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To those with Celiac’s, the gluten-intolerant, and gluten-free dieters, Long Island now has many places offering gluten-free baked goods, meals, and groceries. Gluten-free options are becoming more widely available on Long Island. Most supermarkets and health-food stores have sizable gluten-free sections, and more and more restaurants offer gluten-free pastas, pizzas and bread. For markets, there’s Eat Good Gluten Free Market as well as Rising Tide Natural Market and Jandi’s Natural.. Read More

Gluten free is the hottest health craze, with almost every wheat product in the market now having a gluten-free alternative. Breads, pastas, cakes, and even condiments are being made gluten-free. But is it all hype? According to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, “[a]bout 1 percent of the American population suffers from celiac disease”, where your body actually can’t consume gluten. An equal and possibly slightly larger percentage of Americans.. Read More

The newest weight-loss craze is to eat “gluten-free”. Gluten is a wheat by-product, and those who cannot digest gluten have a condition called Celiac’s Disease. Others are simply gluten-intolerant. However, if 1% of the population has Celiac’s, and up to 30% of the population is trying to eat “gluten-free”, the numbers simply don’t add up. That means that 30 times the number of those who actually have the disease, regardless.. Read More