Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
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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It's getting cold out there, isn't it? I say this as I sit with no heating on waiting for the boiler service to be done. Why do they promise 8am and never come til hours later? Anyway, hence, my thoughts are turning to warm things! Saw these 12 soup ideas in my inbox this morning …
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, …
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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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 …
Two-thirds of people with a gluten sensitivity experience neurological symptoms instead of gut symptoms. This is because the tissue most affected by a gluten sensitivity is nerve tissue.The majority of Hashimoto’s [autoimmune hypothyroid] patients are gluten-sensitive or have celiac disease, which means gluten can play a role in their depression and anxiety.Gluten cross reacts with dairy, meaning the …
Just a reminder here that gluten sensitivity symptoms do not just occur in the gut. In fact, you probably do have gut involvement, but you are also likely to have: Neurological symptoms - headaches, migraine, anxiety, depression, restless legs, twitching, brain frog, as I call it. Actually, many gluten experts now think of it as …
This study is about sensitivity verification really but it does raise the point that many people who test negative for transglutaminase may well still be coeliac, especially if they are not yet presenting [classic] symptoms. (I put the brackets there because, of course, they will only be looking for classic coeliac symptoms, but we know …
Most people - and physicians - think gluten illness stops at coeliac disease and problems with the gut. That is a BIG mistake. Gluten related disorders including non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) are rife, certainly according to my clinical experience - and I must have tested at least 300 people by now for gluten reactivity. And …