Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Quote of the week for you here, which just about says it all... “Maize is used as an alternative to wheat to elaborate foodstuffs for celiac patients in a gluten-free diet. However, some maize prolamins (zeins) contain amino acid sequences that resemble the wheat gluten immunodominant peptides… analysis indicated that other zeins contain similar sequences, …
This is a question I get asked a lot. The short answer is 2-4 months. What?!!!! Yep. Here's Dr O from the Gluten Free Society explaining it for us...and then me suggesting a strategy to help shorten that! While you may feel better after a couple days following gluten exposure, there is a lot more …
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A great pictorial reminder here for us today from Dr O at the Gluten Free Society on which grains can still give jip to people trying to get well off gluten. These grains are cross-reactive to gliadin too (ie. you eat them and your body still thinks it is gliadin and reacts the same). This …
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Research out recently - albeit from a very small sample - suggests that people on a coeliac or gluten free diet would benefit from taking prebiotics and probiotics because their microbiome is short on healthy bacteria. This is no doubt the case for most on a restricted diet mainly, as the study suggests, because of …
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Just to let you know that Christine and I have now finished updating all the links, protocols and advice in the TrulyGlutenFree version of the Candida Plan and I've just uploaded the new one for you. I try to produce a grain free, dairy free version of all my main plans for you. You can …
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Saw an article here today that reminded me how confusing gluten illness is for people. Most people only consider coeliac disease, but it is much more complex than that, as my TrulyGlutenFree intro page here explains. Types of Gluten Disease Are you just not digesting gluten down properly? Are you IgE allergic to gluten or …
Two-thirds of people with a gluten sensitivity experience neurological symptoms instead of gut symptoms. This is because the tissue most affected by a gluten sensitivity is nerve tissue.The majority of Hashimoto’s [autoimmune hypothyroid] patients are gluten-sensitive or have celiac disease, which means gluten can play a role in their depression and anxiety.Gluten cross reacts with dairy, meaning the …
Most people - and physicians - think gluten illness stops at coeliac disease and problems with the gut. That is a BIG mistake. Gluten related disorders including non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) are rife, certainly according to my clinical experience - and I must have tested at least 300 people by now for gluten reactivity. And …
For those of you with coeliac disease rather than being TrulyGlutenFree (ie. cross-reactive to other glutens in grains and dairy, see here), friend Alex's book will be a goodie for you. Check it out.
I'm motoring along with the test reviews for you. It's quite fun, actually; I like to feel I'm on top of what's best for us! I've completed the new Gluten Tests page for us today. Have a peek - and I hope it helps you through the maze of how to test - properly - …