Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Here's a shocker for you: Because wheat is a hexaploid species (doesn't that sound creepy?), the byproduct of three ancestor plants becoming one, with no less than 6 sets of chromosomes and 6.5 times more genes than found in the human genome, it is capable of producing no less than 23,788 different proteins - a fact as amazing …
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I just read a fascinating article here about the ongoing research of the so-called ‘human microbiome’, or gut flora in other words. There is some stunning research going on in this area, in the development of probiotics and even transplanting healthy faecal matter containing bacteria, viruses, fungi and all manner of things into unhealthy people …
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Just a quick note to let you know I spied that Allergy Best Buys have got a big Summer sale on with free post and packing on orders over £40 in the UK. I like this company and have had good service from them. So, go and have a look if you need allergy bedding, cleaners, eczema …
Check out my new article published today by FoodsMatter: Barrier Breakdown: the Cause of Multiple Sensitivity? Yay! Let me know what you think.
I just spotted a recipe using kelp noodles on Elana Amsterdam's site (she of the fab almond flour cookbook I've included here). I never thought of these. A new food for us - yay! Check the recipe out here: Sesame Kelp Noodles. You can use the recipe or just make up your own, of course …
You may have noticed in the last few days I have taken down the membership for the Barrier Plan and instead have replaced it with a Barrier Plan package you can purchase that comes with no fewer than 12 supporting documents and free updates. This is cheaper in the long run for you - and …
I am trying to get a list of the latest Support Forum threads on the allergy and intolerance home page for you but it won't work for now! There is a list of New/Recently Updated Topics at the top right of the forum home page if you want to check that whenever you visit. Whilst …
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Experts are at long last calling for a re-naming and sorting out of the various gluten illnesses as coeliac disease is now seen as just one of the gluten illnesses. Yipee; I am SO pleased. I saw this report the other week and, thankfully, Alex at CoeliacsMatter.com has saved me a ton of work by …
I need your help. Over the past few months, I have been busy beavering away, pulling together all the research and knowledge we have gained so far about grain and gluten sensitivity and, most especially, the best way to treat it. Our biggest need, as far as I see it, is to identify what causes …
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Always make me think of a Dickens novel with someone selling "roasted chestnuts, lovely chestnuts" on the street, but have you thought of chestnuts as an alternative starchy food? Caroline (yet again being very helpful, thank you) mentioned she has them as an alternative to spuds sometimes so I thought I would look into them …