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Your diet is an important part of your overall health, and bread and other products containing gluten are staples in most diets in our society. So what happens to your diet – and your health – when you’re diagnosed with a disease that requires eliminating bread and other gluten-containing products from your diet entirely?Today’s guest is an authority on that topic, and he’s written a book about it. Paul Graham is an English professor and author who loved beer and bread before he was diagnosed with celiac disease. Paul is joining the podcast today to talk about his new book, In Memory of Bread, and what it’s like to live life without gluten.Topics Discussed in This Episode: Paul’s book, which follows his experiences the year he was diagnosed with celiac disease How Paul discovered he had celiac disease, and what that was like What celiac is and how it affects the body The cultural significance of bread and other gluten-containing food and beverages How Paul got into microbrewery What it was like to go complete