Are you Gluten-Sensitive? One in ten people are Gluten-Sensitive! Is it affecting you? What is Gluten? Gluten is a protein found in cereals: wheat, barley, and rye. Gluten is the sticky substance in wheat flour that gives dough it's tough elastic quality and prevents your baking from falling apart in to crumbs.
What does Gluten-Free mean? A gluten-free diet means avoiding all foods which contain wheat, barley and rye and possibly oats.
One in ten people react to Gluten!
- Do you have any of these problems?
- Do you feel tired and exhausted?
- Do you have eating problems?
- Is your tummy uncomfortable?
- Do you have bad skin?
- Do you experience bloating or gas trouble?
- Are you unhappy with your weight?
- Do you have gastric reflux or heartburn?
- Do you find it hard to think clearly?
- Do you suffer from headaches or migraines?
- Is your child hyperactive or cranky?
- Do you feel depressed or moody?
- Is your child's growth a problem?
- Do you have diarrhoea or constipation?
- Do you lack energy?
If you experience any of these symptoms above then you could be gluten sensitive or gluten intolerant.
Are you Gluten-Sensitive?This is a book written to answer your questions. This book discusses the issues surrounding the new knowledge about
gluten-sensitivity and how it differs from coeliac disease. It answers the questions that are most frequently asked.
Why this book was writtenDr Rodney Ford (author) is a Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Nutrition Consultant and food Allergist. He has been Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand. He has a worldwide reputation. He has been helping people with nutrition and food problems for more than twenty years.
In that time there have been huge changes on the perspective of coeliac disease. More importantly, there has been a big change in thinking about the problem of gluten-sensitivity.
Dr Ford has written over a hundred and twenty scientific papers including books and book chapters. He has been involved in ground-breaking work in the areas of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), breastfeeding, caffeine exposure and food allergy.
Every day he sees children and adults in his clinic who unknowingly suffer from symptoms caused by the foods they eat. About a quarter of his patients are diagnosed as gluten-sensitive.
Dr Ford is passionate about how some foods can make you feel so unwell. He sees so many people who eat the wrong types of food because of their lack of understanding.
With the knowledge shared in this book he helps people to live healthier and longer lives. This new information helps you understand about gluten-sensitivity and its multiplicity of symptoms. The author has a new approach to the diagnosis and management of gluten-sensitivity.
This information will benefit you and hundreds of thousands of
others, worldwide.
