Kendra Williams
Gluten-Free Living with a Celiac & her Gluten Detection Dog
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As someone with Celiac Disease, I am passionate about sharing about good gluten-free food. As lifetime traveler, I focus on educating people on how travel is still possible with Celiac Disease. I also love to share about my Portuguese Water Dog Suki who is a gluten detection service dog.
I love health-based brands that focus on quality ingredients. I enjoy cooking, entertaining, reading, travel, skiing, camping, and spending time with my gluten detection service dog, Suki.
I am not just a content creator. I am a specialist in digital marketing, eCommerce, marketing, and sales. As someone who has run digital marketing and eCommerce for major consumer brands, I understand the importance of proper messaging, targeting, and engagement.
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Get rid of the gluten-free myths and misinformation. Which myth do you want to bust? What is a myth we forgot? Here are the truths: ➡️Heat does not kill gluten. Food cooked in a shared fryer is not safe for people with Celiac Disease. A hot oven will not destroy gluten. The only way to remove gluten is through cleaning with lots of soap and water. ➡️ No, someone with Celiac Disease cannot eat a bite. Even a crumb can make someone with Celiac Disease very sick for weeks. It will also cause damage to their small intestine. ➡️Celiac Disease is serious autoimmune disease. It has been tracked back to the first century AD. Celiac Disease causes over 200 symptoms that impact all body systems. If it is untreated (the treatment is a strict gluten free diet), people can die. ➡️ No, they are not doing this for attention. Gluten-free isn’t a fad; it’s a medical necessity for those with Celiac Disease. What myth do you want to add? Share this to raise awareness. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. Follow for more. #celiac #celiacdisease #celiacdiseaseawareness #coeliac #coeliacdisease
Get rid of the gluten-free myths and misinformation. Which myth do you want to bust? What is a myth we forgot? Here are the truths: ➡️Heat does not kill gluten. Food cooked in a shared fryer is not safe for people with Celiac Disease. A hot oven will not destroy gluten. The only way to remove gluten is through cleaning with lots of soap and water. ➡️ No, someone with Celiac Disease cannot eat a bite. Even a crumb can make someone with Celiac Disease very sick for weeks. It will also cause damage to their small intestine. ➡️Celiac Disease is serious autoimmune disease. It has been tracked back to the first century AD. Celiac Disease causes over 200 symptoms that impact all body systems. If it is untreated (the treatment is a strict gluten free diet), people can die. ➡️ No, they are not doing this for attention. Gluten-free isn’t a fad; it’s a medical necessity for those with Celiac Disease. What myth do you want to add? Share this to raise awareness. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. Follow for more. #celiac #celiacdisease #celiacdiseaseawareness #coeliac #coeliacdisease
My gluten detection service dog, Suki is a 4 year old Portuguese Water Dog. She checks food, medicine and personal care products for her mom who has Celiac Disease. She travels with me across and gives me a peace of mind that I will not knowingly eat gluten. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. Please follow along for more. Check out additional videos to see Suki in action. Leave a question if you want to learn more. #glutendetectionservicedog #glutendetectiondog #celiacservicedog
I made this summer shrimp salad in minutes thanks to Hungryroot. It is my hack to give myself a break from all the hassle of planning and cooking. Gluten-free food is expensive, and cooking all your meals is exhausting. Hungryroot is a new way to make shopping for groceries and cooking meals easy and convenient. ✅You can choose the meals and products you want. They have breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks. ✅ You can try new brands and new products that you may not find in your grocery store. All the packages are full-sized, not samples. ✅The recipes require very little preparation, and they are on the table in minutes. ✅You choose your plan. They have family plans and even a kids menu. Comment “Hungryroot” for 40% off. I also have the link in my bio. This salad was lettuce, shrimp, seasoned with a Hungryroot spice blend, then topped with a cucumber bean salad. So refreshing and delicious on a hot summer day. All the ingredients and the recipe is delivered to your door in your Hungryroot box. If you are a big eater, make sure you choose the multi-serving plan for larger serving sizes and more protein. #ad #healthyrootpartner #summersalad #glutenfreefood #glutenfreerecipes
35% off @justfoodfordogs on Prime Day Deal @amazon July 16-17. Just Food for Dogs Pantry Fresh packages are the perfect travel food. They are the same fresh food recipe Suki eats at home, but in a convenient package that doesn’t require refrigeration. Easy to open, and very packable for travel or home. It is great for emergency kits too. I keep some ready if we need to evacuate for natural disasters. Comment food for a link. Where would you take it? Suki is a 4 year old Portuguese Water Dog who works as a gluten detection service dog. #ad #primeday #amazonpets #travelwithpets #glutendetectionservicedog @amazonpets #jffdprimeday
