Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
At the weekend one of my followers, Daniel (@GlasgowOsteo), sent me a tweet voicing his frustration at the lack of premade, no-cook, gluten-free lunch options at supermarkets. I RT’d the observation, and although Kevin of the Gluten Free by the…
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Those of you who in the last few weeks have been watching Channel 4’s excellent show The Last Leg with Adam Hills – essentially late-evening chat about the day’s Paralympics news, teamed with banter and discussion – will have been…
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It had been a year since the last GF tweetup but none of had gotten rusty in the preceeding 12 months and I think the debate was lively… What did readers look for in a GF / coeliac blog? *…
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You are always a girl, usually in her twenties, but sometimes younger, and you say you’re going to stop eating gluten. You say you’ve been feeling a bit ill, a bit bloated, a bit sick, a bit tired-all-the-time, and –…
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Quinoa came up in a few conversations I had last week at the Allergy and FreeFrom Show, and most of what I heard was negative, with people largely expressing grim-mouthed disdain for this South American, naturally gluten-free grain. “Eurgh, it’s…
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I was taken aback by an article by Esther Rantzen which appears in the current Waitrose Weekend magazine, and which you can read here. Rantzen has spoken about her daughter’s health before, and I have blogged about it briefly, but…
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Domino’s Pizza in the States have launched a pizza made from a gluten free crust. You can learn a lot about it on their FB page, but the crust is made from rice and potato flours and starches, with water,…
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Out of nowhere a third of the year has gone, and I’ve not stopped even to properly ask and assess how the new gluten-related labelling legislation has affected coeliacs and the kinds of products they can and cannot buy. Snack-a-Jacks…
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The team behind Jamie Magazine are not the first people to err on the gluten-containing status of spelt, and neither will they be the last. Issue 27 contains four recipes which make use of the flour of triticum spelta and…
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Looking for a list of gluten-free crisps? Then click here. This list was last updated in July 2017. If you’re interested in the story of how Walkers Crisps went from being coeliac friendly to coeliac unfriendly back in 2012, continue reading…
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