<p>Mugshots is not a great GF place…their fries are not GF and they do not have a GF bun. Even with those restrictions my sons does like to eat there every now and then.</p>
<p>btw there is a natural food store close to campus on McFarland (near the Jason’s Deli) called Manna Grocery ([Manna</a> Grocery](<a href=“http://www.mannagrocery.com/]Manna”>http://www.mannagrocery.com/)) and they have a large selection of GF items</p>
<p>It’s too bad Tuscaloosa doesn’t have a Trader Joe’s…lot’s of GF, vegetarian and vegan choices for less money than you’d pay anywhere else.</p>
<p>Just in the last month, they have introduced new GF Joe Joe’s ( Oreos) and a GF battered Halibut. There are over a thousand GF items in each store, not just a couple of shelves worth…</p>
<p>^^twomutts, Manna grocery sounds like a great resource and I will be letting DD know about it.</p>
<p>IIRC, there is a shuttle/bus route over to McFarland from UA. Am I mistaken?</p>
<p>I don’t have Celiac disease, but I am gluten sensitive, and determined to avoid wheat after reading Wheat Belly, written by a cardiologist, Dr. William Davis. You can find it at [Amazon.com:</a> Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health (Audible Audio Edition): William Davis, Tom Weiner: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/B005KUIQCE]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-Health/dp/B005KUIQCE). The daily average consumption of modern wheat, in any form, including “whole grain,” leads to an increase of over 400 in one’s daily calorie consumption. The problem with modern wheat is not only gluten, it is the entire wheat grain. There is a carb in modern wheat that spikes blood sugar more than a candy bar!!! It stimulates your craving for more food like crazy.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most GF products are made with cheap and unhealthy ingredients like tapioca starch, rice starch and potato starch, which all stimulate appetite by spiking blood sugar as well. I encourage those of you interested in the gluten and wheat free diet to look at Dr. Davis’s cookbook, found at [Wheat</a> Belly Cookbook: 150 Recipes to Help You Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health: William Davis: 9781609619367: Amazon.com: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Cookbook-Recipes-Weight/dp/1609619366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372430895&sr=1-1&keywords=wheat+belly+cookbook+150+recipes+to+help+you+lose+the+wheat]Wheat”>http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Cookbook-Recipes-Weight/dp/1609619366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372430895&sr=1-1&keywords=wheat+belly+cookbook+150+recipes+to+help+you+lose+the+wheat). Consider sharing it with the people in charge of Dining at UA. There are very healthy and tasty alternatives to wheat flour, like almond flour, but the people in charge are not likely to know about them. </p>
<p>If college Nutrition departments weren’t so wedded to government guidance about nutrition, like the faulty and politically constructed “Food Pyramid,” there would be great opportunities for them to take a stronger role in creating healthier and more diverse food options for college students.</p>