In this article we will comment on the illness celíaca, and the general norms that must follow to carry out a diet exempt from gluten.

The first thing that we must mention is that before the doubt if a food contains gluten in his composition, the best thing is not to consume it and to stress that the diet must follow definitely during the whole life.

Also, The Association of Celíacos of every province has at the disposal of the one who needs it, the lists of commercial products that do not contain gluten, periodically updated. We give you now some general advices.

1) It is never necessary to fry in oils where other food muffled up with wheat flour has been fried previously

2) It is necessary to be specially careful at the time of cleaning the tools with which food has been cooked with gluten

3) He ALWAYS advises himself to read the tags of the products that are bought, although at present this keeps on being an authentic problem for the patient celíaco since the current Legislation has not to specify the botanical origin of the used cereals

4) To push any product back commercialized in bulk, prepared of handmade form, and in the one that does not represent the tag with the list of ingredients

5) Precaution also with the import products since the same manufacturer can change the composition of the product according to the country where it distributes it and that the trade name keeps on being the same, although the composition is different

6) In the hearths where beech a person who endures this illness, is advisable to replace the flours and wheat breadcrumbs with flours and breadcrumbs without gluten and this way, many of the prepared food will be able to be consumed by the whole family

7) It is necessary to have precaution with the cornstarch bought in establishments where also wheat flours are manipulated since it is very easy that there is contamination and it would not guarantee that the final product was exempt from gluten. That's why it is very important to pay attention of the establishments that The Associations of Celíacos advise to acquire these products

8) When it leaves to eat out, it is necessary to ask first about the making and the ingredients of every plate to assure us of that for example the potatoes should not have been fried in deep fryers where also there are fried croquettes, which do not even use wheat flours to tie sauces, etc...

9) To push back any product in which in his tag the term appears “gluten ”, ”cereales ”, “harina ”, “almidones modified ”, “féculas ”, “espesantes ”, “ cream of wheat ”, “ vegetable protein ”, “ malt ”, “ malt extract ”, “ yeasts ”, “ hidrolizado of vegetable protein ” and “ fibre ”, if the origin plant is not indicated

I already know that at first it will cost you, but it is the best way of assuring the quality of life of those who endure this illness.