Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Anything to do with living a grain and dairy free life – truly gluten free! All grains have a form of gluten and some gluten-sensitives and coeliacs cross-react to those and other foods, which scuppers their healing.
Speaking to Sheepdrove Farm, the suppliers of our grass-fed meat, I was moaning about not having truly gluten free sausages. So, they have said they will make some especially for us if we let them know what we fancy! How nice is that? I know we can make sausages ourselves but isn't it nice sometimes …
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I have advised before that HBS Foods will supply you with nuts, nut pastes, coconut etc. See here for that post. Next, I have checked out some of their fruit as most dried fruit has oil coatings and myriad additives, so you have to watch it. For example, their dates and apricots (like so many …
Just a quickie to let you know you can join the Gluten Free Society in the next 24 hours for just $1 instead of the usual $60-odd it costs to access incredibly useful material and videos. Be quick!
The renowned Mayo Clinic in the US is now officially checking IBS sufferers for genetic gluten sensitivity. At last, some official steps being taken to diagnose those who slip through the gluten net. Regrettably, they are only checking for the coeliac genes DQ2 and DQ8 where they should be checking for the other gluten sensitivity …
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Corn is becoming the real 'baddie' grain in patients so far, especially with migraines and headaches - and yet no-one seems to give it a second thought in FreeFrom world, with manufacturers using it willy-nilly in 'gluten' free foods. Check out this exchange of emails at FoodsMatter with Rosie bemoaning the prevalence of corn to …
Clare told me recently about her gluten, dairy and corn free weekend with friends where they noshed themselves silly - with no bad effects at all. I asked her to show us how it is done - here's her report. Remember, she is not totally grain free so mentions rice - and I don't have …
When I trained, one of the most important differences in my nutritional learning to other types was the levels of magnesium and calcium in the body. In most cases, nutritionists will give you a ratio of 2:1 calcium to magnesium BUT the truth is that most people have far too little magnesium and far too …
Don't worry, I haven't been abducted or anything. Sorry posts have been few and far between recently. I have been working hard with patients, designing a prescription protocol for TGFs as well as trying to get the recipe book finished. LOTS to do. Bear with me. There are a few things to post about so …
Michelle at FoodsMatter.com has launched a great new site at CoeliacsMatter.com to cater for all those gluten free-ers who need access to specific information, research, links, foods and products. There is even a well-frequented forum for you to read through and post on. You will find plenty of articles and comments from me on there already and, I am …
For our final Coeliac Week post, I would like to share a case study and email I received recently that demonstrates you can get well again once you start getting gluten out of your system. I love getting little snippets like these and, thankfully, get quite a few, so thank you. First, some background. This …
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