You have likely run across the benefits of a living and raw vegan diet for anyone who is gluten-sensitive or has celiac disease. The major benefit is that raw fruits and veggies are chock-full of enzymes that help with the digestion of food, and generally, grains like wheat are totally missing from the diet because, well, they are highly acid-producing, have nasty-tasting 'inhibitors' in their bran, and just don't add anything to the deliciousness of the raw vegan experience. As well, many writers of raw and living food recipes discovered their own sensitivity to gluten. So, a good food dehydrator like the Excalibur is a great boon to broadening your gluten-free recipe repertoire. The amazing thing about raw recipes is that many of them can be made up to similulate the flavor, texture, and other elements of "mouth appeal" that we look for in traditional heated recipes. I'm just starting to use buckwheat crispies in various recipes. You can too! Belo
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