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Most people with coeliac disease don't know they have it. Here are the signs to look out for
Coeliac disease can have significant long-term health impacts but most people living with the condition don't know they have it. There are some simple steps to take if you think you're one of them.
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What are FODMAPs?
FODMAPs are a collection of molecules, more specifically short chain carbohydrates and sugar alcohols, found in foods naturally or as food additives.
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Low FODMAP diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Sensitive To Gluten? A Carb In Wheat May Be The Real Culprit
Many people who don't have celiac disease say they feel better on a gluten-free diet. But scientists say some gut troubles may come from eating fructans and other FODMAP carbs rather than gluten.
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Low FODMAP Recipes
Cooking for family and friends with Dietary Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Malabsorption of Fructose and other FODMAPs Rss
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FODMAP Free Recipes
Everyone needs to eat and most of us want to enjoy our meals. However, for those of us who have lived for years with chronic stomach pain, bloating, and more, food is often our enemy.
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Could fecal transplants help treat range of bowel diseases?
TORONTO -- Stool transplants appear to be a veritable home run in the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infections. Researchers are now questioning whether the therapy would work for a range of other bowel diseases, and even obesity.
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CCFA: IBS and IBD: Two Very Different Disorders
Many people are confused about two distinct gastrointestinal disorders - IBD and IBS. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) produces some symptoms similar to those of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but they are not the same...
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The great gluten-free diet fad - BBC News
The trendy gluten-free diet has helped my son enormously - although for him it's not a fad but a medical necessity.
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Designer Microbes Might Be Coming To A Gut Near You
The bacteria living inside your body outnumber your own cells 10 to 1. With such an abundant population of microbial guests in our bodies, why not start ordering them to do some housework? Biologists from MIT have successfully taken bacteria found in the human gut and genetically modified them to have useful properties, such as monitoring intestinal health and alerting us when there's something wrong.
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Feeling Anxious? Have a Pickle
I’m from northern Vermont, and am the descendant of a long line of uptight Puritans and taciturn ice fishermen. Chattiness is not our bag. At parties, we’re big on nail-biting reticence and we tend...
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Food allergies are on the rise
Food allergies are an increasing problem with gluten, milk, eggs, fish, nuts, soya, celery and sulfite the main triggers.
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Food allergy burden shifts to older children as trend continues unabated
The first generation to succumb to a rapid and mysterious increase in food allergies is growing up and many of them are still ending up in hospital because of their allergies. Rates of food allergy are also still increasing.
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The epigenetic factors of obesity
Or: what obese mice can tell us about epigenetic changes.
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FODMAP Friendly
'FODMAP Friendly' certification is a new labelling initiative enabling people with IBS and other...
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Scientists Develop Pill That Could Let Celiacs Eat Gluten
Around one percent of the world’s population has celiac disease. That means that one percent of humans can’t drink beer (the normal stuff, anyway). This was not good enough for scientist Hoon Sunwoo, who simply wanted to enjoy the sweet amber nectar with one of his friends who is afflicted with the disease. So what did he do?
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Making a meal of GM food labelling
In this final instalment of GM in Australia – a series looking at the facts, ethics, regulations and research into genetically modified crops – Heather Bray and Rachel Ankeny explore the murky world of food labelling.
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Bacteria Unite To Save Your Guts
It’s a tale perfect for Hollywood: Faced with a powerful and destructive invader, individually weaker natives pool their talents to successfully defend their homes, though some sacrifice their lives to do so. If you have a gut feeling you've experienced this before, it's because it happens regularly in our intestines.
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White bread and pasta have been linked to an increased risk of depression
A study in post-menopausal women has found that the more sugar and refined carbohydrates they ate - such as white bread and pasta - the greater their chance of developing depression. While the study is obviously limited because it focusses on just one subset of the population ...
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So You Think You Have IBS, Coeliac Disease Or Crohn’s? Here’s What It Might Mean For You
Conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract are common in modern humans and many are on the rise. The gastrointestinal tract extends from the mouth to the anus, via the stomach and the bowels, which include the small intestine and the large intestine (colon).