Did you know you can make a super-nutritious slushy or sorbet out of just fruit and some fruit powder? I know: great, huh! Here's an idea to start you off. I got this idea from Artic Flavors, but you can get the same kind of products on Natural Dispensary here too. I always have mixed …
Should A Coeliac Eat Corn?
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, …
Gluten Free Diet: What Vitamins Might You Need To Boost?
I know from personal experience just what a restricted diet can do to your nutrient levels! When I did a mineral hair test a few years ago, my colleague assessing it for me nearly fainted and I think her direct quote was: "How are you still standing?!". Er, it must have been mind over matter! …
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Shocking: Is Your Gluten Free Meal Really Gluten Free?
Not according to this latest survey as reported in the latest WDDTY: Third of 'gluten-free' options in restaurants contain gluten Whilst not in the same league as the recent tragic anaphylaxis incidents, which truly break my heart and madden me in equal measure, this is still really not good news for coeliacs and gluten-sensitives. And …
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6 Supermarket ‘Gluten-Free’ Foods To Watch Out For
Useful reminder here for those of us needing to be at least traditional gluten (gliadin) free. Would you have thought of flour on a cooked chicken skin to make it crispier? Or cheese packaged in-store possibly being contaminated by surfaces used to wrap other deli stuff? Makes you think, doesn't it? And this kind of …
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Moroccan Orange Salad
I love a good salad but they can be a bit boring. Here's a lovely refreshing one for you - for when the sun does eventually come out! I've popped it on the Gluten and Dairy Free Pinterest recipe board for you, along with a couple of others this week including Harissa and Nut Stew …
New Cyrex 10-90 Food Tests
New Cyrex 10-90 food tests now on the shop for you as promised in a new section: Gluten, Cyrex and Autoimmune Tests http://ow.ly/r7g23006hyU
Potato and Grape Vodkas
Just in time for Chrimbles, I saw this list of gluten and grain free vodkas including a couple from potatoes or grape. Gluten Free Vodkas I have tried potato vodka and couldn't tolerate it - Barrier Planners note that potato is out anyway so I should have known! - but I haven't tried a grape …
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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Need a Traditional #Gluten Free Diet Book?
The lovely people at Souvenir Press recently sent me a review copy of Rita Greer's new book Simply Gluten Free. Rita has written freefrom stuff for years and it was nice to see another new book from her. Simply Gluten Free is just that: a simple introduction to gluten free eating. The book is based on a …
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