What are you going to eat, if you go to one of Britain's top tourist attractions? The Soil Association recently issued a report which indicated that you'd better pack a picnic, if you want to eat healthily (which, of course, for gluten sufferers, means 'eat at all'). Over the last few years, it has got a lot easier to eat out with a coeliac … [Read more...]
10 ways to look after your gut
It is National Gut Week here in the UK (21-27 August). Did you know that: Bowel cancer kills more people in the UK than any other cancer apart from lung cancer? as many as 1 in 100 people in the UK may have coeliac disease - but in most it is undiagnosed? over 3,000,000 people in the UK are constipated every month? as many as 1 in 3 … [Read more...]
A pill for coeliac disease?
The American Journal of Physiology has published an article about a new enzyme which breaks down gluten molecules as well as the T cell stimulatory peptides that cause celiac disease. This enzyme was originally developed for commercial food processing, but works best in the same kind of environment as the human stomach. The research team think … [Read more...]