Hi All, Been lurking for a bit now, soaking up all the wisdom on offer here. I've got a situation which I could use some help with. To cut a long story short,...
Hi Ian, ... when glutened? Not personally, but aching / inflamed joints are a symptom of coeliac disease. ... I don't know the exact reason, but you can become...
Hi Ian, Prior to being diagnosed with CD I ended up in Hospital because I was sick so hard that I brought up some blood which obviously alarmed the Medics not...
Hi Ian, I think you summed it up yourself with the fact you had no control and you might have had a bug anyway! However, you seem to be in the same position i...
... I was non symptomatic before diagnosis and even underwent a 10 month trial that ended last year on which I ate huge amounts of gluten without too many side...
That sounds a bit like me. My symptoms were just a lack of vitamin B12, which caused the tiredness, mild depression etc. I do seem to be more sensitive now,...
I played real tennis at the weekend, with a PhD biochemistry student from Cambridge and we got to talking about hangovers! I've never really suffered and even...
I think the latter! Although its strange, I had wine last night instead of cider and woke up feeling fresh as a 'insert here' ... perhaps its the small amount...
There's a lot of sense in what you say. I'm a scientist/engineer myself. I don't think I had any gluten last night. The only other thing it could have been...
Thanks to everyone for all the replies - very useful indeed. Thanks especially to Stephen for your detailed response. I should explain a bit more really. As I...
You ask is Sainburys' chocolate gluten-free. I can't speak for Sainsburys, but I can give you my wife's opinion. She's a barrister and if a shop tells you...
some detail then: <<I must confess though that I had assumed that there were only trace amounts of the gluten proteins in beer. Are there really significant...
James, Its not quite that simple since according to the WHO gluten free means less than 20ppm nitrogen.... BUT it can only be used IF the product itself...
... From: Stephen Lord <<I must confess though that I had assumed that there were only trace amounts of the gluten proteins in beer. Are there really...
... I'm not sure if you're being serious here. Is that really true or are you winding me up? Nope its true! (at least protein in total is responsible for the...
... It must be your genes James! I have slight liver damage caused by the CD and I suppose this is the reason why I can get a hangover on half a glass of wine...
Hi All! Last weekend we visited Ross-on-Wye, where I was thrilled to find a wholefood-type restaurant which advertised GF food! Imagine my delight when I was...
Thought some of you might be interested to know that I have set up a new Yahoo group. I'm not trying to set myself up in competition to this group, it's just...
I remember going to an orthomolecular conference shortly after I deduced that I was either coeliac disordered or wheat sensitive. The luncheon was delcious --...
In my student days I could outdrink almost anybody, and occasionally did, watching the others get sick and woozy and remaining unimpaired. We drank mainly...
"I must confess though that I had assumed that there were only trace amounts of the gluten proteins in beer. Are there really significant amounts then?" I...
Oh boy, Kenny, sounds like you are in DEEP trouble this time. Totally dans le chocolat as the French say. I agree with Mrs Elf, watch yourself. Elf, want to...
Yesterday, I went to a conference at the University of Hertfordshire, where all of the final year students gave a presentation of their project. (One had used...
Driving past some fields near our house yesterday evening, I realised that I was looking at a field of oats liberally scattered with barley!! The barley really...
There is always contamination! We breed race-horses at Newmarket and you'd be surprised what gets where! There have been horses disqualified because something...
Dear Pat, Spelt is a form of wheat which lacks the alpha gliadin. There are at least two other gliadins present which do contain the sequence and will make ...