McFadden Layton - Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies

Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies

by Dr. Jean McFadden Layton and Linda Larsen

Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies

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About the Authors

If you could find a doctor who truly understands gluten intolerance and celiac disease, what would be your first questions? Better yet, what if she could also serve as a recipe consultant, adapting your favorite family recipes so you can continue to enjoy the foods you love?

Dr. Jean McFadden Layton combines the best of both worlds as she guides her patients and the general public toward an understanding of gluten intolerance and its role in peoples health.

Following the premature death of her first husband, Dr. Laytons interest in alternative medicine was launched. There has to be a better way became her mantra. She left the world of professional food service to return to school to complete her undergraduate degree, meeting her second husband, Ed, while catering in New York City.

They moved to Portland, Oregon, to complete their respective degrees hers a doctorate in naturopathic medicine, his a masters in Oriental medicine and to begin their family. Fiona and Katie were born in the middle of medical school.

Celiac disease and gluten intolerance became a part of their life after moving to Bellingham, Washington, when Ed fractured his femur in an ice-skating accident. He was 48 and had osteoporosis. Research and experience pointed toward a gluten-free diet as a solution, and so it began for him. He now has a bone density thats appropriate for his age.

Dr. Layton discovered that her brain fog, menstrual irregularities, and body temperature fluctuations all improved with a gluten-free diet. Celiac disease and gluten intolerance have a genetic component. Realizing that their daughters growth had plateaued, the Laytons took gluten out of their daughters diet. The girls responded by increasing their heights by 112 inches each within three months of starting a gluten-free diet.

Dr. Layton specializes in celiac disease and gluten intolerance, attracting patients from around Washington State and the lower mainland of Canada. She proudly serves on the board of directors for the Bellingham Gluten Intolerance Group and facilitates the local Healthy Gluten-Free Kids group.

Building on the medical oath she swore to uphold, which includes the concept of docere (doctor as teacher), Dr. Layton teaches gluten-free baking and cooking classes with the Community Food Co-op and Whatcom Community College. Conveying the ease and breadth of healthy gluten-free food, Dr. Layton has written her well-known blog, GFDoctorRecipes, since 2006. Here, she explores the world of recipe development as well as the current research in gluten intolerance.

As @GFDoctor, Dr. Layton is active in the social media world with thousands of international Twitter followers. Her website, www.gfdoctor.com, and her Facebook sites, GFDoctor and Healthy Gluten-Free Kids, convey even more information to the general public about up-to-the-minute changes in foods and products.

Linda Larsen is an author and journalist who has written 26 books, many about food and nutrition. She earned a BA degree in biology from St. Olaf College and a BS with high distinction in food science and nutrition from the University of Minnesota.

Linda worked for the Pillsbury Company for many years, creating and testing recipes. She was a member of the Pillsbury Bake-Off staff five times, acting as manager of the search team and working in the test kitchens. Linda is the Busy Cooks Guide for About.com and writes about food, recipes, and nutrition. She has written articles for Womans Day, Quick & Simple, and First magazines. Her books include Eating Clean For Dummies, Medical Ethics For Dummies, and Detox Diets For Dummies (all published by Wiley); Knack Grilling Basics (Knack); The Starter Cook (Lyons Press); The $7 a Meal Cookbook, The Everything Tex-Mex Cookbook, and The Everything Healthy Cooking for Parties Cookbook (Adams Media).