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Basics

The Halloween party: one question, my own bag (Zoe, Episode 5)

Tim's Halloween party has bowls everywhere and no labels anywhere. Zoe brings her own bag and asks one question: have you still got the…Read →
Basics

The Halloween sweets swap: checking the bucket at home (Mila & Friends, Episode 6)

Mila goes trick-or-treating dressed as Luna, and Luna is not flattered. Back home, the Halloween sweets get checked at the kitchen table, and the…Read →
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Is “I never got sick there” proof a restaurant is OK for coeliacs?

"I never got sick there" is not proof a place is OK for coeliacs. 5 checks that count, with sources and dates. Updated October…Read →
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Feeling fine is not the same: why good days still count (Zoe, Episode 4)

Zoe takes a week of shortcuts because she feels fine. Her mum asks one calm question. A teen story about why the gluten-free diet…Read →
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Luna and the crumbs: why Mila gets her own toaster (Mila & Friends, Episode 5)

Luna the cat always watches Pip. One morning she watches the crumbs instead. Episode 5 is about the shared toaster at home: why crumbs…Read →
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Lip gloss, not hand cream: skin vs lips (Zoe, Episode 3)

Yara finds wheat on a hand-cream label and panics on Zoe's behalf. Zoe knows the difference between skin and lips, and what to check…Read →
Parents and kids

Coeliac disease and type 1 diabetes: why the two travel together, and the 4Ts every parent should know

Coeliac (celiac) disease and type 1 diabetes: roughly 1 in 15 to 1 in 30 children with type 1 diabetes have both. Tests, the…Read →
Basics

The school trip lunch: pack your own, ask once (Mila & Friends, Episode 4)

Mila packs her own lunch for the class trip to the farm. Then the campfire bread comes out, and Herr Otto the school cook…Read →
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How to order a takeaway with coeliac disease: 4 questions

To order a takeaway with coeliac disease, treat the app's "gluten-free" search as a starting point, not an answer: it finds words on a…Read →
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The kebab shop after school: three questions, ten seconds (Zoe, Episode 2)

Yara wants kebab, now. Zoe has her three questions ready for the counter, and Tim has already ordered for her. Episode 2 is about…Read →
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Gluten-free Korean convenience store food: a beginner list

What to buy gluten-free at a Korean convenience store: 9 plain picks with ingredient lists we read on 3 October 2026, the Korean label…Read →
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Birthday parties, both directions (Mila & Friends, Episode 1)

Birthday parties are where gluten-free eating meets other people’s kitchens. Episode 1 looks at both directions: hosting a gluten-free party other parents happily bring…Read →
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