Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Having said we would never update this TGF Master List again, Christine and I have updated it every few months and now decided to overhaul it completely! I realised it is now several years since I created the first version of this - and the research for that took me two years, so I worried …
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Excellent review for you today of mouth ulcers, what causes them and what we can do about them. I know many of you suffer with these painful mouth sores - a lot of us who have gluten related illnesses suffer with them - and I note this is indeed listed as one of the top …
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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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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As you have read in the Healing Series, I am working on the theory that chronic physical symptoms may have more to do with Pavlovian type conditioned behaviours and brain patterns repeating ad nauseum than with actual physiology gone wrong; that the problem is with the brain in some cases, not the body. I know …
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Well, yes and no. Let me explain. In fact, let SCD Lifestyle explain as they've just done a useful post on it, so it saves me time! Their post was about a webinar which has now gone, but some of the points in the post are useful anyway. I have been asked my views on it …
Yep, I have been a busy bee! Just to let you know I have updated the following for you: Allergy 101 This is now a 45 page free factsheet all about allergy testing and treatment. I get asked about allergy testing every single day and always direct people to this free factsheet first. So, I …
I have just written this post on the TrulyGlutenFree blog, but my aim is to start getting more people to consider gluten as a factor in their seemingly gluten-unrelated health issues, so here it is for you too. Just in case. As promised, after listening to, analysing, chin-stroking, whooping, nose-wrinkling and eventually pulling out the …
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After almost 6 months’ hard slog, which only started out as a quick update to the Barrier Plan!, I have now released the all new singing and dancing Gluten Plan. In essence the Gluten Plan is aimed at helping you with any form of gluten related disorder from simple gluten intolerance (ha!) to coeliac disease …
Some lovely new things for you today: a new Gluten Testing protocol and Elimination & Challenge Factsheet. I have been a busy bee! First, I have now finished and released a new all-singing and dancing Gluten Testing page on the website. This details the ideal testing route for anyone suspecting or with a gluten-related disorder. There are …
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