Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
My friend and colleague, Ruth, of What Allergy has just released her new book: The Reluctant Allergy Expert, published by Curlew Books - the (very wise!) publisher of my 8 Step Healing Plan: Recovery from Chronic Illness with Mind-Body Medicine book. I've not got a copy yet, but hopefully I'll review it when I get …
I am currently doing a lecture series with the renowned Dr Datis Kharrazian and am working through his Gut Course over the next couple of weeks to refresh myself - it has reminded me that I really am quite obsessed with bowels 😉 I thought it might be nice if I picked out one useful …
Continue reading "Gut Tips #1: Three Approaches to Multiple Food Sensitivity"
Really great article here on how to plan ahead and cope if you are going on hols this year or even if you are a person living or travelling abroad for work. Full of tips and experience from Catherine that will help you stay safe: Travelling with allergies Not quite so easy for TrulyGlutenFree peeps …
Cyrex has launched the long-awaited Array 10 multiple food immune reactivity screen this week and I have just added it to the shop for you. It has been designed by our fave immunologist Prof. Vojdani and the difference here mainly from other food antibody tests is that it includes allergens made from cooked food rather …
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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 …
Not for the faint-hearted this article, but here is a fab piece on faecal transplants - that's transplanting poo from one person to another to you and me. Why the heck would anyone want to do that?! Well, if you have recurrent C Diff infection, or indeed some other chronic GI issues, it's becoming a …
Continue reading "The brave new world of DIY faecal transplant"
I have just posted a report on the Purehealth blog here about the fact that research is starting to bear us nutritionists out that early antibiotic exposure is a probable cause of later food sensitivity: Antibiotic exposure in the first year of life is associated with an increased risk of FA [Food Allergy] and may …
Continue reading "Baby #Probiotics For #Food Intolerance and #Coeliac Disease"
I spend much of my life explaining the difference between allergy and intolerance, why proteins are not the only antigens in food but all that are recognised in mainstream allergy medicine, why gluten intolerance is different to coeliac disease, why 'freefrom' doesn't mean it's free from everything you need to avoid and to be careful, what avoiding …
Continue reading "Allergy and Intolerance Terms: Clear As Mud!"
  Well I never. One of you asked a question a while ago about whether I thought you could react to the string on roasting joints. New one on me, I said, but I have looked into it. I checked with my fave meat supplier Sheepdrove Farm (100% grass fed beef and lamb, 10% off if …
C sent me this story today which is about a little boy with eosinophilic oesophagitis who reacts to almost all foods. As sad as the actually story is, just look at the comments underneath. Admittedly, this is a Daily Mail story and the comments on that website are renowned for being pretty awful, but as …