Why you need to avoid Toxic Wheat It’s alarming enough that crops are genetically modified to resist hefty doses of the pesticide Roundup, applied several times during the growing season. What’s worse, conventional wheat farmers are misusing the weed killer in a...
The Detection of Gluten in Oats Oats come from a different taxononomic family to wheat, barley and rye and their main storage proteins are avenins. Although ELISA tests can detect wheat gliadins, rye secalins, and to a lesser extent barley hordeins, they do...
Time is ticking, is it Food allergy symptoms or is it food intolerance? A Food allergy is an immunological reaction to food proteins whereas a Food intolerance is a pharmacological reaction (like the side effects of a drug) to the chemicals in foods. Family...
What Are Food Allergy Symptoms Food allergies symptoms can be so varied from person to person. Often you may only really have a food intolerance so you may be able to have limited amounts of a particular food or food group and not show any symptoms. Food allergies are...
How a Gluten-Free Diet Can Help Some Systems Individuals diagnosed with Coeliac Disease or gluten intolerance experience digestive problems after consumption of ingredients that contain the protein gluten. Gluten is typically found in pasta, bread, and baked goods,...
Should Coeliacs Eat Oats? It Depends on the Oats. Gut Health and Coeliac Disease | Can coeliacs eat oats? It is still a matter of controversy whether or not oats are safe for people with coeliac disease. Can coeliacs eat oats? The general consensus at this point seems...
The consumption of pure oats by individuals with coeliac disease (Official stance by the Coeliac Society of Australia) Background: The toxicity of pure oats in coeliac disease is controversial and has led to differing recommendations as to its suitability as part of a...