In this episode Jeanne is talking with functional nutritionist, celiac guide and expat living in Florence, Italy, Catalin Varela. As the founder of The Celiac in Italy, Catalin teaches online Italian cooking classes (all gluten free, of course), consults clients on traveling safely in Italy as a celiac, and is an English+Italian speaking resource for all things gluten free Italy. Catalin Varela is a 20-something American living in Florence. She was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2016 …
Surviving {Waiting to thrive}
Sometimes we can hear about another person’s diagnosis and think that because their symtpoms are not ours that you could not possible have the same disease. I have multiple allergies to different foods and chemicals. If I eat them I experience stroke symptoms, numbness, tingling, agitation, foggy brain, inability to speak properly….plus many more. In the past year and a half that I have been off of gluten there have been a few times that I have accidentally had it. …