Passionate Celiac Advocate Since 2011

Also...the founder of the Gluten Dude app; author of the best-selling (within my family) book on living with celiac disease; proud husband of Mrs. Dude, father of my 2 amazing Dudettes, and a total work in progress (aren't we all?). Let's take this celiac journey together.

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the latest

from the blog

700+ blog posts. 35,000+ comments. Honest, educational, and yes...even entertaining.

Glory Days Grill…Part 2

can people with celiac disease trust Glory Days Grill?

Can gluten-free food at Glory Days Grill still be trusted?

Real Good Foods sells out to big box stores

Get lifetime access to the Gluten Dude app for only $49 (and help us improve the app at the same time)

how can i support my friend with celiac disease?

Dude…how do I support my best friend who was just diagnosed with celiac disease?

We need more focus on the disease and less on the diet

I went home starving…and that was fine with me

Repeat after me: ‘There is no cure for celiac disease.’

My gluten-free Christmas wish list

the faces of

celiac disease

3 million Americans and millions more around the world suffer from celiac disease (a staggering 83% of them undiagnosed). This is a real disease affecting real people. Women and men. Young and old. All eating gluten-free to survive and to thrive. What better way to raise awareness than to show the actual faces behind the disease; to build a wall with our pictures and our stories.

Please do your share in raising awareness by adding YOUR FACE and YOUR STORY.

Check it Out

the gluten dude app

Celiac disease has its challenges. The Gluten Dude app has the solutions.

how to go

gluten-free

So you just got the word you have to go gluten free for life. My condolences. As if your life wasn’t challenging enough, you just got it kicked up a notch. Right now, your head is spinning. What do I do? Where do I start?

Take a breath…relax…I promise you, while not easy, you can and will do this. Just follow these 5 steps.

Part 1: In the Head

Part 2: In the Heart

Part 3: In the House

Part 4: In the Restaurant

Part 5: Now What?

the lighter side

of celiac disease

Yeah...celiac sux. But sometimes, you just gotta laugh about it.

My gluten-free Christmas wish list

A 2021 Recap…and Predictions for 2022

An Ode to Gluten-free Influencers

A Poem for Linda…Who Says I Deserve to be Sick

Video: My Book, Friends, Tequila and Gluten-free Beer

An Ode to Party City

My Sh*t Don’t Stink. Literally. And Now Neither Will Yours.

Celiac Disease Awareness Month: A Review in Rhyme

If Famous Movie Characters Had Celiac Disease: Part II

Let’s Talk About Poop

The Valley Girls Go Gluten-Free

Goodbye My Friend (A Poem Written to Gluten)

Ode to Celiac Disease

What Food Do You Miss the Most?

Question for Female Celiacs: How are You in the Boob Department?

Let's Name Our Glutened Alter-Ego. Hi…I'm Hank. What's Your Name??

An Ode to Shreddies Underwear

A Little G-Free Humor to End Your Week

Your Words of Kindness

I don’t subscribe to your blog so that you can lie to me or convince me to try different products. I subscribe because your humanity shines through my computer screen and I think you are just like the rest of us……and on any given day that changes.

Rachael

Thank you for your efforts in our community. It makes a ginormous difference to me to have an outspoken, educated and funny voice here on this p-o-s gluten-free roller coaster. I'm just overly and completely impressed by you.

Karen

You are like tonic to the gut, bubbling with humorous dialogue to cure the sad soul of any celiac needing attention. I am lifted from my moody mornings into hope for our future in a healthy community as I read your lines and the comments they generate.

Elizabeth

Before discovering you and your amazing followers I honestly thought I was just nuts. Now I know to rest when needed, to not trust something just because it says gf on the label, and most importantly, to advocate and be a voice for myself and this disease. Thank you Gluten Dude! Keep up your awesomeness.

Lesa

My husband has Celiac disease and your blog is a life saver. Everything you discuss is so spot on. Thank you for all the insight, humor, and perfectly worded content that your blog provides. Is that wrong that we want to be friends with you and your wife (who also seems super cool)?

Nicole

Thank you for your answers, wisdom, support and humor. I could not live this life without you.

Susan

I want to thank you for being so honest and supporting a gluten free community that uses their knowledge and power for the good of the community. You are fighting the good fight sir and I appreciate you more than my words can really say.

Alicia

I came across your Blog today and you had me in tears!!!! Tears of recognition that other people go through these frustrations, tears of laughter through understanding and tears of pain as I go through all of your contributors rants and rages!!! THANK YOU!

Trinidad

Gluten Dude, you really have impacted our two year ride with Celiac Disease. You reflect such a realistic view on this disease......while no one else understands, you and the people who gather here, make me feel just a little bit less crazy! THANK YOU!!!

Rachel

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Who I am. And who I'm not.

I AM someone who's been gluten-free since 2007 due to a diagnosis of severe celiac disease. I'm someone who can steer you in the right direction when it comes to going gluten-free. And I'm someone who will always give you the naked truth about going gluten free.

I AM NOT someone who embraces this gluten-free craziness. I didn’t find freedom, a better life or any of that other crap when I got diagnosed. With all due respect to Hunter S. Thompson, I found fear and loathing of an unknown world. But if I can share my wisdom, tell my stories and make the transition easier on you, I’ve done my job.

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