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Gluten Free Diet – A Sign of Things to Come The gluten free diet is here to stay. Consumers want more product labeling, new products, and are willing to pay the price. Going gluten free is growing in popularity and will continue to grow. The gluten free diet is also drawing more attention due to how our food is being processed. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has certified labels everywhere advertising, gluten free. What is gluten? According to livescience.com, “Gluten refers to the…
Gluten free diets are becoming popular among adults lately because they believe it is beneficial to their health, however it is medically necessary by some because of Celiac’s disease. Celiac’s disease is a condition that creates inflammation in the small intestine, and damages the lining. This prevents necessary components of nutrition from being absorbed. The damage to the lining of the intestine comes from a reaction to eating gluten. The cause of celiac disease is unknown. However,…
Almost all recipes can be adapted to become gluten-free. Following are some guidelines to adapting recipes to gluten-free: 1. Focus on the wheat-containing ingredients and their functions, as these will need to be adapted with a substitution. Try to choose “main meal” recipes with very little flour or gluten-containing ingredients for the bulk of a meal. An example would be breading or flouring of meats, which can, in most cases, be omitted. Simple fruits and vegetables as accompanying sides…
The Gluten-Free Diet A gluten-free diet, at its most basic, is a diet that excludes gluten and all foods that contain gluten, such as wheat, barley, rye, and triticale (a wheat-rye hybrid). The goal of such a diet is to reduce the inflammation that gluten causes in the digestive system of individuals with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. If you have a mild gluten sensitivity, you might be able to get away with a little exposure now and then, but for those with serious allergies or…
What is the government's role in protecting you from yourself? Restrictions such as mandatory seat belt laws, mandatory helmet laws, and certain drug laws violate personal freedoms and liberties. Our government’s role in creating laws follows the following: “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity” (U.S. Const. Preamble). The governing entities around the…
BUCKLE UP!?? I’ve Got News For You Are you comfortable allowing the government to infringe upon your Fourth amendment rights? Are you comfortable with your State Legislature passing laws that go against the will of the people by an overwhelming 75 percent? This is the stark reality of our seat-belt laws that are in effect today. Choosing to wear a seat belt is a wise decision to make, however, passing a law to make the wearing of seat belts mandatory and punishable by law is a glaring…
yards, families carved jack-o-lanterns and displayed them outside, and herds of children dashed from house to house trying to stockpile as much candy as they could via trick-or-treating. I remember dressing up in numerous costumes from skeletons and crash test dummies to ninjas and mimes. Even during the ninth grade, the year before my mother took this photograph; I still managed to take part in the holiday. That year was reasonably demanding, with teachers assigning various projects and…
The Great Depression, it was a time in our history spanning through the 1930’s that saw an extremely dramatic economic downturn, well known as the worst in our history. It’s affect was felt by people all over the world. This dramatic economic condition is now referenced as the the worst that the economy could ever get. It’s affect ran over, so to speak, so many people from every economic class. It not only affected companies but it affected just about everyone across the board, no discrimination…
Statement and Significance of the issue and policy Motor vehicles accidents are one of the number one cause of death and major injuries in the United States. Therefore, a policy is needed to help decrease the severity of injuries and life loss due to motor vehicle accidents. Related issues and consequences The seat belt law various from state to state. There are 34 states that have primary seat belt laws, 25 with secondary and one state that do not have any. These laws also differ in who…