Make Changes To The Way You Shop For and Prepare Food

Get your kitchen organized. Read the labels of the foods you have in the house and begin the separation process. You probably have people who live with you that do not require a gluten-free diet. In this circumstance, cross-contamination is an issue for you to become aware of and to create solutions.

Cross-contamination happens when someone who is gluten-free contacts gluten. This could be a shared toaster. This could be a knife dipped into the peanut butter, spread on bread and dipped again in the peanut butter. That toaster or peanut butter now has gluten added.

Get your shopping list together. It may take more time the first few times you shop because there will be lots of labels to read. Make your first list manageable. Go to the store with just a few items that you will have to stop and read the labels. Next trip add new ones.

Find local markets that carry gluten-free foods. Health food stores are a good place, but not the only place. You will find gluten-free foods in every store. You just need to know where to look and what you are looking at. There are plenty of gluten-free products for sale on the web.

Here are a few links where you will find gluten-free foods:

• Whole Foods Market www.wholefoodsmarket.com
• Gluten-free Mall www.glutenfreemall.com
• Gluten-free Info Web www.glutenfreeinfo.com
• Bob’s Red Mill www.BobsRedMill.com
• Betty Crocker Mixes www.bettycrocker.com/products/gluten-free/Faq.htm