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PS I hear about lots of friends having problems with grandparents in general. It's a pity that some grandparents just don't realise that if they played it well, kept unsolicited advice/opinions/gossip to themselves, offered help (once not 20 times), if they are given an inch they don't try and take a mile, accept their sons/daughters family rules, and were...

Cassidy, for what it's worth a new viewpoint... Someone once said when you have kids then your responsibility for your parents shifts towards you being responsible for your child first. That's the way society works. And your child will have to then look after his or her child over you. They also say you must protect your marriage first because you might...

I drink dandelion coffee (the granules not the tea bags, the latter doesn't work as well) from the health shop, seems to help me go v regularly. Seems to stimulate my liver and get everything working well and I feel really good on it. Just one cup and not even every day.

Taylor, Most pubs in Edinburgh do a (v cheap and big portion) baked potato with cheese, salad, tuna etc. Watch the cheese as it might be bought pre-grated and have an anti-caking agent. Baked potatoes are a Scottish staple so you'll get them in almost every restaurant and you can always just go with tuna and salad to be safe. The Mount Royal Hotel (on Princess...

Love camping! Baked potatoes in the camp fire (wrapped in tin foil cook really fast) or a camp oven are great. Tinned vegies, Woolworths in Australia do gluten-free packet pasta mixes with the sauce that are edible. Lots of nuts, dried fruit, fresh fruit. Everyone ate a huge breakfast (cereal, gluten-free sausage, gluten-free bacon, egg, gluten-free bread...

G'day from Western Australia! Any WA folks out there? A few tips: Healtheries gluten-free muesli, Basco lemon cake and Orgran rice and corn pasta are all fantastic. Alternative Bites (Garden City and Belmont) is a totally gluten free bakery (the BEST gluten free bread, cakes, pies etc). Does anyone know of any gluten free breath mints? Thanksx

G'day from Western Australia! Any other WA folks out there? A few tips: Healtheries gluten-free muesli, Basco lemon cake and Orgran rice and corn pasta are all fantastic. Alternative Bites (Garden City and Belmont) is a totally gluten free bakery (the BEST gluten free bread, cakes, pies etc). Does anyone know of any gluten free breath mints? Thanksx

Yes Geoff, I was told by my doctor on no accounts should I stop eating gluten before the test! She really emphasised the point cos it can skew the result. Also I'd be eating all your favourite food for sure, cos after that it's never again! Hey the endoscopy is fine by the way, I was really scared about it. If I can, anyone can!

Has anyone got a mayonnaise recipe? I miss it (think it's usually made with vinegar...) Oh and any good vegetarian gluten-free evening meal recipes? I'm not vege but it makes me feel brilliant when I eat it! x

I find the labelling in Australia awful! They don't mark it as "gluten" but in all it's other myriad of names and thickeners and numbers. In hte UK supermarkets like Tesco's for instance have an allergens label and will state it's gluten-free or contains gluten. I find some products on the supermarket shelves here don't even have ingredients lists. And at...

So true! It is hard at first especially if like me you know virtually nothing about food! All I ate for the first three days were dry rice and vegies with no sauce! At the end of the day, it's permanent, you've just got to get on with it so you might as well adopt a positive approach and try to focus on the good stuff. You'll always have hard days when you...

oops I mean thanks everyone, am a newbie, still getting the hang of how to work this website! x

Thanks Ursa Feel much better. This is a brilliant website! x

Don't worry, I'm coeliac and was the queen of junk food, packet pizzas the works. Never dieted or read a label in my life! Now diagnosed 3 years it's cool. Just think of it as a healthy crap free diet. You can eat practically anything, just not processed man-made poop which makes you fat and ill anyway. (Hey did you know that scientists say processed...