Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Ta da!!!! I have now completed the first in the TrulyGlutenFree Recipe Series. TrulyGlutenFree Breakfasts is a lovely 28 pages of hard work and creativity to make your life easier and more tasty hopefully. Breakfast has been the one meal that has foxed many of you at the start - and being the most important …
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Why is it that most gluten sensitives and coeliacs are not diagnosed even though they are tested? Might it be because we are looking for the wrong thing? Currently, coeliacs are only tested for one fraction of one type of gluten - 33-mer gliadin. If you happen to have a problem with that particular fraction …
So, what do you do when you have a murderous migraine or aching joints and, in desperation, the Ibuprofen or Aspirin you reach for has corn starch in it? They all do. Had you noticed? Taking them is likely to make the problem last longer than it would have. I find a migraine stretches for …
If you have IBS, I thought you may want to read the latest post on my trulyglutenfree blog, so here it is for you: The renowned Mayo Clinic in the US is now officially checking IBS sufferers for genetic gluten sensitivity. At last, some official steps being taken to diagnose those who slip through the …
The renowned Mayo Clinic in the US is now officially checking IBS sufferers for genetic gluten sensitivity. At last, some official steps being taken to diagnose those who slip through the gluten net. Regrettably, they are only checking for the coeliac genes DQ2 and DQ8 where they should be checking for the other gluten sensitivity …
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Corn is becoming the real 'baddie' grain in patients so far, especially with migraines and headaches - and yet no-one seems to give it a second thought in FreeFrom world, with manufacturers using it willy-nilly in 'gluten' free foods. Check out this exchange of emails at FoodsMatter with Rosie bemoaning the prevalence of corn to …
I am asked very often why people nowadays seem to have an issue with wheat, and especially bread, when years ago, we seemed to be OK. There are loads of factors involved, but did anyone see the article in the Mail on Sunday by Alex Renton about how our bread is made? You can read …
Michelle at FoodsMatter.com has launched a great new site at CoeliacsMatter.com to cater for all those gluten free-ers who need access to specific information, research, links, foods and products. There is even a well-frequented forum for you to read through and post on. You will find plenty of articles and comments from me on there …
For our final Coeliac Week post, I would like to share a case study and email I received recently that demonstrates you can get well again once you start getting gluten out of your system. I love getting little snippets like these and, thankfully, get quite a few, so thank you. First, some background. This …
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One of the acknowledged issues of coeliac disease is malabsorption caused by villi damage. And this is why most people think coeliacs should look weedy and thin. As I said in myprevious post, though, we know that coeliacs and gluten sensitives can be thin, normal or obese. But you can bet your bottom dollar they …