Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
There’s nothing I like better than a further opportunity to demonstrate my award-winning photography and recipe-writing skills, and so when Caleigh the Gluten Freek’s challenge arrived in my in-box, I accepted within seconds. I know it’s similar to a previous…
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Although the latest changes to food allergen labelling – Regulation No. 1169/2011, the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU FIC) – were published in October 2011, came into effect in December 2011, and will become compulsory after the three-year transition…
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Another day, another dismal and under-researched article on coeliac and gluten free, this time from Glamour Magazine. I’ll itemise some of my problems with it. Feel free to add your own. 1. Description of coeliac disease as ‘gluten aversion’. Food…
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I recently wrote a long piece on oats in the gluten-free diet for Coeliacs Matter, in which I examined much of the available research on this subject. In summary, many of the studies supporting the safety of oats were conducted…
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I’ve already written about the absurd method employed by Novak Djokovic’s nutritionist Dr Igor Cetojevic to initially diagnose his non-coeliac gluten intolerance, but having now read the tennis player’s new book, Serve to Win, other questions occur to me. In…
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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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As Carly at Gluten Free B has already pointed out earlier this year, probably the best way for gluten-free manufacturers to boost profits is to target non-gluten-free eaters. They can’t do this on the basis of cost because free-from is…
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Last week, Tracy Attridge, gluten-free blogger at Not A Trace, reminded me of some puzzling labelling on a pack of Kallo rice snacks, which crime author Samantha Hayes, who has a coeliac daughter, had drawn my attention to a few…
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Every now and then someone tweets some stuff that stays with me. Twitter user Lykara Ryder did that last month in a series of seven 140-character messages that were provocative, controversial and thought-provoking – and therefore excellent, because strong opinions…
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It’s the eve of Coeliac Awareness Week, gluten-related stories are starting to appear in the media, and I look forward to seeing what emerges in the coming days. Social media has already been a hive of activity concerning an article…
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