{"id":32458,"date":"2014-10-01T07:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T11:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=32458"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:10:33","slug":"celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/tech\/celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance-device\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gluten Detecting Device You\u2019ll Want to Own"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: 6SensorLabs<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIs that really<\/i> gluten-free<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike, it hasn\u2019t even touched anything that gluten has also touched?\u201d<\/p>\n

If that sounds at all like your latest conversation with a waiter, we have good news: A sleek new handheld device from 6SensorLabs<\/a> will soon let you know if, in fact, that dish really is gluten free \u2014 or if you need to send it back and order something else, pronto.<\/p>\n

According to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness<\/a>, about three million Americans have celiac disease \u2014 an autoimmune disorder that damages the intestines and prevents nutrient absorption<\/a> when gluten is consumed. For people with celiac disease, it\u2019s important to avoid all gluten, even in trace amounts. If not, they risk facing complications including osteoporosis, thyroid disease and cancer.<\/p>\n

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“It became challenging to eat out, be social, and actually stress-free about the food I was ordering.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Beyond that, as many as 18 million more people are estimated to have non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Though less severe, people with an intolerance to gluten can suffer from a wide range of not-so-fun symptoms, such as digestive issues, joint pain and headaches.<\/p>\n

RELATED<\/b>:\u00a010 Healthier Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

The co-founder and CEO of 6SensorLabs, Shireen Taleghani Yates, learned about the importance of avoiding gluten the hard way. \u201cI found out in college that I was extremely allergic to gluten, and it became challenging to eat out, be social, and actually stress-free about the food I was ordering,\u201d she says. Plus, during her five years in sales and marketing at Google and YouTube, she had to dine with clients a lot, meaning a lot of gluten snuck its way onto her plate. \u201cI got to a point where I just felt awful all of the time,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n

Is There Gluten in That?<\/b><\/h3>\n

While working on her MBA at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, Yates and fellow MIT student Scott Sundvor decided to develop a device that would put gluten-free-diners\u2019 woes to rest at last.<\/p>\n

The device, which the company plans to begin selling to consumers in late 2015, uses established chemistry-based technology to determine when a food sample contains the protein gluten.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works: You scoop a tiny bit of food into a disposable pod, place that in the pocket-sized sensor, and \u2014 in a couple minutes or less \u2014 voil\u00e0. You have your g-free or non g-free verdict. You can use it in restaurants or even with packaged food. While the cost of the device hasn\u2019t been announced yet, Yates says it will be accessibly priced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/b> 9 Spook-tacular Gluten-Free Halloween Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, 6SensorLabs is also developing a mobile app that will let you share what you\u2019re testing \u2014 both giving kudos to restaurants that serve \u201cgluten-free\u201d food that really is allergen-free, and naming those that don\u2019t. By combining user results, the app will create a useful (and much-needed) map of gluten-free foods and restaurants worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And, in case you were wondering, the technology can be applied to just about any food allergy. The company is already brainstorming what it can detect next.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To learn more about 6SensorLabs or preorder yours, head to 6sensorlabs.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Would you carry around a device like this? Tell us in the comments section!\u00a0<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have celiac disease or a gluten intolerance? A new device could make it a lot easier for gluten-free folks to dine in restaurants worry-free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":32464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,10],"tags":[287,51,175,345,393,167],"class_list":["post-32458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear-gadgets","category-tech","tag-apps","tag-food-choices","tag-gluten-free","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2food-allergies","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}