Would you accept a weekly injection if it meant you could eat a 'normal' diet? The third session at the British Society of Gastroenterology Patient Symposium was the one that I found most interesting. Professor Anderson is working on a treatment programme for coeliac disease. How would it work? His vision is of a desensitisation … [Read more...]
Allergy Alert: Sainsbury’s FreeFrom Chocolate Sponge Pudding
I'm just back from a trip to Sainsbury's, where I was unable to find a gluten free chocolate sponge pudding. I wanted it for my daughter's residential trip next week - I'm trying to match the 'normal' menu with things she can eat. None to be had, though there were plenty of gluten free syrup sponge puddings, and this might be why: they've been … [Read more...]
Gastroenterology Patient Symposium: Session Two
From my notes taken at the recent gastroenterology conference… Quotes from Proust, Nigel Slater and Laura Esquivel were not at all what I was expecting from a gastroenterology conference. They were part of an interesting session on Food and Mood by Professor Nick Read, who talked about how food affects us all. Obviously food can affect … [Read more...]
