Thursday, May 30, 2013

Pizza & Celiac: The Perfect Combination

By Kenneth Brennan


Does the rise in renown of folk eating gluten free foods reflect a celiac disease pandemic or are folks unnecessarily turning to gluten free options, even pizza, as a food fad? Based mostly on a study from the Mayonnaise Hospital, it may be some both. The research from Mayonnaise recommended that most individuals with celiac illness may not be aware they have the condition, but many of us eating gluten free diets have never been diagnosed with celiac disease.

Doctor. Joseph Murray, a gastroenterologist at the Mayonnaise Clinic in Rochester, Minn, and his team examined blood samples taken from Americans 60 years back and compared them with samples taken from folks today. The doctors were able to define that it wasn't just better diagnosis driving up the numbers. Celiac illness really was rocketing. The research from the Mayo Hospital confirmed estimates that roughly 1 % of U.S. Adults suffer because of the illness today, making it 4 times more common now than it was in the 1950s.

Scientists suggest that there may be more celiac disease today because folks eat more processed wheat products such as pastas and baked products than in decades past, and those items use kinds of wheat with a higher gluten content. Gluten helps dough rise and gives baked goods structure and texture.

Now consider pizza.

Contemporary purchaser research exposed that 41% of American citizens now eat pizza at least once a week, up from just 26% a couple of years back.Additionally, American pizza (at least thin-crust) is frequently made with a very high- gluten flour (frequently 13-14% protein content) of the type also used to make bagels ; this kind of flour allows the dough to be stretched rather thinly without tearing, similar to strudel or phyllo .

It does not need to be said that if you're making an attempt to avoid gluten , you might miss the odd piece of pizza in your diet. Who can withstand the cheese, sauce, toppings, and, naturally, crispy crust?While typical bakers use wheat flour, gluten free pizza dough uses such ingredients as millet flour, sorghum flour, brown rice flour and tapioca starch. That is great in principle, but finding a good gluten free pizza dough that is not as thin as a bit of paper is still a challenge. There is a high point of unbelief about whether a gratifying gluten-free pizza is even possible to make. After some searching, here are some recipes that will definitely please anybody who's looking out for a great gluten free pizza crust recipe.

Based on the elevated diagnoses of Celiac disease, and the growth in popularity of pizza, the requirement for gluten free pizza is only going to keep on. Before long, all pizzerias will have to offer gluten free options to deal with their customers. The hope is that they are going to be half as satisfying as the one in the recipe above because it was exquisite!




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