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The Best! 10. #fruitisnotapudding Demonstrating that coeliacs have a top sense of humour and exemplifying how good can come from not-good, Carly at GlutenFreeB.com runs this light-hearted annual award for the worst gluten-free dessert offering, and this year’s winner is memorably,…
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Last Monday, 16th November, the Independent published an article – CAMRA: UK’s biggest organiser of beer festivals refuses to stock ales from breweries that don’t provide full list of ingredients. The paper billed the move by CAMRA (The Campaign for…
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You may remember my blog of a weeks ago about the energy healer who contacted me, offering to cure me of food allergies which I don’t have, using untested and unorthodox methods. It was obviously worrying. She seemed prepared to…
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Allergen-related product recalls are a seemingly weekly occurrence, sadly, but the latest one of Genius Gluten Free Denby Steak Pies seems more significant, somehow – possibly because it’s a major brand, who make very good products, and because the error…
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So this week’s news is that NICE has published the first evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and assessment of food allergy in young people and children. Here’s a link. The papers have it covered, and pretty well. Here’s The Telegraph,…
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Testing for food hypersensitivities is a confusing business. Here’s a summary of what the medical profession can do: 1. Coeliac disease can be tested for effectively through a number of blood tests and a biopsy. 2. Food allergies can be…
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