Dr William Davis - Wheat Belly 30-Minute (or Less!) Cookbook: 200 quick and simple recipes

Appendix
Wheat-Free Resources There are plenty of resources available for people with coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity. They are primarily useful to help identify hidden sources of gluten, locate restaurants and shops that sell gluten-free foods, and find doctors familiar with the special needs of people who have coeliac disease. Because Wheat Belly and the Wheat Belly Cookbook introduce the idea that wheat elimination is not just for people with coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity, but for everyone, the resources that target this larger audience are still limited, though they will probably grow rapidly as this concept catches on. In the meantime, some resources for products, additional wheat-free recipes and more information are listed on the following pages. Resources for those who have coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity are included as well. Nuts, Seeds, Ground Nuts and Flours Sources for nuts, seeds, ground nuts and flours may be as close as your supermarket.

However, it really pays to shop around, as prices vary widely (as much as sixfold 600 per cent!). The most economical method is usually to grind nuts and flours yourself in a food chopper, food processor or coffee grinder. However, most major supermarkets and health food shops carry pre-ground nuts and flours. Ground seeds are rarely sold pre-ground but are very easy to grind from whole sesame, sunflower, chia or pumpkin seeds. Bobs Red Mill is a brand that is available online and has an excellent source of high-quality (often organic) almond flour, coconut flour, chickpea flour and xanthan gum. Trader Joes is another affordable online source for nearly all the whole nuts and seeds you need.

They also have ground almonds for a great price. Whole Foods Market is another, albeit high-cost, source for most nuts, seeds and flours. The online retailers below have extensive choices of nuts, seeds, ground nuts and seeds and flours, including almonds, almond flour and chia. www.nuts.com www.ohnuts.com www.nutstop.com www.diamondnuts.com www.nutsonthenet.com www.nutiva.com Sweeteners Start with your supermarket or health food shop for liquid stevia, powdered stevia (pure stevia or made with inulin) or Truva. Health food shops, in particular, typically have several choices of stevia, since it has been available for several years as a nutritional supplement. Erythritol and xylitol are not always available in shops.

Check health food shops, but you may need to order online. Nuts.com carries xylitol, and Amazon carries several brands of xylitol and erythritol, including NOW, KAL and Emerald Forest. You can also find erythritol and xylitol at: www.wheatfreemarket.com www.luckyvitamin.com www.4allvitamins.com www.iherb.com Monk Fruit (Luo han guo): www.wheatfreemarket.com www.intheraw.com Shirataki Noodles Bigger and better-stocked health food shops will often carry shirataki noodles, though look for them in the refrigerated section, not on the pasta shelf. If not available in your local shop, these noodles can be purchased online. Miracle and House Foods are two good brands. Coeliac Disease Resources Here are additional resources for individuals with coeliac disease or gluten sensitivity.

They are useful for helping to identify foods containing gluten, and some of these organizations maintain lists of restaurants that accommodate safe gluten-free eating. The Gluten Intolerance Group, for instance, maintains a list of gluten-free restaurants searchable by state or zip code. The Celiac Disease Foundations website also provides links to the websites of the various gluten-free food manufacturers. In the UK, Coeliac UK (www.coeliac.org.uk) provides a wealth of resources, as well as funding research into the disease. These organizations also provide support to restaurants and food manufacturers needing guidance on creating a gluten-free food preparation environment. The National Foundation for Coeliac Awareness, for instance, offers a food service training programme.

These organizations are supported by donations and product sales. However, buyer beware: much of the revenue that supports these organizations comes from manufacturers of gluten-free foods. It means that they tend to steer you towards these products, which are best avoided entirely. Nonetheless, these organizations can serve as a useful starting place for more information relevant to coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity. CeliacCorner
www.celiaccorner.com Celiac Disease Foundation
www.celiac.org Celiac Sprue Association
www.csaceliacs.info Gluten Intolerance Group
www.gluten.net National Foundation for Celiac Awareness
www.celiaccentral.org Gluten-Free Prescription Drugs and Nutritional Supplements Steve Plogsted, PharmD, runs a website (www.glutenfreedrugs.com) that serves as a good starting place to investigate the gluten content of prescription drugs. With nutritional supplements, always check the label.

Nutritional supplements are often labelled gluten-free, as well as listing the absence of other potential undesirable components, such as lactose. Additional Recipes Cookbooks in the low-carbohydrate and paleo diets overlap to a great extent with the sorts of foods advocated in this cookbook. Their recipes are wheat-free and focus on real food ingredients. Just be careful: some of the recipes in these cookbooks tend to use unhealthy sweeteners such as maple syrup, honey and agave, or occasionally rely too heavily on safe starches like sweet potatoes or yams and rice. These carbohydrate sources are indeed safer than wheat and sugar, but they are not entirely healthy when consumed in larger quantities than a 120ml (4fl oz) serving. Likewise, be careful with gluten-free cookbooks, as they often use unhealthy gluten-free replacements, such as rice flour, cornflour, potato flour, tapioca flour or premixed gluten-free flours.

My advice: never use these flours. Avoid the recipes that call for them, and select only the ones that do not use these gluten-free flours. Websites Stay-at-home mum turned wheat/gluten-free, low-carb recipe writer Carolyn Ketchum provides great recipes accompanied by excellent photography.
www.alldayidreamaboutfood.com Elana Amsterdams beautiful and creative mostly almond flourbased recipes are featured on her website/blog, as well as in her cookbook listed in the next section.
www.elanaspantry.com Formally trained in culinary arts, blogger Michelle provides great recipes that are free of wheat/gluten and corn.
www.glutenfreefix.com Nutritionist Maria Emmerich is a wheat-free, limited-carbohydrate champion! She is among the few nutritionists who truly understand these important health concepts. The photography on her website is also stunningly beautiful. Marias excellent cookbook is listed below.
www.mariahealth.blogspot.com Books The Art of Healthy Eating: Kids and The Art of Healthy Eating: Sweets by Maria Emmerich (CreateSpace, 2011) Eat Like a Dinosaur: Recipe and Guidebook for Gluten-Free Kids by The Paleo Parents (Victory Belt Publishing, 2012) Everyday Paleo by Sarah Fragoso (Victory Belt Publishing, 2011) 500 Paleo Recipes by Dana Carpender (Fair Winds Press, 2012) The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide by Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Center Street, 2011) Gather: The Art of Paleo Entertaining by Hayley Mason and Bill Staley (Victory Belt Publishing, 2013) The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam (Celestial Arts, 2009) The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen by Laura B. Russell (Celestial Arts, 2011) The Gluten-Free Bible: The Thoroughly Indispensable Guide to Negotiating Life without Wheat by Jax Peters Lowell (Holt Paperbacks, 2005) The Gluten-Free Edge: Get Skinny the Gluten-Free Way! by Gini Warner and Chef Ross Harris (Adams Media, 2011) Grain-Free Gourmet by Jodi Bager and Jenny Lass (Whitecap Books Ltd., 2010)