There's more to living gluten-free than just cutting it out of your diet. ThisSecond Australian Edition ofLiving Gluten-Free For Dummies helps you embrace a gluten-free lifestyle and make a smooth transition to healthier, tastier living. You'll learn how to decipher food labels, enjoy a balanced diet, cook delicious meals and order at restaurants, deal with the emotional and social aspects of gluten-free living, raise healthy gluten-free kids, and so much more. And best of all, this book includes plenty of great-tasting recipes.

Whether you or a family member have coeliac disease, another kind of gluten intolerance, or want to try living without gluten for other health or nutrition reasons, thisSecond Australian Edition ofLiving Gluten-Free For Dummies covers everything you need to knowfrom great recipes to the latest research and the best ways to manage your health.

Margaret Clough is a coeliac and has been actively involved with Coeliac Australia since 1986, serving at times in various capacities, including national president, public officer and travel editor forThe Australian Coeliac magazine.

Danna Korn is based in the US and has lived gluten-free since 1991. She founded the family support group ROCK (Raising Our Celiac Kids).

Foreword xxi

Introduction 1

Part I: Going Gluten-Free: Who, What, Why and How 7

Chapter 1: Being Gluten-Free from A to Z 9

Chapter 2: Understanding Why You Need to Go Gluten-Free 29

Chapter 3: Taking a Closer Look at Coeliac Disease 49

Chapter 4: Grasping the Ground Rules of the Gluten-Free Diet 63

Chapter 5: Finding and Using Good Resources 83

Chapter 6: Gluten-Free Nutritiously 93

Part II: Planning and Preparing: The Preludes to Cooking 111

Chapter 7: Creating a Gluten-Free-Friendly Kitchen 113

Chapter 8: Shopping Is Easier Than You Think 125

Chapter 9: Cooking: Tips and Techniques 141

Part III: From Menus to Meals: Recipes for the Gluten-Free Gastronome 157

Chapter 10: Beginning with Breakfast 159

Chapter 11: Snacking on Appetisers, Nibbles and Wraps 181

Chapter 12: Souping Up Salads and Vegetable Dishes 199

Chapter 13: Enjoying the Main Event 225

Chapter 14: Pizza, Pasta and Bread: Foods You Thought Were a Thing of the Past 245

Chapter 15: Getting Your Just Desserts 265

Part IV: Living and Loving the Gluten-Free Lifestyle 24/7 287

Chapter 16: Getting Out and About: Eating Away from Home 289

Chapter 17: Raising Happy, Healthy, Gluten-Free Kids 313

Chapter 18: Beating the Blues: Overcoming Emotional Obstacles 337

Part V: The Part of Tens 355

Chapter 19: Ten Benefits of Being Gluten-Free 357

Chapter 20: Ten Tips to Help You Love the Gluten-Free Lifestyle 361

Chapter 21: Ten Tips and Traps for New Players 365

Index. 369