A toast to living (and drinking) gluten free!

A toast to living (and drinking) gluten free!

As we welcome a new year, many of us will celebrate with a toast at midnight and take 2013 out in style.

While we celebrate the past 365 days, let us not forget it was the year that gluten-free labeled vodka hit the market. Here is a great article from Scientific American about labeling a product, that by the scientific process of distilling, should be gluten free and yet can adversely affect those with celiac disease. It’s a great resource for exploring all sides of what information about gluten-free alcohol is out there.

But it’s doesn’t just stop with New Year’s Eve or Day. This is great information for the big game February 2 or even a night out with friends.

Gluten Dude also has a lot of great information about consuming alcohol with celiac disease ranging from asking the simple question of what can I drink to the most up-to-date controversy about the Celiac Sprue Association labeling Omission Beer risk free, even though it contains malted barley.

While there are more options for gluten-free beer everyday, use caution. Just like choosing your food, if you or someone you love is avoiding gluten, you must have a keen eye when it comes to choosing alcohol. There are two types of gluten-free beer: the first is made without gluten and the second has the gluten removed after the brewing process. The latter is made with barely and wheat and labeled gluten free as long as the beer meets the standard safe level of less then 20 parts per million. It can get quite confusing and murky. Take the example of Corona. According to the FDA, it is gluten free because it has under 20 parts per million of gluten detectable. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) says that Corona can’t be labeled gluten free because it is made with barely.

This example makes it clear that the testing process for gluten free needs to be carefully examined, someone with celiac disease should exercise extreme caution when consuming alcohol.

No matter how  you celebrate have a very happy holiday from the whole team at Gluten Free Therapeutics.

Read more about Gluten Dude here and read Scientific American’s article here

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