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Gluten Free

Australian and New Zealand Food Labeling

March 25, 2010

Food labeling in Australia and New Zealand is governed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). In regards to gluten free labeling, the FSANZ has two standards – gluten free labels and low gluten labels. For a product to be labeled ‘gluten free’ it must not contain any detectable gluten and not include oats or [...]

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Nutritional Treatments

March 18, 2010

If you’ve recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease such as gluten sensitivity, these are the basic treatments that are most likely to occur.
The first step doctors will take is to identify targeted nutritional needs.
All doctors will perform check-ups, using various methods but they’ll all achieve the end result of gaining a comprehensive understanding of [...]

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A little girl’s story of pain caused by allergies

March 10, 2010

Nine-year-old MJ began experiencing severe stomach aches, bloating and cramping every time she ate her favourite foods, such as cheese on toast and watermelon. Her stomach pains were so intense she retreated to her bed to sleep and refused to eat those foods again. After six months of stomach aches, MJ’s mother took her to [...]

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Mandatory Folic Acid Fortification Part 1

February 25, 2010

Soy Products (Sales) Pty Ltd, both in its own right, and through its position of thought leadership and unique F.G. Robert’s brand product range, actively encourages proper nutrition and always takes a thoughtful and well informed look at any public health improvement initiatives prior to adopting and/or supporting them. However, it believes there are some [...]

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The Need to Maintain Good Nutritional Status in the Elderly

January 28, 2010

I have long been concerned about the nutritional adequacy of the diets of most of our senior citizens whether resident in their own homes or in various forms of care. Very often, when left to their own devices many older people cannot be bothered to prepare proper meals and many of them fall into a [...]

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High Sodium Levels Linked to Cancer

January 13, 2010

In last week’s post, The Dangers of Acidity and Sodium, I wrote about the diet of the Western world containing too many highly processed foods with high proportions of acidity and sodium levels – leading to health serious health problems. I also wrote about Dr. Max Gerson’s discovery of high sodium intake being the cause [...]

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The Dangers of Acidity and Sodium

January 7, 2010

Firstly, I’d like to start this post by wishing all my readers Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. I hope you all enjoyed the festive season as much as I did.
Unfortunately, too large a proportion of most people’s diets is acidic. Bread, pasta, dairy products, meat, tea, coffee, sugar, soft drinks and alcohol are all [...]

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Lifelong Asthma, A Thing Of The Past?

December 21, 2009

Joan reported that she has had severe asthma her entire life. “My memories of childhood were the loneliness of being awake in the night with asthma, unable to lie down because that made it worse, unable to sleep and not wanting to call my parents because there was little they could do.”
She had asked her [...]

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How a Gluten Free Diet Helps Relieve Cardiomyopathy Symptoms

December 15, 2009

If you are gluten sensitive and have cardiomyopathy it is possible that going on a gluten free diet may reverse the condition as the following cases illustrate:
Two winners, one loser (who failed to go gluten free).
Three individuals with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and coliac disease, were all instructed to follow a gluten free diet. Two of [...]

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Gluten Free Diet and Arthritis

December 9, 2009

It should surprise you to learn that going on a gluten free diet can reduce or eliminate Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms.
For example: in 2001, one US study confirmed that going gluten free clinically benefits rheumatoid arthritis patients. In this study 66 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis were randomly assigned to either a vegan gluten free diet [...]

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