Articles tagged with: gluten-free

What if the problem isn’t gluten?

10 July 2019 by Catherine Saxelby

What if the problem isn’t gluten?

Gluten is viewed as the number one dietary villain in the average Western diet. Avoid gluten and you can avoid a myriad of health problems – or so the thinking goes. Gluten has been implicated in digestive problems including leaky gut syndrome leading to brain fog and auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). It’s also blamed for osteoporosis, infertility, autism, schizophrenia and itchy skin rash. What if the problem isn’t gluten? Let’s take a look.

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Chicken, chickpea and avocado salad with Asian-style dressing

20 March 2019 by

Chicken, chickpea and avocado salad with Asian-style dressing

If I’m going to have a salad for lunch, it’s got to be satisfying AND tasty! This salad ticks both those boxes. Both salad and...

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What is your relationship with food and eating?

13 March 2019 by Catherine Saxelby

Eat to beat gluten intolerance and coeliac disease (Part 2)

Part 1 of this post dealt with which foods to avoid and gave the options for substituting other foods. Part 2 provides those with...

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Eat to beat gluten intolerance

13 February 2019 by Catherine Saxelby

Eat to beat gluten intolerance and coeliac disease (Part 1)

People with coeliac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis, or those with an intolerance to gluten have to be extra careful of what they...

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August 2016 Foodwatch Newsletter - Gluten-free and more...

30 August 2016 by

August 2016 Foodwatch Newsletter - Gluten-free and more...

After many requests I've decided to revisit the topic of gluten-free in the August edition of the Foodwatch Newsletter....

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Stuck in the middle of the warring Food Tribes

23 March 2016 by Catherine Saxelby

Stuck in the middle of the warring Food Tribes

At times, I feel like I’m in the middle of four main, warring, dietary tribes – Paleo, IQS (I Quit Sugar) Raw and GF (Gluten...

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