\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Maryland-based company is trying make dining experiences and special occasions more inclusive for people living with celiac disease while educating people along the way.Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition in which the body cannot absorb gluten, and those living with the disease can often feel excluded.Jules Shepard was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1999. She told WBAL-TV 11 News there weren’t many baking supply options available to her at the time.”Maybe some grit, maybe there’s a bad taste in your mouth. That’s what people think of when they think of gluten-free,” Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News. “Well, I didn’t want that for my gluten-free things. I have celiac disease. I’m eating this for the rest of my life, so I wanted something better.”She began experimenting with wheat-free alternatives to create her own flour mix that eventually led to the launch of gfJules, an Owings Mills-based gluten-free baking products company. Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News that her bread and pizza dough mixes are among her bestsellers.”Those are the things people miss when they go gluten free,” she said. Shepard said gfJules also gives her a platform to educate others on celiac diagnoses and lifestyle.”Celiac is really difficult to diagnose. That’s why, even today, with all the information we have out there, the average diagnosis time is still six to 10 years,” Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News.Shepard said Celiac Awareness Month is necessary because food is so central to social life, dietary accommodations are vital to inclusion.”Eating is part of our everyday lives in so many ways,” Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News. “It can be part of a business lunch, it can be dating, it can be Thanksgiving. How are you included in all of those things?”Anyone interested in shopping for gfJules products and mixes, or to try recipes, can find more information on the company’s website. Learn more about celiac disease through online resources from the National Celiac Association.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tOWINGS MILLS, Md. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n A Maryland-based company is trying make dining experiences and special occasions more inclusive for people living with celiac disease while educating people along the way.<\/p>\n Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition in which the body cannot absorb gluten, and those living with the disease can often feel excluded.<\/p>\n Jules Shepard was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1999. She told WBAL-TV 11 News there weren’t many baking supply options available to her at the time.<\/p>\n “Maybe some grit, maybe there’s a bad taste in your mouth. That’s what people think of when they think of gluten-free,” Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News. “Well, I didn’t want that for my gluten-free things. I have celiac disease. I’m eating this for the rest of my life, so I wanted something better.”<\/p>\n She began experimenting with wheat-free alternatives to create her own flour mix that eventually led to the launch of gfJules<\/a>, an Owings Mills-based gluten-free baking products company. Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News that her bread and pizza dough mixes are among her bestsellers.<\/p>\n “Those are the things people miss when they go gluten free,” she said. <\/p>\n Shepard said gfJules also gives her a platform to educate others on celiac diagnoses and lifestyle.<\/p>\n “Celiac is really difficult to diagnose. That’s why, even today, with all the information we have out there, the average diagnosis time is still six to 10 years,” Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News.<\/p>\n Shepard said Celiac Awareness Month is necessary because food is so central to social life, dietary accommodations are vital to inclusion.<\/p>\n “Eating is part of our everyday lives in so many ways,” Shepard told WBAL-TV 11 News. “It can be part of a business lunch, it can be dating, it can be Thanksgiving. How are you included in all of those things?”<\/p>\n Anyone interested in shopping for gfJules products and mixes, or to try recipes, can find more information on the company’s website<\/a>. Learn more about celiac disease through online resources from the National Celiac Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Maryland-based company is trying make dining experiences and special occasions more inclusive for people living with celiac…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4318],"tags":[265343,217306,32256,40984,46873,265344,265345,265346,4462,7807,265354,265347,265348,265349,265350,18371,252208,105,3419,265351,1429,4977,265355,12,4434,22883,457,246722,16,15,13690,265352,265353],"class_list":{"0":"post-950511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-backing-mixes","9":"tag-baking","10":"tag-baltimore","11":"tag-bread","12":"tag-celiac","13":"tag-celiac-awareness","14":"tag-celiac-awareness-month","15":"tag-celiac-diagnosis","16":"tag-celiac-disease","17":"tag-dining","18":"tag-gfjule","19":"tag-gfjules","20":"tag-gfjules-shop","21":"tag-gluten-free-bread","22":"tag-gluten-free-pizza","23":"tag-gluten-free","24":"tag-gluten-free-baking","25":"tag-health","26":"tag-information","27":"tag-jules-shepard","28":"tag-life","29":"tag-maryland","30":"tag-maryland-based-company","31":"tag-news","32":"tag-nutrition","33":"tag-part","34":"tag-people","35":"tag-thing-people","36":"tag-uk","37":"tag-united-kingdom","38":"tag-way","39":"tag-wbal","40":"tag-wbal-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116550536285731657","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}