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Spelt is not gluten-free

January 26, 2015 By The Happy Coeliac 1 Comment

Update 28/1/2015: Annemiek (Glutenvrije Mama) has written a post about what went down. (In Dutch) Short version is, a company called “Guuske’s Glutenvrije Kookworkshops” (Guuske’s gluten-free cooking workshops) is offering pizza making for kids at a food event in Haarlem. With spelt flour. They don’t claim it is gluten-free (they seem to know better than…

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Filed Under: Ranting Tagged With: coeliac disease, coeliactivism, gluten-free, spelt

5 reasons why gluten-free customers are not flocking to you

December 3, 2014 By The Happy Coeliac Leave a Comment

5 reasons why gluten-free customers are not flocking to you

Although we coeliacs may be just 1 in 100, when we eat out we bring along friends, partners and children. Plus rates of diagnosis are on the rise for gluten intolerance, IBS and related conditions which are helped by a gluten-free or low-FODMAP diet. The gluten free market is a big one and many restaurants and…

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Ranting Tagged With: coeliacs, cross-contamination, customers, gluten intolerance, gluten-free, rants, restaurants

Why is everyone suddenly going gluten-free?

July 15, 2014 By The Happy Coeliac 1 Comment

Why is everyone suddenly going gluten-free?

These days it seems like everyone is going gluten-free… from Gwyneth Paltrow to Miley Cyrus… fad diet…. these gullible fools think it’s healthier… blah blah blah Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Your eye catches the words “gluten-free” on the screen and you are immediately suckered into a news article claiming that a third of us are…

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EU “forces” restaurants to list allergens from December… and YOU’RE paying for it! (Probably)

June 11, 2014 By The Happy Coeliac 4 Comments

The Daily Mail is at it again with its hate speech, this time directed at those who “claim” to have allergies and of course the EU. No one really has any allergies you see, most people are just attention-seeking immigrant gypsies with 17 children who are out to ruin the lives of honest, hard-working, white…

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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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