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Most people only know that DQ2 and, occasionally, DQ8 genes are predictive of coeliac disease - celiac for our followers across the pond. But there are actually two more also linked to gluten illness. Someone asked me about this yesterday and I thought it might be worth a general reminder for all of you. Here's …
Just to let you know that I have just uploaded the latest version of the TGF grain, gluten and dairy supplement master list for you. Not many new TGF products, sadly, but more NOT TGF ones, ugh. We are constantly asking suppliers for info on your behalf. Notes on discontinued items - thank you Allergy …
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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 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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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 …
Updated free grain and dairy free supplements list
"inside the monolith of gluten avoidance lurk multiple, nuanced conditions" Elena Verdù, a gastroenterologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, president of the North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease Love that quote! It's taken from this very long article in Science (shared by one of you on the FB group, thank you!) …
Having said we would never update this TGF Master List again, Christine and I have updated it every few months and now decided to overhaul it completely! I realised it is now several years since I created the first version of this - and the research for that took me two years, so I worried …
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Excellent review for you today of mouth ulcers, what causes them and what we can do about them. I know many of you suffer with these painful mouth sores - a lot of us who have gluten related illnesses suffer with them - and I note this is indeed listed as one of the top …
About flipping time people started looking into the fillers that we find in many meds - and even some supplements, I'd say! It is the bane of many of our lives. Researchers in the US have recently published their warnings about the potential of these fillers for causing reactions in those sensitive to them. “Inactive” …
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