What do you wish for? Cross-contact from gluten is a real problem for people with Celiac Disease. We may get gluten-free food at special events, but the fear is that it has come in contact with gluten. In Italy, the hotel, airport lounge and other places had pre-packaged bread and baked goods that were gluten-free and Celiac-safe. Plus they all tasted delicious. I wish this was common practice in all hotels, special event spaces, airlines. A labeled, packaged product brings an assurance or safety. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. Tag places you wish did this #glutenfree #glutenfretravel #celiactravel #celiacsafe
Suki is a gluten-detection service dog who checks all my food, medicine, and personal care products for gluten. She detects down to trace amounts, and she has already saved me many times. She raises a paw when she detects gluten, and boops my leg if there is none. Sometimes she finds gluten on products that are labeled gluten-free or that don’t contain any gluten ingredients. When that happens, we have to check the food inside the box. I remove the pizza from the box and have her check it. She gives me a boop which means the pizza itself is gluten-free. I also had her check the pizza before I ate it and it was in fact gluten-free. How does gluten get on packages? Gluten can be transferred with handling. It may come from the hands of other shoppers or may come in transport. That doesn’t mean that the food inside the package is unsafe. It just means that I need to make an extra check. This is a good illustration of how easily gluten can transfer in a restaurant or in a home kitchen and this is why people with Celiac Disease have to be extra careful when eating out. We aren’t asking all the questions about how and where food is cooked to be difficult, instead we are asking because it can make a difference between a safe meal or us getting sick for a week or more. Share this with someone who needs to see it. Leave a comment to cheer Suki on. Suki is a 4 year old Portuguese Water Dog who is a gluten detection service dog. She checks food, medicine and personal care products for her mom who has Celiac Disease. She travels with me across and gives me a peace of mind that I will not knowingly eat gluten. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. Please follow along for more. Leave a comment if you want to learn more. #glutendetectionservicedog #glutenfree #glutenfreefood #celiac #celiacdisease #coeliac #coeliaclife
If you are gluten-free or have Celiac Disease, our favorite gluten-free restaurants need your help. I keep hearing of gluten-free restaurants adding gluten to their menu. I just heard of another one this week @ansgelato is somewhere we can no longer safely eat. UPDATE: after speaking with the owner, he said they are removing the gluten flavors in the next 2 weeks. In the meantime, they are happy to scoop fresh gelato from a sealed container in the back of the shop. He also mentioned that he had no idea that the gluten-free community was such a big part of his customer base. Instead of calling out these restaurants that don’t support us, I want to recognize the restaurants that are gluten-free. ✅Tag your favorite gluten-free restaurants below. ✅If you are a gluten-free restaurant, tag yourself and let us know your location and what food you serve. ✅Support these restaurants - visit them and eat there ✅ share this with your friends so they can support these restaurants ✅ Comment “Restaurants” for a link to places in cities I have visited. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. Follow along for more gluten-free content. Featured in this video are: @starrylane_bakery @eateltianguis @nectarinegrove @peacepiesraw @picazzositalian @teocalli_cocina @quieroarepas @modernbreadandbagel @jewelscafe @poshpopbakeshop @senzaglutennyc @grayduck @oceansandearth @channidonuts @trilogysanctuary @myccasa @mariposabaking @erinmckennasbakery @oceansandearth #glutenfree #glutenfreetravel #glutenfreesandiego #glutenfreedenver
Urgent Update: The Colorado farm that was dusting its crops with flour to protect them from grasshoppers, Ahava Farm has stopped that practice. From their newsletter, “NOTE: AS OF 7/5 WE ARE NO LONGER UTILIZING THIS METHOD. ALL PRODUCE HARVESTED THE WEEK OF 7/15 AND ON SHOULD HAVE NO TRACE OF GLUTEN OR WHEAT. ONLY THIS CURRENT WEEK SHOUDL BE AFFECTED. THANK YOU!” Evidently, they did not stop this practice because of our calls, they stopped because it didn’t work. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. Follow for more #glutenfree #celiac #celiacdisease #coloradosprings #coloradoglutenfree #denverceliacs
What do you need to improve your confidence during travel? My gluten detection dog gives me the ultimate level of confidence, but when I recently traveled without her I was initially a bit fearful. I just needed to remember I have the skills needed to confidently travel all over the world because I have done it without her. These are skills that require practice in comfortable situations. What do you need to travel with confidence? If you are a confident traveler, what made the difference for you to develop that skill? I post practical tips for living life and traveling gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. #glutenfreetravel #glutendetectionservicedog #celiactravel
