Just for a change as I'm sure you get bored with my voice on here all the time, here is a blog about Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (EGID) which I have to confess to knowing very little about. Here to entertain you today is Kate who writes The Recipe Resource blog and also attended the Houses of Parliament Allergy briefing which I spoke at earlier this month. She … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2013
What did Paul Hollywood really say about coeliacs?
The Twittersphere and social media gossip has been full of anger at comments made by Paul Hollywood in a recent interview that, He was “sceptical about the whole Coeliac thing”. He also said he thought that coeliac disease is often “misdiagnosed” and that people should try different breads citing Sourdough bread as an example. And he feels that “what goes into bread … [Read more...]
Totally gluten, dairy, nut, soya free pumpkin, sunflower, goji and chia seed flapjacks
Because it's the weekend and we all need a bit of comfort food, here is my latest flapjack creation recipe. It's packed with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, goji berries, linseeds and chia seeds. This recipe is so brilliant because it doesn't require any creaming of sugar and fat, you simply melt the wet ingredients in a pan, then mix in your oats. What you'll need... One … [Read more...]
Raising awareness about allergies at the Houses of Parliament
Over a hundred people packed into the Attlee Suite at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday 16th October to hear expert speakers discussing trends in the prevalence of allergic disease and the underlying causes, provision of clinical allergy services and comment on progress made since the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee's report on the topic in 2007. The … [Read more...]
GPs say testing could speed diagnosis of coeliac disease
Coeliac disease is a serious autoimmune condition that can lead to infertility, osteoporosis and small bowel cancer if left untreated. But alarming new research reveals that 50% of GPs find coeliac disease difficult to diagnose and almost 90% believe that it is often overlooked when investigating infertility. In fact, it takes an average of 13 years to reach a proper … [Read more...]