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Hump Day Horizons this week decided to check out what’s coming out for the gluten-sensitive cooks and readers, or those who avoid it for whatever reason.

It wasn’t that long ago that gluten was a strangely unfamiliar word for many people. But these days research, publicity and word-of-mouth has helped spread news of this thing that negatively impacts more people than you’d expect.

There are two books coming out in the near future - a cookbook and a reference book. Check them out.

The Gluten Connection: How Gluten Sensitivity May Be Sabotaging Your Weight and Your Health–And What You Can Do to Take Control Now by Shari Lieberman - Rodale Press, Incorporated/$16.95

Shari Lieberman is a clinical nutritionist who has spent much of her career (more than 20 years, in fact) studying gluten sensitivity. Her research has led her to advise people that eliminating gluten from diets can help relieve common but barely treatable conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, and lupus.

Or at least that’s what the description says.

This book gives a 14-day plan for treatment and reversing sensitivity to gluten. There are also recommendations for nutritional supplements to go with a gluten free diet.

This book is due out Nov. 28.

The No-Gluten Cookbook: Delicious Recipes to Make Your Mouth Water - All Gluten-Free! by Richard Marx - Adams Media Corporation/$12.95

If gluten-free is your goal, this is a cookbook for you. It has more than 200 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacking. I unfortunately can’t tell you much more than that it’s 336 pages long.

This book is due out in January.