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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.

The sourdough revolution

3 July 2019 by Catherine Saxelby

The sourdough revolution

It’s no secret that I love bread! It’s my favourite carbohydrate, way ahead of potato, rice or pasta. So, it breaks my heart when...

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...

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...

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....

September Foodwatch Newsletter - is gluten-free better for you?

9 September 2014 by Catherine Saxelby

September Foodwatch Newsletter - is gluten-free better for you?

These days every second person you meet seems to be ordering a 'gluten-free' cookie with their latte or a slice of 'gluten-free'...