People very often imagine that all coeliac disease sufferers are the same. I can tell you from clinical practice that the symptoms in women and men do vary quite considerably. Here's a list I saw recently in an article which rather proves that point. Women may have infertility or problems with their periods as their …
Gluten Sensitivity and Microbial Transglutaminase – Meat Glue
Studies are coming out now about the use of more and more meat glue aka 'microbial transglutaminase' being a possible factor in gluten related disorders. I suspect it is both a cause of them and a reason why some do not heal. Are food additives causing celiac disease? Widely used 'meat glue' may be driving …
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Cyrex 3 Gluten Test Expanded And Price Reduced!
Updated post with a bit more info... The first-line gluten test I recommend is the Cyrex Array 3, which looks for the traditional gluten proteins (gliadin, 33 mer) and the coeliac transglutaminase (Ttg2), plus importantly a lot of other markers the mainstream tests miss - and which I find come up positive a lot! In …
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Female Coeliac Clues
Female coeliacs can present with non-gastro symptoms far earlier than men. What clues come up most?
Gluten Cross-Reactive Foods List
The body can easily confuse other foods that look structurally similar to gluten and give gluten sensitives and coeliacs the same gluten reaction. Here is a reminder list of the gluten cross-reactive foods for you (requested by J today so thought it might be useful to have it on here and searchable) and I have also …
Gluten Summit: The Round-Up!
At last, I have come to the final part of the Gluten Summit series: the summary! What are the main conclusions? What can help us most practically in our day-to-day gluten lives? Have a read of the round-up piece here: Gluten Summit Summary: What Have We Learned? In this report, I have picked out the …
Could ALV Enzyme Protect Against Coeliac Injury?
Interesting study recently in Gastroenterology journal where people given gluten protease enzymes were found not to develop mucosal (villi) injury when given a small amount of daily gluten in trials. Now, before we get all excited, you have to note that the product on test was made by the same company who sponsored the trial …
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Updates: Allergy 101 Factsheet, Core Protocol and Gluten Plan
Yep, I have been a busy bee! Just to let you know I have updated the following for you: Gluten Plan Updated Barrier Healing section and Core Protocol to take account of Permavite no longer being TGF safe. Phew - I wish they'd stop changing the ruddy products! Free update on the Facebook Gluten Planners …
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Gluten Summit Speaker Series 2: Vojdani
The next article in my Gluten Summit speaker series is now out for your delectation! Here's the last one if you missed it. This time, I have focused solely on Dr Aristo Vojdani who explained in great detail about the immmunological processes going on in gluten related disorders (GRDs). I have done my best to …
My Latest Article on Gluten Related Disorders
As promised, after listening to, analysing, chin-stroking, whooping, nose-wrinkling and eventually pulling out the practical bits from the recent (ish, sorry!) gluten summit, here's the first in my series of articles, published by Coeliacs Matter. I will eventually put the whole series together as a free download for you, but for now, enjoy the mini-series …
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