Specially Dining on the @celiaccruise We had the option to attend a special luncheon to support @celiacdiseasefoundation and help people with food insecurity. @scharglutenfree funded the luncheon so the money we paid went directly to feed families safe gluten-free food. We started with a signature cocktail and some small bites. Then a delicious salmon tartar followed by crab risotto which was creamy and decadent. Filet Mignon and Spicy Jumbo Shrimp was the main course paired with grilled asparagus, mashed potatoes, red pepper flakes, creamy garlic butter Dessert was a special cheesecake made with a Schar graham cracker crust. Everything was 100% gluten-free. Which dish looks best to you? Follow for more post from this Mediterranean cruise on @odysseyoftheseasofficial I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. #celiactravel #celiaccruise #celiacdiseasefoundation #glutenfreetravel
Join us today, Saturday, June 1 at 6pm ET, 3pm PT for a live with a gluten detection trainer. @wagandtrain @glutensniffingbirdie
Dining out when you have Celiac Disease or a gluten sensitivity can be scary. If you are like me, you thought eating out gluten-free was easy, but you were not equipped with the skills necessary to communicate your needs. That led to many instances of getting sick, and days or weeks feeling horrible. The good news is that you can learn the skills to eat out safely. ✅Look for the best option - I always search for dedicated gluten-free options. I like to support those restaurants that support the gluten-free community. I also love to eat somewhere I don’t have to worry or make substitutions. If you are afraid of eating out, this is where you need to start. It will give you confidence in eating out.. Plan a trip to a nearby city if you don’t have any. I have a list of different cities on my website with my favorite options in the area. If you have a favorite dedicated gluten-free restaurant, leave it in the comments. ✅I search apps to see if there are options that have good reviews. This is where I go when I am visting a new city. I also like to look in my city to find new options. If you visit a new place, leave a review. I pay for the premium version of @findmeglutenfree for the Celiac filter. You can get 20% off the premium version using the code SUKI. @foodisgoodco helps you navigate restaurants too ✅Look up the restaurant website - read the menu and the allergy statements online. Many restaurants say they are not safe for people with Celiac Disease. It is much easier to research from the comfort of my home rather than feeling the pressure at a restaurant. ✅Call, email, DM or text the restaurant - this is where you can get your questions answered. It is much less pressure than being in front of someone. Ask to speak to a manager or chef. I always try to call at off times. ✅Trust your gut - even if you get to the restaurant you can still choose not to eat or to leave if you don’t feel comfortable. I always bring a snack just in case. What are your best recommendations for dining out with Celiac Disease? Comment Card for a free dining out resource card
Where have you found hidden gluten? When you have Celiac Disease, it is often not as easy as just eating gluten-free foods. Although a food may be gluten-free, it can often contain traces of gluten from handling or manufacturing. Packaged foods may have ingredients that contain gluten or are derived from gluten. What is gluten? It is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and triticale. Gluten is found in bread and pasta, but also in many other foods. Sauces, gravies, beer, malt vinegar, licorice, gummy bears, and fries may contain gluten. Manufacturers in the United States are not required to label foods for gluten, so it is often a scavenger hunt to figure out what foods have gluten in them; as someone with Celiac Disease, that means reading every label carefully. Beyond the ingredients list, you must also check for how products are manufactured. Ingredients may encounter gluten during the manufacturing process. This means that sometimes, a naturally gluten-free food will pick up gluten as it is produced, making it unsafe for someone with Celiac Disease. I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. #celiac #celiacdisease #coeliacdiseaseawareness #coeliac #coeliackids #coeliacdisease Where have you found hidden gluten?
Can I trick my gluten detection service dog? One concern with a gluten detection dog, especially when you live in a gluten-free home is that they will just automatically give an all clear behavior because that is what they are most used to giving. We train regularly with known foods both gluten and gluten-free at home, but it is important to do that outside of the home where there are many distractions. This was taken at a dedicated gluten-free restaurant we eat at often. I first have her check the food to make sure it is gluten free. Then I take a tube that is impregnated with the scent of gluten and place it on the plate. She detects the gluten immediately. She raises a paw if she detects gluten and boops my leg if there is no gluten. How did she do? I post practical tips for living life gluten free with Celiac Disease and a gluten detection service dog. #glutenfree #glutendetectionservicedog #celiac #coeliackids #celiacdiseaseliving