I just got back from Japan and I have a couple of thoughts that will hopefully be helpful to other people with Celiac disease looking to travel to Japan. To start I would say that I absolutely loved Japan despite how frustrating it was find things that I could eat. Before I left for the … Read more
When I told friends and family I was planning to spend eight days in Rome, I was met with the same reaction every time: but what will you eat? Indeed, Italy – the land of pizza, pasta, and pastries – would seem at first glance to be a tricky destination for those of us who … Read more
I just returned from a 10-day tour to Morocco, the land of bread. Bread is certainly the centerpiece for all meals in Morocco, and I had to plan carefully around this in order to survive. My suggestions are as follows. Take lots of gluten-free breakfast bars with you. Even though we had a buffet for … Read more
If you come visit Los Angeles you shall be in gluten free heaven! We are very, very trendy, which is often very annoying, but in the instance of Gluten Free Diets chosen by the individuals, rather than thrust upon them by the great powers that be, I am all for it. Since the great trend … Read more
I have lived all over the Seattle area my whole life. I have very severe reactions to gluten, I could probably be a test kit. I am also a nutritionist with a degree from Central Washington University in Nutrition Dietetics. I know some Celiacs who can get away with eating gluten free options at restaurants … Read more
Gluten free eating in Australia is very easy on the whole, even for eating out. The three main supermarkets are Coles, Woolworths and IGA and they all have a section in their supermarkets with a gluten-free range including cakes, biscuits, pasta and then in the aisles with the same products not gluten free as well. … Read more
In Korea, there was the short period of time the ‘Gluten-free’ market was booming. However, there are only few celiac patients in Korea and the most of Koreans believe the gluten-free products something it’s good for losing weight. So currently the market couldn’t grow bigger and there are plenty of gluten free products in the … Read more
This year, I visited some of the major National Parks in the South West of the USA. It gave me some of the best and worst experiences since I started travelling as a celiac. It is a well-known fact that the United States of America are one of the major (if not the major) wheat … Read more
I had an excellent experience traveling to Nepal with Alaya Holidays. They took great care to contact restaurants ahead of time and to talk to restaurant staff when ordering meals, to make sure it would be safe for me. One of the guides was very knowledgeable about celiac disease from a past experience with a celiac … Read more
On behalf of those of us with gluten intolerance or celiac disease, I have been doing a survey of restaurants, cafés and shops in the Pietermaritzburg, Hilton and Howick areas of KwaZulu-Natal. As there are many places which sell food in this area, I have not yet approached all of them, and these are preliminary … Read more
