The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide »

Hasselbeck was formerly known to television audiences as a participant on the wildly popular second edition of Survivor: The Australian Outback. Since taking her coveted seat on The View in 2003 she has been the focus of major magazine covers and articles including USA Weekend, Curious Parents, People, TV Guide, Fitness, Glamour, Us Weekly, Life, Pregnancy and ePregnancy.

For years, Elisabeth Hasselbeck couldn't figure out what was making her sick. She asked doctors and consulted nutritionists, but no one seemed to have any answers. It wasn't until spending time in the Australian Outback, living off the land on the grueling Survivor TV show, that, ironically, her symptoms vanished. Returning home, she pinpointed the food that made her sick — gluten, the binding element in wheat. By simply eliminating it from her diet, she was able to enjoy a completely normal, healthy life. But that wasn't all. Hasselbeck discovered the myriad benefits that anyone can enjoy from a gluten-free diet: from weight loss and increased energy to even the alleviation of the conditions of autism.

In this all-inclusive book, Hasselbeck shares her hard-earned wisdom on living life without gluten and loving it. She gives you everything you need to know to start living a gluten-free life, from defining gluten - where to find it, how to read food labels - to targeting gluten-free products, creating G-Free shopping lists, sharing recipes, and managing G-Free living with family and friends.

Acknowledgements ix

Foreword Peter Green xiii

Part I I'm Allergic to What???

1 My G-Free Journey 3

2 What is Celiac Disease? 12

3 Conditions Associated With, and Complicated by, Celiac Disease 23

4 Gluten: Know Thine Enemy 33

5 Your G-Free Road Map 51

Part II Going G-Free

6 What's Mine is Yours (Well, Sort Of!): The (Modified) G-Free Kitchen 63

7 So What Can I Eat? G-Free Grocery Shopping 70

8 G-Free Home Cooking 95

9 How Not to Be a Party Pooper 110

10 Out On The Town 122

11 Traveling G-Free 138

12 G-Free Kids 145

13 Throw Me a Bagel! Living With Someone Who Is G-Free 160

14 Gorgeously G-Free: (Yes, It's Still Possible To Get Your Lip Gloss!) 169

Part III More Great Reasons to Give Up Gluten

15 G-Free and Slim As Can Be! 183

16 The Autism Connection 199

Conclusion 207

Appendix: Resources 213

Index 223