About Tricia

Tricia Thompson, MS, RD is a nutrition consultant, author, and speaker specializing in celiac disease and the gluten-free diet. She has written numerous articles for both scientific and popular readers, including those that have appeared in Gluten-Free Living magazine, The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, The Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

She is the author of a variety of books on the gluten-free diet, including The Gluten-Free Nutrition Guide and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Eating, as well as the American Dietetic Association’s booklet Celiac Disease Nutrition Guide.

Tricia is also a contributing author to The American Dietetic Association’s Nutrition Care Manual and is a work group member of the Association’s Evidence Analysis Library project on gluten intolerance. Ms. Thompson is a member of the dietitian advisory board of Gluten-Free Living magazine and is the author of the magazine’s Neglected Nutrition series.

Tricia has a MS degree in nutrition from Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts and a BA degree in English Literature from Middlebury College in Vermont. She completed her dietetic internship at the Frances Stern Nutrition Center at the New England Medical Center in Boston.