Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
If a food or drink is labelled vegan, it may or may not be milk free. As I covered in previous posts such as this one, accidental cross contamination with milk does not automatically rule out a product carrying a…
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Digestive enzyme supplements could help you to better tolerate FODMAPs in the diet, which might otherwise trigger symptoms if you have IBS. Most people know about lactase supplements to help reduce the lactose content of milk or to help digest…
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Low FODMAP foods and food producers have finally begun to make themselves seen and heard in the world of free from food – see our listing here for a number of brands specialising in such products – but are we…
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A review of the year has become a tradition, and in 2015 I introduced a top 10 format to distinguish highs and lows. No surprise, given the dismal 2016, that the Worst shortlisted candidates far outnumbered the Best, but let’s hope…
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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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Non-coeliac gluten sensitivity doesn’t exist. Yes it does. No it doesn’t. Yes it does. Round and round we go, in an endless confusing circle of blinkered, righteous assertion. The scramble, when the news broke properly, to be among the first…
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Given my last post was a rant about media – namely Marie Claire – getting it very wrong, in this case on the subject of gluten-free skincare, and that poor articles on food sensitivity have fuelled many other stroppy posts…
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