Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
I was excited when Dr Alessio Fasano released the excellent Gluten Freedom in 2014 and I was similarly excited when another top international gluten expert – Professor David Sanders – released his first book, Gluten Attack, earlier this year. Finally, I’ve…
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Alarm has once again arisen concerning trace gluten in food for coeliacs. It stems from a study by the University of Western Australia, which analysed the gluten content of international foods, imported into Australia, for which a gluten-free claim was…
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Do we get meaningful information from the results of surveys we read about in the news? This week a couple of press releases on what we do not eat have crossed my path. In the first, according to data from…
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It had been some years since I attended this annual foodie extravaganza, not having found much in the way of free from back in 2013 – but times change, the show has expanded, and both vegan and gluten free food…
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If making the pages of a national paper is your measure of success, then the White Moose Cafe in Dublin will I expect be feeling chuffed that their spoof ‘Prove You’re a Coeliac if you want GF Food‘ Facebook post…
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A tweet by celiac blogger, cook and author Jules Dowler Shepard recently showed a shot of a restaurant menu, and a dish containing farro, which was labelled as gluten-free. Farro is the Italian word for spelt, but in the US…
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Lidl has recalled some batches of their Alesto Honey Peanuts because the word ‘peanuts’ does not appear on the label, as is required by Law. This echoes a recall of over three years ago by Booths, who withdrew some peanut…
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Although there are lots of low-FODMAP products out there (which, if you’re on a FODMAP restricted diet, your dietitian can help you find), and many gluten-free products (such as flours) happen to be incidentally low-FODMAP, the number of brands marketing themselves exclusively or primarily…
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There are lots of benefits and pleasures to writing books — when grateful readers get in touch with you to thank you, the odd royalty payment to spend at the pick’n’mix counter, permission to have business cards bringing bearing ‘author’…
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Gluten free liquorice — or gluten free licorice, if you prefer — is not always easy to find. Even natural brands’ you might hope to be GF — such as Biona’s — contain wheat flour, and popular products found in…
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