Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Most people only know that DQ2 and, occasionally, DQ8 genes are predictive of coeliac disease - celiac for our followers across the pond. But there are actually two more also linked to gluten illness. Someone asked me about this yesterday and I thought it might be worth a general reminder for all of you. Here's …
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I was just sharing details of the gluten gene test for someone and I thought it would be good to remind people that I have the Gluten Free Society gluten illness gene test kits here in the UK. I introduced this test to the UK back in 2009 (I is OLD!). If you are off …
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A great recipe for you today from Dr O at the Gluten Free Society. It uses his grain free bread mix, which you can get in the US. But it's basically almond and coconut flour with psyllium husk so you can make it yourself in the UK pretty easily. I make a similar sandwich bread …
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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 …