over Cookbook Plagiarism

Will McCahill — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:12:01 CDT

A woman who sent Elisabeth Hasselbeck a cookbook to help deal with an autoimmune disorder now claims The View co-host pirated the ideas for her own tome, the Boston Herald reports. Self-published author Susan Hassett’s federal lawsuit claims she sent Living With Celiac Disease to Hasselbeck in 2008, and that...

Gluten-Free Diets Gain Converts

John Johnson — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:29:51 CST

The tide is turning against gluten as more people ditch the protein—found in bread and just about anything made with wheat, barley, or rye—from their diets, the Chicago Tribune reports. Adherents—and not just those suffering from celiac disease, who cannot tolerate the stuff—blame gluten for a...