Gluten Free Tart: Glutafin Digestive Biscuits and GF Samples

Monday, 28 April 2008

Glutafin Digestive Biscuits and GF Samples

The kind folks over at the Gluten Free Message Board, where I am an active member, are very good at sharing links to any exciting free samples they find companies offering on the internet. Such samples take around 28 days to be delivered but are a great way of testing out products from different companies.

This morning a found a parcel waiting for me downstairs. I was quite surprised as I wasn't expecting any deliveries. It turned out to be a sample of Glutafin Digestive Biscuits which I must have ordered at some point.

I've not tried them yet but it's always worth checking the Glutafin and Juvela websites reasonably regularly to see if they are offering any free samples. Some of the other companies do this as well but the big ones can afford to do it more regularly.

Anyway I'm off for a revision break. Cup of tea and digestive biscuit I think!

About me

About me la la la

Oh I'm supposed to write something about me here!

Well I'm a twenty-something student studying Pharmacy at Aston Uni. I follow a gluten free diet having had a positive blood test for Coeliac antibodies in December 2006.

I do not have an official diagnosis as I was incredibly ill before going gluten free and my GP decided it was too dangerous for me to eat gluten for 6 more weeks to have the biopsy (having already put me on a gluten free diet.) Part of me regrets this. But I was having fits every time I ate, along with all the typical symptoms, and I just could not put my body through any more of that.

However this means I am not entitled to gluten free foods on prescription. I have fought to be "treated as Coeliac" to no avail. This fact, combined with me being a student, means I try to find, or create, tasty gluten free recipes made from easy-to-find, everyday, cheap(ish!) ingredients.

This is my way of sharing these recipes, and other things I have learnt since being gluten free, with others who might benefit from it.

Coeliac Disease

Coeliac disease is not an allergy. It's an auto-immune condition, which means that the body produces antibodies that attack its own tissues. For people with coeliac disease this attack is triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Some people with coeliac disease also react to oats. The symptoms can be avoided by avoiding foods containing these ingredients.

Symptoms of coeliac disease may range from mild to severe, and can include:

Bloating, diarrhoea, nausea, wind, tiredness, constipation, anaemia, mouth ulcers, headaches, weight loss, hair loss, skin problems, short stature, depression, infertility, recurrent miscarriages and joint/bone pain.

If you suffer from some of these symptoms it is important that you CONTINUE TO EAT A NORMAL GLUTEN-CONTAINING DIET until you have had blood tests and further tests if they are needed. If you begin a gluten free diet before diagnosis the results of these tests may be inaccurate as the damage caused by gluten heals with time on a gluten free diet.

For more information see the Coeliac UK website and speak to your GP. This blog is a way of me sharing what I have learnt and should not be used in place of proper medical advice.

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Monday, 28 April 2008

Glutafin Digestive Biscuits and GF Samples

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