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What Happens If You Keep Eating Gluten After a Coeliac Diagnosis?

This is the question that sometimes doesn’t get a clear answer at diagnosis, so here it is plainly: what actually happens if you keep…Read →
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How Is Coeliac Disease Diagnosed?

Getting a coeliac diagnosis is a specific, ordered process, and doing it in the wrong order, or after you’ve already cut out gluten, is…Read →
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What Does the tTG IgA Blood Test Tell You?

If you’ve just had a tTG IgA result handed to you β€” a number against a reference range β€” it’s natural to want to…Read →
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What Are the Symptoms of Coeliac Disease?

Most people picture coeliac disease as dramatic stomach pain and non-stop diarrhoea. For a lot of us, it looked nothing like that β€” and…Read →
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Are oats and oatmeal gluten-free? What coeliacs need to know

Oats have no wheat, barley or rye gluten, but ordinary oats are usually cross-contaminated. Which oats suit coeliac (celiac) disease, and the avenin question.Read →
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Is a Little Gluten Now and Then OK With Coeliac Disease?

“Surely a little bit won’t hurt?” is offered kindly, usually by someone who wants you to relax and enjoy the meal. For most food…Read →
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Are Spelt and Sourdough Safe for Coeliacs?

Short answer The myth: spelt and sourdough are gentle, traditional foods, so they are fine for coeliacs. The truth: spelt is a type of…Read →
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Can You Test for Coeliac Disease After Going Gluten-Free?

It’s one of the most common (and most costly) mistakes people make on the road to a coeliac diagnosis: cutting out gluten first, then…Read →
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No Symptoms, No Damage? What Silent Coeliac Disease Means

“I feel fine, so it can’t be doing any harm” is one of the most human reactions to coeliac disease, and one of the…Read →
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Is Vegan Food Gluten-Free?

Short answer The myth: vegan food is gluten-free. The truth: vegan means no animal products. It says nothing about gluten. Plenty of vegan staples…Read →
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Can You Have Coeliac Disease Without Weight Loss or Diarrhoea?

“But you don’t look coeliac” is a sentence a lot of people have heard, usually from someone picturing a very thin person with constant…Read →
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Does Wheat-Free Mean Gluten-Free?

Short answer The myth: if something is wheat-free, it must be gluten-free. The truth: no. Gluten also comes from barley and rye, so a…Read →
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