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“So, like, how sensitive ARE you?”

June 6, 2015 By The Happy Coeliac 9 Comments

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I am starting to dread the SCC (Standard Coeliac Conversation) that happens at most social gatherings. No matter how much you might not want to talk about it, it invariably comes up whenever you refuse a repeatedly offered “desirable” food item (pizza, cookie, birthday cake). Person: Want a piece? Me: No thanks Person: Oh go…

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Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle, Living gluten-free Tagged With: coeliac disease, cross-contamination, glutened, glutening

What Happens When You Tell People You Can’t Eat Gluten

May 15, 2015 By The Happy Coeliac 2 Comments

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Well, Coeliac Awareness Week has been and gone for another year, and there seems to have been some really good coverage of CD in the UK press. I think awareness weeks are very important, but to be honest this year I was simply too fatigued to take part in a meaningful way. I have been…

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Living gluten-free Tagged With: Coeliac Awareness Week, coeliac disease, Coeliac UK, gluten, gluten-free, gluten-free diet

What is the biggest issue you face as a coeliac?

May 8, 2015 By The Happy Coeliac 2 Comments

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After the diagnosis process, it seems like life suddenly gets really hard when you realise you are going to have to change significant aspects of your lifestyle in order to thrive. This period of despair lasted about 2 months for me, but even after 6 months to a year I still sort of felt like a…

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What it’s REALLY like having coeliac disease

April 17, 2015 By The Happy Coeliac 8 Comments

What it's REALLY like having coeliac disease

I know this list isn’t comprehensive, and not all of these will apply to everyone, but I wanted to share an (attempted) humorous look at what my day to day life is actually like, away from the “textbook” symptoms of coeliac. In this wheat saturated world we live in, it really requires constant effort and…

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Hi, I'm Sam, a Brit living in Haarlem, the Netherlands. I was diagnosed with coeliac disease in 2011, after which I started blogging as a way to help me cope with the massive lifestyle change that a gluten-free diet commands. Now I develop recipes, write cookbooks and try to enjoy life! Read More…

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