Welcome to my new blog site!
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Welcome to my new blog site!
My name is Deb Bamesberger and I have been gluten-free since 2001. I live in Snowmass, Colorado with my husband, Craig and our beagle dog, Cali. My youngest son (23) is also living with us for the time being. I am an active, full-time real estate broker here in the Aspen area. I have done this since 1993 and love selling real estate! I have three kids, Dan, age 32, lives in Brooklyn, New York and is a copy editor for the new Conde Nast magazine, Portforlio. My daughter, Jennifer, age 25, lives in Honolulu, Hawaii and owns and operates her own pre-school. My youngest son, Michael, age 23, lives here in Snowmass with us and is employed full-time with a local company.
I turned 50 this last year and I started to go through this change in attitude that there is more to me than raising kids and selling real estate. I have wanted to write a book for last few years because I want to share the information that I know with everybody. I have never done anything like this but have been thinking about it for years!
I have been gluten-free since 2001 and so has my husband. We have Celiac disease and until 1997 I had never heard of it. When I met my mother-in-law she told me that she had Celiac disease and I was intrigued by what she had to tell me. It answered so many questions about what was going on with me. I was always bloated and constipated and tired. I had a stomach ache most of the time and ate Tums and Rolaids daily. In 2001, I decided to quit eating bread to see if it made a difference. What a difference it made! Within a week of eliminating bread and pasta, all of my symptoms disappeared. My husband had to make the change with me, of course, since I am the one who does the shopping and cooking. At that point, he decided to quit drinking beer since it contains barley and barley has gluten in it. He had gotten the flu in January and by March, he was still pale and lethargic with constant diarrhea. Within a week of eliminating the beer, bread and pasta, his color came back and so did his energy. That was when we made the decision to eliminate all of the gluten in our lives.
It has been a real learning experience! Over the course of the last 7 years, I have researched, read labels, baked my own breads, pies, cakes, cookies and completely transformed all of my regular recipes to gluten-free. Becoming gluten-free changed my life; my passion is to now educate as many people as possible about this silent disease. I have spent the last 6 months writing the book that I thought about for years. My book, Should I Be Gluten-Free? America's Silent Epidemic - Celiac disease, was written to help as many people as possible to understand what Celiac disease/gluten intolerance is and how to live a completely gluten-free life. It includes a full description of Celiac disease, it's symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, history, what gluten is and how it affects the intestine, a complete, itemized, user-friendly gluten-free grocery shopping guide and dozens of my tried and true gluten-free recipes. It is almost ready to go to print, I am so excited!
Writing a book is alot of work, I had no idea! I also decided to self publish my book, wow, is there a lot to learn! I know that there alot of people out there that have no idea that Celiac disease even exists, it is the most under diagnosed disease in America today! It is America's Silent Epidemic, 1 in 133 have Celiac disease and have no idea. My goal is to change that, the general population in America depend on the doctors to diagnose their ailments and treament usually consists of a prescription of some kind of pills. There are many symptoms of Celiac disease that are commonly diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, acid reflux and a host of other complaints that are usually treated with some kind of drug when all that needs to be done is to change your diet to gluten-free. There is evidence that gluten intolerance is linked to autism and attention deficit disorder, migraines and obesity. Studies have shown remarkable improvement with just a change in diet! I have so much information to offer, I believe that I will be able to help many, many American's learn how to live the gluten-free life, this is just the beginning.
Welcome to my new blog site!
My name is Deb Bamesberger and I have been gluten-free since 2001. I live in Snowmass, Colorado with my husband, Craig and our beagle dog, Cali. My youngest son (23) is also living with us for the time being. I am an active, full-time real estate broker here in the Aspen area. I have done this since 1993 and love selling real estate! I have three kids, Dan, age 32, lives in Brooklyn, New York and is a copy editor for the new Conde Nast magazine, Portforlio. My daughter, Jennifer, age 25, lives in Honolulu, Hawaii and owns and operates her own pre-school. My youngest son, Michael, age 23, lives here in Snowmass with us and is employed full-time with a local company.
I turned 50 this last year and I started to go through this change in attitude that there is more to me than raising kids and selling real estate. I have wanted to write a book for last few years because I want to share the information that I know with everybody. I have never done anything like this but have been thinking about it for years!
I have been gluten-free since 2001 and so has my husband. We have Celiac disease and until 1997 I had never heard of it. When I met my mother-in-law she told me that she had Celiac disease and I was intrigued by what she had to tell me. It answered so many questions about what was going on with me. I was always bloated and constipated and tired. I had a stomach ache most of the time and ate Tums and Rolaids daily. In 2001, I decided to quit eating bread to see if it made a difference. What a difference it made! Within a week of eliminating bread and pasta, all of my symptoms disappeared. My husband had to make the change with me, of course, since I am the one who does the shopping and cooking. At that point, he decided to quit drinking beer since it contains barley and barley has gluten in it. He had gotten the flu in January and by March, he was still pale and lethargic with constant diarrhea. Within a week of eliminating the beer, bread and pasta, his color came back and so did his energy. That was when we made the decision to eliminate all of the gluten in our lives.
It has been a real learning experience! Over the course of the last 7 years, I have researched, read labels, baked my own breads, pies, cakes, cookies and completely transformed all of my regular recipes to gluten-free. Becoming gluten-free changed my life; my passion is to now educate as many people as possible about this silent disease. I have spent the last 6 months writing the book that I thought about for years. My book, Should I Be Gluten-Free? America's Silent Epidemic - Celiac disease, was written to help as many people as possible to understand what Celiac disease/gluten intolerance is and how to live a completely gluten-free life. It includes a full description of Celiac disease, it's symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, history, what gluten is and how it affects the intestine, a complete, itemized, user-friendly gluten-free grocery shopping guide and dozens of my tried and true gluten-free recipes. It is almost ready to go to print, I am so excited!
Writing a book is alot of work, I had no idea! I also decided to self publish my book, wow, is there a lot to learn! I know that there alot of people out there that have no idea that Celiac disease even exists, it is the most under diagnosed disease in America today! It is America's Silent Epidemic, 1 in 133 have Celiac disease and have no idea. My goal is to change that, the general population in America depend on the doctors to diagnose their ailments and treament usually consists of a prescription of some kind of pills. There are many symptoms of Celiac disease that are commonly diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, acid reflux and a host of other complaints that are usually treated with some kind of drug when all that needs to be done is to change your diet to gluten-free. There is evidence that gluten intolerance is linked to autism and attention deficit disorder, migraines and obesity. Studies have shown remarkable improvement with just a change in diet! I have so much information to offer, I believe that I will be able to help many, many American's learn how to live the gluten-free life, this is just the beginning.
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