The worst holiday I ever had was a week in Tenerife about 10 years ago. We'd booked an apartment by the beach, and taken our 14-month-old daughter. Sounds good, yes? No. She woke up early, she wouldn't go to sleep, she woke up screaming in the night. She'd always been colicky and a bad sleeper, and we just thought it was more of the same … [Read more...]
Gluten Free? Genetic testing one step closer
A new genetic risk factor for celiac disease has been found, and the researchers believe it could lead to improved diagnostics and treatment. People with celiac disease (coeliac disease) do not have a protective DNA sequence in a particular gene region - people without celiac disease do have this. The researchers say that this DNA sequence … [Read more...]
How GF-friendly is fix-and-freeze?
I've been intrigued by these companies for a while now, though there are none here in the UK, so I'm not sure how they would work in practice ... The idea is that you schedule a session to prepare a number of meals to be frozen at home, picking the meals from a monthly menu. The company prepares the ingredients for you in advance, you collate … [Read more...]
