{"id":20494,"date":"2017-02-10T12:35:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2017\/02\/fresh-adk-prepares-dishes-for-people-on-special-diets-that-may-have-health-concerns.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:59:40","slug":"fresh-adk-prepares-dishes-for-people-on-special-diets-that-may-have-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2017\/02\/fresh-adk-prepares-dishes-for-people-on-special-diets-that-may-have-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh ADK Prepares Dishes For People On Special Diets That May Have Health Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMelissa Brennan, center, stands with staff at Fresh ADK, her new restaurant in Glens Falls that has meals for people on vegetarian, paleo, gluten-free or dairy-free regimens, or those just seeking fresh food.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nBy Jill Nagy\n<\/div>\n
Devoid of energy, inexorably gaining pound after pound of unwanted weight, and itching all over, Melissa Brennan said she knew things were not right.<\/p>\n
She eventually discovered that she has celiac disease, an allergy to gluten. She is also lactose intolerant and had a serious histamine overload.<\/p>\n
Radical changes in her diet solved those problems, but left her with another one: If she wanted to go out to eat, there was nowhere around where she felt safe.<\/p>\n