Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
  Just to let you know I have today released a load of updates for the TrulyGlutenFree Supplements Master List. This is the list of grain and dairy free supplements we have found so far. All are corn-free - I say this for the benefit of our US readers, I know many of whom need corn-free …
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Most people would think that continued diarrhoea is a sign that their coeliac disease is causing damage still. It is, but actually researchers believe that people who present with anaemia are the ones with the most villi damage and worst coeliac disease. In a recent study, researchers concluded: Anemic patients were more than 2-fold more …
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I just HAD to share this news with you today! A few weeks ago, I started to take my own advice and got the Barrier Breakdown Checklist (part of your Barrier Plan) out so I could start seeing if there is anything else I could be doing to lower my hypersensitivity. Adrenal Fatigue As A …
I am always on the lookout for evidence that other grains can be hazardous to gluten sensitives, and here we have a report showing that: Crypt hyperplasia and villous atrophy were severer in the corn oil-fed group than those of control group, whereas mucosal damage in the perilla oil and low fat diet groups was …
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Just to let you know I have sent out a probiotics update for the TGF Supplements Master List this week, so please look out for it in your inbox. I have added a load of different alternative probiotics for those who need non-FOS ones, non-inulin ones and some info on those safe for histamine intolerance. I also …
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  Filtering water is a bit of a minefield nowadays, but buying a filter can significantly cut down your intake of toxic compounds. You could buy bottled water but that soon adds up: it's often cheaper in the long run to get an under the sink solution. If you are thinking of doing  that at any …
Just a quick sorry if I have been a bit quiet on the blog front the last few weeks. I have been judging both the Winners and Innovations categories of the FreeFromFood Awards and the FreeFrom SkinCare Awards. Been lots of fun and, particularly with the skincare entries, lots of peering at very long …
  As you know, I beaver away constantly on TGF stuff, and much of my time is spent on finding safe grain and dairy free supplements for us all. I have now amalgamated the two previous supplement reports into a master list of Truly Gluten Free grain and dairy free supplements with a way for you …
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  I have come, I admit rather slowly, to the realisation that: a) I am never going to have the time to write the TGF recipe books as there is SO much more to do, and anyway... b) there are so many people who can do it better than me, so we may as well learn …
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 I came across this piece today by Sayer Ji which reminded me of that long time ago when I devised the Barrier Plan. The diet excludes specific chitin-binding lectins, including potatoes, tomatoes, soy etc, which can have a similar inflammatory/barrier effect on some people as gluten. In this article, Sayer explains the principle really well. …
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