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Coeliac Disease and Your Teeth: Enamel Defects and Mouth Ulcers
Coeliac disease can leave its mark in an unexpected place: the mouth. Sometimes it's marks on the adult teeth that were set down yearsβ¦Read →
Coeliac Disease and Your Skin: Dermatitis Herpetiformis Explained
Most people meet coeliac disease through the gut. But for some, the first sign is on the skin: a fierce, blistering itch that noβ¦Read →
Coeliac Disease and Anaemia: Iron, B12 and Folate
For a lot of people, coeliac disease is found not in the gut but in the blood. You feel tired in a way thatβ¦Read →
Coeliac Disease Beyond the Gut: The Whole-Body Effects Worth Knowing
A coeliac diagnosis usually starts with the gut — the bloating, the fatigue, the biopsy that finds damage in the small intestine. So itβ¦Read →
Coeliac Anxiety and Isolation: Is It Normal, and What Helps?
If the constant vigilance around food has left you feeling anxious, worn down or quietly cut off from the people around you, please knowβ¦Read →
How Do I Respond When People Say “Just a Little Won’t Hurt”?
“Surely just a little bit won’t hurt?” is the single most commonly reported social frustration among people with coeliac disease — and it’s exhaustingβ¦Read →
I Accidentally Ate Gluten: What Do I Do Now?
It happens to everyone eventually, no matter how careful you are — a mislabelled sauce, a shared fryer, a well-meaning relative who “just usedβ¦Read →
How Do I Handle Family Gatherings and Holiday Meals with Coeliac Disease?
Family meals are one of the most emotionally loaded parts of coeliac life, especially in the first few years after diagnosis. Food is boundβ¦Read →
How Do I Explain Coeliac Disease to Family and Friends?
Few things are as quietly draining as watching someone’s eyes glaze over while you explain, for the tenth time, that no, you really can’tβ¦Read →
Iβm cooking gluten-free for a coeliac guest: how do I keep it safe?
Cooking for a coeliac guest is one of the kindest things a host can do, and with a little preparation it is entirely manageable.β¦Read →
What kitchen equipment should I replace or dedicate when I’m first diagnosed?
You do not need to throw everything out and start again. But a few categories of equipment do need either replacing or clearly dedicatingβ¦Read →
Is airborne flour dust a real risk if my housemate bakes with wheat flour?
Yes — and it is one of the most underappreciated cross-contact routes in a shared kitchen. Wheat flour does not stay where it isβ¦Read →Newsletter
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