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Ask The Right Questions Eating Out Gluten Free

When you’re celiac there’s no doubt about it, eating out isn’t simple. Ensuring you get a safe gluten free meal free of cross contamination when you’re eating out means asking the right questions…but what are the right questions? You need to be sure your gluten free bread wasn’t toasted alongside whole wheat bread and that
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Gluten Free Lisbon

Thank you to my lovely friend and fellow gluten free traveller, Sofia Morais, for writing this article on living gluten free in Portugal, and in particular Lisbon, where she currently lives. I am yet to explore the beautiful country of Portugal but meeting her and hearing about living gluten free in Lisbon makes me eager
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Tips For Flying Gluten Free

Air travel can be stressful for coeliacs but with the right preparation getting to your destination need not cause any unnecessary anxiety. Unfortunately more often than not travelling by air is an unavoidable part of international, and frequently domestic, travel. As a result we must always go into it prepared and aware that the world
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Subway Gluten Free

Back at the beginning of the year I heard that Subway were starting to test gluten free rolls and brownies for gluten free customers and now it sounds like they are expanding  as these items make their way onto menus. Subway sandwiches are the one fast food that I ate in my pre-celiac days so
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Gluten Free Outside Lands

Last weekend I went to my first music festival. I’ve been to a whole lots of gigs over the years but never before had I been to a festival. Getting to check out a bunch of different bands in one day was exciting. It was very laid back, lots of hippies bobbing up and down
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How Gluten Free Aware Are Restaurants?

I was eating at one of my favourite restaurants in San Francisco recently and as I sat down to eat my gluten free meal, a meal that I’ve eaten a number of times, a new concern came to me. I really should just stop thinking altogether to avoid my mind conjuring up these new ideas
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Gluten Free 13.1: The SF Half Marathon

Last weekend I ran the San Francisco Half Marathon. There were more hills than I was expecting (Yes, I know we’re in SF but a runner can hope can’t she) but it was a great race and I didn’t stop for a second. The 13.1 mile course covered some amazing views and I got to
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Gluten Free SF Marathon Expo

Last Friday I went to the San Francisco Marathon Expo to pick up my bib number and running shirt for the half marathon. I also went to check out what they had to offer in terms of energy filled samples in the hopes that there would be something gluten free for me to nibble. I
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Gluten Free Pure Fit

A couple of weeks back I received another box of protein bars to sample. I’ve never eaten so many different protein bars in my life! This time it was Pure Fit protein bars. Five different flavours. Granola Crunch,  Chocolate Brownie, Almond Crunch, Peanut Butter Crunch and Berry Almond Crunch. I was impressed primarily by the
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Gluten Free Honeymoon Iowa to California

After our wedding we decided to rent a car in Iowa City and drive back home to San Francisco through the Badlands, Yellowstone Park, Oregon and everywhere else in between. We gave ourselves a week to drive what added up to 3060 miles. It was a beautiful drive and we had a lot of fun
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