You may want to stop all chatter for the next 10 seconds, because if you allow the reality of the next sentence to sink, well, you’ll see… The (Immediate) Future of Food Will Be Influenced Mostly by Disease (it’s as uncomfortable to write as it is to read) Gluten, peanuts,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you missed Jaqui’s last article “The Gluten Dilemma for Food Manufacturers”, we suggest you read it first: click here. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Retailers are in somewhat of a sticky position when it comes to selling gluten free food. The mindset is: “We’re not making food, we’re only selling it”. But it might not...
The constant moving target of gluten is creating serious challenges: 1) Food manufacturers play catch-up as science uncovers more about gluten, leading to expensive changes. 2) Retailers have more than just gluten-free foods to deal with and are struggling to keep up with the info and answer consumer questions. 3)...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Specialty Diets usually go like this: 1) Pain / Symptoms 2) Diagnoses 3) Food Changes (a.k.a. Specialty Diet) 4) Nutritional Deficiencies… often never corrected to 100% and understandable because… A person suffering has so many things to immediately change, and that’s at a time of weakness. If the sufferer is...
Navigating through the supplements aisle can be a harrowing experience. There are big claims on labels, though some have no proven repeatable results and are sold with interesting fine print. We’ll skip shiny labels and go straight to the science. If a certain supplement can show consistent results when carried...
We tend to think of food-related health issues as affecting the body rather than brain/emotion, yet most food-related disorders have one symptom in common more than any other symptom: Depression. Depression is an untraceable shadow that invades the system and blurs the mind. Untraceable, but not invincible. Redefining depression might...
May is Celiac Awareness month and in its honor, this article will bring up some facts and bust some myths, perhaps solve a mystery illness for someone… “Koiliakos” from old Greek, to “Coeliac” in Europe, then “Celiac” in North America. The name has undergone some changes over the last 2,000...
While diet plays the predominant role in disorders like IBD, IBS, Celiac, NCGS, Crohn’s, and even Hashimoto’s, avoiding the trigger food doesn’t necessarily restore the patient to wellness every time. The body is incredibly resilient, but sometimes we do enough damage that it needs a hand to get to full...
“How often should I do a detox?” My answer, pre-gluten-free: “Twice a year is good, quarterly is better, plus a monthly all-green juice day.” …that was then… For almost a decade, my focus has been on people who have been diagnosed with a food related disorder, usually Celiac Disease, NCGS,...
Flowers: check. Candy: oh-oh. Ask anyone on any specialty diet what they daydream about and they’ll say: “To eat normally again.” Multiply that by five for special occasions. Dairy is common in most chocolate, we’re all aware. But until you’re forced to go gluten-free, you don’t realize how common gluten...
