GLUTEN FREE AND SPORT...ALLIES? During the latest years, we have been hearing more and more about gluten free diet and sport performances: it looks like that in order to perform better in any sport, going on a gluten free diet,...
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GLUTEN FREE DIET: SOMETHING MISSING?!? People who suffering from celiac disease or gluten intolerance have one solution to get better: go on a gluten free diet and eliminate all products with gluten from their daily regime. This will help the intestine...
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Mono di-glycerides of fatty acids Light and Shadows Today we often read about the mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids and they have become so popular in the last fifty years that we might ask... why?!? Well, they are used in most of...
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DEGLUTINATED WHEAT STARCH As we’ve pointed out in an older post, starches are polymeric carbohydrates made of a large number of glucose units. Basically they can be found in cereals like wheat, root vegetables like potatoes and cassava, in beans,...
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A WORD IS IN THE AIR...ADDITIVES! I don’t know about you but at Baci di Dama we have the impression of hearing more and more magazines, people, friends talking about one topic in particular: food additives. Are they good? Are...
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WHEAT, A FRIENDLY FRIEND??! During the years, in Italy in particular, many researchers have been studying how to make wheat a friendly friend for people who suffer from celiac disease or are intolerant to gluten. In this article, at Baci...
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GLUTEN FREE TRAVELS Being celiac or gluten intolerant should not be a problem when we travel even if sometimes it is the case, depending on where we choose to go. The important thing is to know that there are places...
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READING LABELS Food labels are the link between us and the products we buy everyday. We can see them as ID card and to learn to read them properly, it helps us to get to know better what lies there...
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STARCHES, WHAT ABOUT THEM?!? Starches represent the most important source of carbohydrates for our metabolism; they are a precious source of energy for us. Technically starches are long complex chains of monosaccharide that are the smallest molecule of the carbohydrates....
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