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  I have come, I admit rather slowly, to the realisation that: a) I am never going to have the time to write the TGF recipe books as there is SO much more to do, and anyway... b) there are so many people who can do it better than me, so we may as well learn …
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 I came across this piece today by Sayer Ji which reminded me of that long time ago when I devised the Barrier Plan. The diet excludes specific chitin-binding lectins, including potatoes, tomatoes, soy etc, which can have a similar inflammatory/barrier effect on some people as gluten. In this article, Sayer explains the principle really well. …
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Interesting piece this morning for you on why it is better to use honey rather than sugar in your diet. You will note that I recommend honey mostly in the truly gluten free recipes and the plans. This is mostly based on the SCD diet principle that honey is easier to digest for people with …
The Environmental Working group has released its latest Dirty Dozen top pesticide-laden food list and the Clean 15 best fruit and veg. This is important for trulylgutenfree-ers because, as we know, many agricultural chemicals are derived from the ubiquitous corn. Apples, topped the baddy list with celery and peppers taking silver and bronze (hey, it is Olympic season, although …