As any regular reader of this blog will know - I am besotted with coconut oil. I spread it on my bread, I cook with it, I use it to clean my face – and of course, I use it to ward off Alzheimer's disease. (For those of you who do not know about the link between medium chain …
Micki Rose
Non-coeliac gluten sensitivity gains full recognition
A few years ago it was only a few way out, wacky souls – Dr Peter Osborne and his Gluten Free Society in the US, Micki Rose and a handful of nutritional therapists in the UK – who were suggesting that maybe 'classic' coeliac disease (reacting only to the gluten in wheat, …
Both good news and bad for coeliacs
The good news first.... The recent furore about the cost of gluten-free food on prescription (see my post here and endless comment elsewhere in the media) has had some good fall out. Despite the fact that the figures quoted on Newsnight and elsewhere did appear to have been …
Success markers for Micki Rose’s barrier plan for multiple food intolerance
Many of you will have followed Micki Rose's long search for a way to deal with her own (and many of her patients') devastating and debilitating food sensitivities which has culminated in her 'Barrier Plan'. There is an in depth explanation of her theories, and her plan, on the …
The Truth about Gluten – and the Barrier Plan
It is so long since I have blogged that I have almost forgotten what the blog looks like... All down to the 'clear up' after the very successful FreeFrom Food Awards party and presentation on the 17th (see here for the winners and here for Alex's usual witty report on the party). …