About Tricia

Tricia Thompson, MS, RD is a nutrition consultant, researcher, and author 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 also writes the Living Gluten-Free blog for diet.com.

Tricia is the author of a variety of books and book chapters on the gluten-free diet, including The Gluten-Free Nutrition Guide (McGraw-Hill), The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Eating (Penguin), and the American Dietetic Association’s booklet Celiac Disease Nutrition Guide. Tricia is also the author of the chapter entitled, “The Nutritional Quality of Gluten-Free Foods” in the book Gluten-Free Food Science and Technology (Wiley-Blackwell). An additional book entitled, Delicious, Nutritious, and Gluten-Free is scheduled to be published in 2010 by Wiley and the American Dietetic Association. The Books & Articles page has more information about these titles.

Tricia has been a contributing author to The American Dietetic Association's Nutrition Care Manual and a work group member of the Association's Evidence Analysis Library (EAL) project on celiac disease. The EAL workgroup recently released nutrition practice guidelines for celiac disease. The Resources page has an executive summary of these guidelines.

Ms. Thompson is on the medical advisory board of ZEER.com and the dietitian advisory board of Gluten-Free Living magazine.

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.