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"The Woman [and lyme sufferer] Who Will Make You Want to Go Gluten-Free"

sarah darwins

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Another gluten-free chef, this one a pastry specialist (yum), who is featured in an article in today's Times (of London). Her name is Caroline Byron.

What grabbed my attention is that she missed a lot of schooling as a child because of Lyme disease, recovered somewhat then relapsed around college years before finding a successful treatment path and lifestyle. She sees going gluten-free as having made a major contribution to her recovery.

Her blog, as well as recipes, has a post about her health experiences here:

http://simply-caro.com/the-trouble-with-lyme-disease/

[warning: I'm sure guys especially will want to avoid the picture of her on that page as she's kinda hot and not wearing so much)
 

Keela Too

Sally Burch
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N.Ireland
LOL.. You lot have given me a giggle! :p

I've been gluten-free now for over 3 years and it has helped my digestive dilemmas incredibly. No more cramps or bloating. I doubt I'm coeliac but keeping away from gluten certainly helps.

Okay going to look at this site now. :)
 

TiredSam

The wise nematode hibernates
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Germany
Pardon me for being cynical, but is this the next Deliciously Ella? Seems to be becoming a thing - former model, backstory of chronic illness, gets into cooking (vegan, gluten-free, whatever), health improves, becomes a brand with a book of recipes to sell.

One could almost think it's a publishing gimmick.Not that I'm complaining, it's an improvement on Fanny Cradock, and Nigella will need replacing at some point ...
 

sarah darwins

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Pardon me for being cynical, but is this the next Deliciously Ella? Seems to be becoming a thing - former model, backstory of chronic illness, gets into cooking (vegan, gluten-free, whatever), health improves, becomes a brand with a book of recipes to sell.

One could almost think it's a publishing gimmick.Not that I'm complaining, it's an improvement on Fanny Cradock, and Nigella will need replacing at some point ...

Oh, totally. She's clearly trying to carve out a spot in that market, and I don't blame her one bit. But I'm all in favour of gluten-free innovation — going GF made a huge difference to me — and anyone helping make GF tastier is alright with me. Her account of traipsing round various doctors searching for a treatment protocol that worked for her will be very familiar to many here, too. It's inspiring that she seems to be well now.
 

msf

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The title (and the subsequent comments) made me think, mmm, gluten-free woman...

On a more serious note, I´ve found that things that are labelled gluten-free generally aren´t much good for me either, since the reason they are labelled gluten-free is that they are processed foods (i.e. high in sugar, fat, etc) and because they often contain things like corn/maize instead, which isn´t much better than gluten for some people.
 

TiredSam

The wise nematode hibernates
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Germany
In case you can't get enough of this new trend, here's another young woman jumping on the "I'm terribly ill please buy my gluten-free cookbook" bandwagon. Thankfully that champion of investigative journalism, Woman's Weekly, unmasked her and her publishers had to pay a fine for not checking their facts.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36195825

Maybe we could get Woman's Weekly to have a look at the PACE trial?