Have a traditional gluten-free Christmas… This Christmas, gluten intolerance will be the last thing on your mind, thanks to these brilliant free-from swaps and recipe adaptations from Charlotte Willis. Christmas has quite the polarising effect on the general population. It’s the Marmite of all holidays, with camps divided into those who put their trees up […]
Looking for a complete beginners guide to being gluten-free? Look no further, as Charlotte Willis guides you through the science, supermarket aisles and social occasions in one fell swoop. Dear my fellow gluten-adverse friends. Whether you’ve been diagnosed as coeliac, found yourself bloated and constipated after inhaling the entire bread basket at dinner, or you […]
Before starting a gluten-free diet, for whatever reason, it’s important to speak to a dietician or a doctor. Here Dr Eleanor Atkins shows us how you can make the transition both easily and healthily… Having coeliac disease or a gluten intolerance doesn’t have to mean eating unhealthily. There are plenty of ways to ensure you […]
Cooking or baking gluten-free food means ensuring all your ingredients are gluten-free. Coeliac UK’s Norma McGough gives some helpful tips for stocking your kitchen cupboard… Q) What gluten free grains and flours can I stock? A) Always make sure you choose flours and any other products made from flour such as pasta, cakes, biscuits, crackers and breakfast […]
Going gluten-free can be a difficult transition to make. Charlotte Willis provides her 10-step guide to make the change flawless… After months of discomfort, digestive difficulties, and wrestling with your diet, you find yourself here. Perhaps it’s taken you a while to come to this conclusion: gluten and your gut, well they just don’t seem […]
Are you, or your child, one of the estimated 2 million people living with a food allergy in the UK? If so, it’s possible that you may be deficient in one or more nutrients…. Recent studies have found that children with food allergies have deficiencies in several vitamins and minerals. It has also been shown […]
Whether you are coeliac, gluten-intolerant or have gone gluten-free as a lifestyle choice, Charlotte Willis explains that it doesn’t have to be the wallet-emptier many believe it to be… So you’ve made the decision to eliminate gluten from your diet. That was the easy part! What follows, for many of us, is the uncertainty of […]
The FreeFrom Food Awards are the industry’s only award for ‘free-from food’ –gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, soya-free etc, and celebrated their 10th anniversary last night. Irish bakers BFree were last night presented with ‘Marble Mo’, the FreeFrom Food Oscar for 2017. BFree’s Sweet Potato Wraps won the Product of the Year at the FreeFrom Food Awards […]
The FreeFrom Food Awards has today published the shortlist for their 2017 10th Anniversary Awards. The FreeFrom Food Awards, now in their 10th anniversary successful year, are the industry’s only award for ‘freefrom food’. The FreeFrom Food Awards were launched in 2008 by FoodsMatter – a large informational website focused on food allergy and intolerance and all the many health conditions […]
Gluten Free Gathering founder Kim McGowan takes a look at some of the top places to eat in this gluten-free guide to Bath… Trying to find somewhere nice and safe to eat in a top 20 UK tourist destination like the Roman City of Bath can be tricky when it needs to be gluten-free. Heaving […]