This is a timely new addition to the top-selling "First Year" series - a patient-expert's step-by-step guide to living well with coeliac disease. A staggering one percent of the population suffer from coeliac disease, a condition with major lifestyle implications. Coeliacs are unable to digest gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye) as it triggers an autoimmune response in the body - meaning that common foodstuffs like bread, pasta, cereals and numerous products which include hidden gluten-containing products in their ingredients are out of the question.Now, in "The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free", coeliac sufferer Jules Shepard explains everything you need to learn and do upon a coeliac diagnosis, including the questions to ask your doctor, how to cope with coeliac symptoms (which are wide-ranging), how to change your diet, the foods you can eat, brands and restaurants that offer gluten-free foods, sources of hidden gluten, and what to expect every step of the way to lead a healthy, full life. The book also covers coeliac disease in children and includes easy gluten-free recipes.

About the Author

A lawyer and parent of two, Jules E. D. Shepard was diagnosed with coeliac disease in 1999 and prior to that, suffered through nearly ten years of misdiagnoses. Transitioning from a diet of pizza and pasta was difficult with few cookbooks at that time to guide her, so Jules, an avid cook, developed her own gluten free flour mix and gluten free recipes. She is the author of a cookbook, Nearly Normal Cooking for Gluten-Free Eating. Jules now teaches gluten-free cooking classes and is a spokesperson for the Centre for Celiac Research at University of Maryland. Visit her Web site at www.nearlynormalcooking.com.

Prizes

The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free : An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Reviews

"Living Without", April/May 2009
"This easy read is an inspiration not just for celiacs but for anyone with food sensitivity."

"Gluten Intolerance Quarterly", Spring 2009
"'The First Year' is such a practical, well-written guide to the disease and the gluten-free lifestyle that it should be a part of a starter kit that doctors give newly diagnosed patients."

About.com, 7/15/09
"A glossary, FAQ, gluten-free baking Q and A and an extensive list of Celiac support groups in the U.S. give readers the tools they need adapt to life without gluten. I highly recommend this book, not only for those newly diagnosed with Celiac disease but for anyone curious about this not so rare autoimmune, genetic disease."