Thank God for the Internet. Seriously! I took a poll online and it said that most people receive the information about the gluten free diet and Celiac disease from the internet and blogs and not from nutritionists/dietitians or books.
I’m going to go all three routes. But, of course, I love a good internet research project, so I started with good ol’ google. Here’s what I found.
- American Celiac Disease Alliance – http://americanceliac.org/ – To me, this wasn’t a great website. There’s some information about Celiac disease but when I clicked on “Gluten Free Diet” it said the page was coming soon. BUT – this was one of the only pages I’ve seen that was en espanol tambien. So, if you’re a Spanish speaker, that might be a good one to try out.
- Celiac Disease Foundation – http://americanceliac.org/ – This is truly one of the best Web sites I’ve found so far to learn about the disease. Again, the information on the GF diet was less than comprehensive and it also seemed to be focused mostly on California. It looks to me like the page needs a refresh and an update. Otherwise, some good information.
- Celiac Sprue Association – http://www.csaceliacs.org/ – I like their tagline “Celiacs helping celiacs.” Nice community feel, but slightly outdated looking webpage. I don’t know why I am knocking the design, but it is true that it looks a bit stale. The information was really good – and there was a lot of good information about the GF diet for free – even recipes and a full breakdown on grains. HOWEVER, they want you to buy a membership and therefore buy their Gluten Free Product Listing. It seems pricey and unnecessary. I think you can pretty much find everything out without buying the product listing. This would be good for people who don’t have the internet, maybe.
- National Foundation for Celiac Awareness – www.celiaccentral.org – I’m going to save this for an entire blog post. There’s A LOT going on with this site – and most of it is great!
That’s about it for now – some of the major players. I will continue to review sites and coming soon – BOOK reviews! I’m going to tackle Elisabeth Hasselback’s G Free Diet first. I never thought I’d have anything in common with Elisabeth, but I’m open to hearing what she has to say. There are so few celebrities with the disease, as far as I’ve found out so far.
