Dr Chris Steele MBE, well known media doctor for ITVs This Morning programme and recently diagnosed with coeliac disease agreed to be interviewed by What Allergy about his views on coeliac disease, getting a diagnosis and how to maintain a healthy diet when you're avoiding gluten. He has been involved as a Health Ambassador for Coeliac UK for at least five years, all good … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
What happened at the Food Allergy & Intolerance Summit 2013 – part one
If you haven't already heard of the Food & Drink Innovation Network (FDIN) and their Annual Food Allergy and Intolerance Summit it's a two day conference aimed at grocery retail and food service companies who want to explore and realise the opportunities out there in the freefrom and gluten free market place. It's a huge industry, including not only: 2% of the UK … [Read more...]
Gluten or Wheat free beer – coeliac disease or wheat allergy?
If you're a coeliac the recent increase in the popularity of gluten free foods and beer is good news. But if you are wheat intolerant or allergic to wheat you need to be very careful of products containing wheat. CODEX wheat is still wheat but it's had the gluten removed so if wheat is your problem these foods could still make you ill or cause symptoms.A couple of examples are … [Read more...]