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 helping you with any form of gluten related disorder from simple gluten intolerance (ha!) to full-blown NCGS with …
Missing Protein Inhibitor Could Be the Cause Of Barrier Breakdown
Some real hope for us today in the guise of a study suggesting that people with hyper-permeability may be lacking in a particular protease inhibitor that protects the integrity of the body barriers. That's dynamite info. The researchers: have shown that Elafin, a protein with anti-inflammatory properties, is less abundant in patients with celiac disease …
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Curcumin Downregulates Inflammation
As gluten-sensitives, inflammation is the bane of our lives. There are two main pathways that can occur, and you can have both, but experts on the recent Gluten Summit suggested that whilst autoimmunity is rife in coeliacs, inflammation is the main issue with non-coeliac gluten sensitives. I'm not sure I totally agree with that, having …
New Food Elimination Factsheet and Gluten Testing Protocol
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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Gluten Summit Talk Titles Now Out
Just noticed that there is now a detailed list of the speakers and what they will each be talking about on the Gluten Summit site. If you don't know what that is yet, have a look here where I wrote about it before. Here they are for you. Just click the link above to go and register. Don't …
New Coeliac Disease Guidelines for Children
I note these new guidelines have recently come out and I have now had a chance to look through them. You can read the whole thing below on Medscape but here are some salient points I picked out for you, and my comments, of course! Joint BSPGHAN and Coeliac UK Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management …
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#Gluten Online Summit Daily Interview Schedule
Remember I told you last week about the very exciting Gluten Summit happening from 11th-18th November? Well, today I received the schedule of daily interviews - ahead of them being published officially - so you can now start choosing which sessions you want to listen to. Â I will let you have the titles of the …
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TGF Grain and Dairy Free Supplements Master List Update
Just to let you know I have today sent your free TrulyGlutenFree safe supplements master list update for you so check your in-boxes. Highlights include a new herbal range, a D3 5000iu, a comparison of some safe, some not papaya extracts, green tea granules (something ready-to-use, I know!) and some new magnesium sprays. Stuff that …
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Gluten, MS and Neuromyelitis Optica
Hot on the heels of the earlier post about gluten and psoriasis comes another study, this time advising a gluten free diet for demyelinating nerve diseases including multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica. The researchers concluded: Treatment with a gluten-free diet can provide considerable benefits to the patients having both a gluten-related disorder and one of …
Coeliac Disease and Psoriasis
As we can see from the Gluten Illnesses list, psoriasis is thought to be a gluten-related illness in some way - it's in the top ten. In fact, a recent study found an increased prevalence of coeliac-related antibodies in psoriasis sufferers and the authors advised that: Antigliadin IgA prominently increases in patients diagnosed with psoriasis. …