04.16.2016 - By Paul Cappelli & Steven Crutchfield, discussing all things Italian: food, cu
While Italy is known as the land of pasta and pizza, it is actually very easy to avoid gluten here. Italians are very aware of celiac disease and even have entire grocery store aisles full of gluten-free products. Anna Vocino, a great friend to Villa Cappelli, the voice at the start of every podcast, and a celiac herself, joins us to talk about her experiences visiting Italy.
Topics we cover:
Anna's stay at Villa Cappelli several years ago
Her aunt and uncle renewing their wedding vows in a church (Chiesa di Santa Maria di Cesano) from 1055 A.D.
Anna and another woman, a Wiccan, helped officiated the renewals in a Catholic church. Thank goodness for language barriers!
How Anna's daughter sang "Haulalula" at the ceremony
Paul experience with New Kids on the Block
Anna's experience watching us on The Pitch
Anna and Paul's advice to young people in advertising or acting
Woody Allen's movie Bananas
How Anna and I don't eat sugar or grains
Anna's diagnosis as a celiac and how she's dealt with it
How you can find very good gluten-free pasta in Italy
How easy it is to find restaurants in Italy that will serve you gluten-free dishes
How Italians are very in tune with their bodies and very knowledgeable of anatomy
How Italians eat a lot of vegetables, which might come have a bit to do with them eating off the land so much
How it dawned us that all of our products are vegan, totally free of any animal products.
Why Anna decided to start doing the podcast
How No Sugar, No Grains (#NSNG) forces you to cut out processed foods and eat very intentionally, not just mindlessly
How it was very easy to cut out just the pasta and bread to go no sugar, no grains
How I lost 30 lbs. just cutting out the sugar and grains
How women sometimes have more hormonal issues to fix when eating this way
Anna now has learned she can't eat dairy as well
Find all things Anna at AnnaVocino.com
Listen to her on her podcast with Vinnie Tortorich here.
Here's just some of her work:
Do you have questions about being gluten-free in Italy? Or eating no sugar, no grains? Just let us know in the comments!