Month: May 2016

Dear Elle: About Your Awful Gluten-Free Cartoon…

May 25, 2016 | 57 Comments

Dude Update: So after 9 hours of getting SLAMMED by the celiac community (take a bow folks), Elle has completely removed the post from both their Instagram and Facebook accounts (so my links below probably won’t work now). Seen by millions and yet no […]

Name 3 Things You Miss the Most Since Your Celiac Diagnosis

May 24, 2016 | 138 Comments

Two quick Dude notes before kicking things off: 1) This is my 600th blog post. Yowsa! Serious kudos to all of you for keeping this community rocking. I thought I’d run out of things to say after 6 blog posts. 2) I am WAY […]

What to Expect After Your Celiac Diagnosis

May 18, 2016 | 44 Comments

There is a real misnomer out there that after your celiac diagnosis, once you go gluten-free, you’ll feel great. You’ll notice the difference right away. You’ll be back to your old self before you know it. Ummmm…no, not necessarily. When I was first diagnosed, […]

Catching Up On the Week that Was

May 13, 2016 | 11 Comments

So much to talk about. Let’s do it self-interview style. Take it away Dude. Dude…where ya been?? You’re not answering emails. You’ve got Faces of Celiac to post. Something you want to tell me? Nope…just been busy. Like really, really busy. Like working 70 […]

The Ultimate Guide to Gluten-Free Beer – From the Experts Themselves

May 4, 2016 | 37 Comments

When I was a kid, my dad drank Black Label beer out of a can (too often as it turned out…RIP dad). He very occasionally would offer me a sip and while I had no idea what “alcohol” was at this age, I thought […]

Dear Gluten Dude: Help! How Do I Explain Celiac to my Husband?

May 2, 2016 | 23 Comments

Happy Celiac Awareness Month folks. In years past, I’ve always tried to do something unique for this month. One year I wrote 30 blog posts in 30 days (boy…was everyone sick of me by the time THAT month was over); another year I tried […]

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