Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
A new open-access paper on barley-based gluten-free beer has just been published online by the journal Food & Chemical Toxicology. I’ll briefly summarise what I can understand of its content below, but if you want it in its full, in-places…
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In recent months there has been a lot of ridicule and sarcasm directed towards a TV ad for Herbal Essences Bio Renew Shampoo, which boldly declares itself as having ‘No gluten’. View it here. I’ve found some of it frustrating, because…
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Veganism is having a moment. And it’s Veganuary — or vegan January — too. So, because it’s on a high, it’s evidently got too big for its boots. Time to give it a good kicking, right? Here’s Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s opinion piece in…
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Free From Heaven magazine has announced a competition to win a Hotel Chocolat ‘No gluten recipe gift box’. They say: Indulge your sweet tooth this Christmas with a luxurious hamper filled with gluten-free* chocolates. Follow that asterisk to the footnote…
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10th August must have been a busy day at Aldi HQ. First, a press release from their Consumer Press Office announcing their limited ‘Specialbuys’ gluten-free offer, available in stores from that date, including green pea and red lentil pastas and…
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Nothing much stirred when the Vatican issued this letter to its Bishops on June 15th about the bread that should be used for the Eucharist, but when it was reported by Vatican Radio on July 8th, things got more agitated….
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It’s Coeliac UK’s Awareness Week – this year, the charity has pushed for a #glutenfreevolution, focusing on eating out and eating on the go – and it’s also Real Bread Week – Sustain’s initiative to champion healthy, naturally made bread, made the old-fashioned way. Both valuable initiatives….
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If we’re to believe all the headlines from the last few days, a gluten-free diet increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. We read those screamers in the Express, the Independent, the Times, and the Telegraph, among many others —…
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I had been hoping that the release of Novak Djokovic’s new book would bring to the surface the truth about his gluten-related diagnosis, and a new editorial in the Wall Street Journal appears to have done just that. It’s been…
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Every time there’s a major tennis tournament, a curious thing happens: I see a marked increase in the frequency of Andy Murray’s and Novak Djokovic’s names appearing in my blog analytics ‘keywords’, often alongside ‘gluten’ or ‘celiac’ or ‘allergy’. A…
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