Re : Talk to me about gluten, please

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna!

(By the way, I'm Fliss, my husband is Jim!)

I can't remember, I'm afraid, if you have defintely been diagnosed

as having coeliac disease? It's only if you have coeliac disease

that you need to worry about eliminating gluten from your diet. You

can buy delicious breads, cakes, biscuits, pastas etc. etc. which

are gluten-free so there's no need for anyone who is coeliac to

worry! You can also buy gluten-free bread and cake mixes and flours.

However, there is no benefit at all for CP patients in eliminating

gluten so don't do it unless you just happen to have coeliac disease

as well. Very, very rare!!

We have just been talking about it because Kris has been diagnosed

as having both conditions (coeliac and CP) and, in my case, I was

diagnosed years ago as being coeliac and only last year with CP. It

seems very possible that my original coeliac diagnosis was wrong

anyway.

If you have had a definite diagnosis of coeliac disease, you will be

referred to a dietician who will go through everything with you.

Hope that clarifies things!

With very good wishes,

Fliss (UK)