Food Awareness
Look inside your Judy G pizza box to find the following facts:
Gluten is a general term for specific proteins found in wheat, barley, rye and possibly oats.
Gluten allows dough to loft; this increases the amount of air in baking.
The average wheat crop contains 90% more gluten than it did a century ago.
Up to 29% of the population have difficulty digesting gluten.
Many health conditions, such as autism and myalgic encephalomyelitis (aka chronic fatigue syndrome), may benefiit from a gluten-free diet.
1 in every 133 people have celiac disease, a severe form of gluten intolerance that can be developed at any age. Only 2% of these individuals are diagnosed. Left untreated, celiac disease may lead to other severe health problems.
The majority of all adverse food reactions are caused by only 9 foods: wheat, milk, eggs, soy, sesame seeds, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and sulphites.
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