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Welcome to TrulyGlutenFree, the UK resource site for people with true gluten and grain sensitivity.

On this site, I will guide you through:

  • how to recognise if your problem is related to gluten
  • what kind of gluten illness that might be
  • how to test effectively
  • why current tests and treatment are fundamentally flawed (in my opinion!)
  • understand what causes gluten illness and, importantly,
  • a step by step Barrier Plan for you to follow

All for free. I must be mad.

This site is particularly for you if:

  • you have been diagnosed with gluten or grain sensitivity, intolerance or allergy
  • you suspect you have non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, gluten syndrome or grain intolerance (well done, you’ve heard of it; you now need to know how to confirm it!)
  • you have tested positive or negative to coeliac/celiac disease (some reckon the test for CD is not accurate enough so even if you failed, you can still have the gene pattern, and you can have NCGS with or without CD.)
  • you aren’t getting better on a traditional gluten-free diet (you’ll see why – ALL grains contain gluten and you may be sensitive to more than just those that contain gliadin!)
  • you simply feel you have an issue with gluten or grains in some way (this is where I was, no tests came back positive but I just KNEW)
  • you just feel ill and no-one can get to the bottom of why (I have found NCGS is often at the heart of the issue with people who have tons of health issues, seemingly not connected; your immune system just cannot pick up.)
  • you have or are at risk of an auto-immune disease (gluten is thought by some to be the one common denominator in ALL auto-immune disorders eg diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis etc).

A Quick Intro

As a clinical practitioner specialising in – and suffering from – allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, over the last 20-odd years, the most common type of questions I got asked were:

Q: I feel ill all the time, I think I am reacting to gluten, yet my tests all come back negative. What is going on?

Q: I am coeliac and don’t eat any gluten but I am not healing and still feel ill. Why?

Q:I have tons of food allergies/intolerances/sensitivities/a leaky gut/low SIgA/gluten sensitivity/coeliac disease/can’t eat this, that or the other. How can I find out what is going on, become less sensitive, stop developing more and start getting better?

At various stages, all three were me too. So, having stopped seeing patients now, I have set out to answer those questions with this site. I was stunned when I started looking into the reasons why coeliacs don’t heal, just how unreliable the current tests are, what other forms of gluten illness exist (which are far more common than coeliac disease) and what damage gluten causes, particularly the link between multiple intolerance, inflammation and auto-immunity.

I started this site originally to record my findings about gluten and gluten-related illnesses. After thoroughly searching for and poring over the research available, I came to the conclusion that we needed an effective treatment programme to redress the damage done by gluten rather than to just avoid traditional gliadin gluten grains.

Most of us gluten-sensitives have multiple intolerance, leaky body barriers, not least the gut, inflammation and  malabsorption. Importantly, we are also at greater risk of auto-immunity, heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, you name it. Just avoiding gliadin didn’t seem to be enough. For me anyway.

So, over the past year, I have developed a treatment Barrier Plan to correct what I think is going on in the body. Myself and my patients have been using it with some success for months. It is not a quick fix but at least we have somewhere to start now. I have decided to make the Barrier Plan available to you. For free.

Follow the arrow at the bottom of each page and I will lead you through the process in logical, painless steps.

Hang On? What’s the Catch?

Ah, so cynical for one so young!

My aim currently is to build a load of self-help resources for people like you. There are more people who need help than I can physically see and this is my way of avoiding burnout whilst still getting the help out there.

These web pages and Plans take an awful lot of time to research and write. They represent fantastic value for money since to see me in-clinic and follow a similar plan would cost in excess of £1000 (and my fees are very low compared to others with over 25 years’ experience, I can tell you!). That figure is based on an average number of visits, time spent on prescription preparation and email/phone support.

Obviously, I need to pay my mortgage and hope you will act on the advice I give. That means, you are likely to want to buy a couple of tests and test reports, purchase some supplements where I might get a bit of commission, could need a couple of extra guides, or some support by becoming a Member, maybe.

There is no obligation to do any of that, of course. The plans are there if you need them, and not if you don’t. Whatever, they are yours anyway with my best wishes.

I can assure you I will never recommend a test or product, nor write a guide if I don’t genuinely believe it will help you. And that’s a promise.

Is that OK?

Good. Let’s get to the first step. And one point: it is really important to follow the steps on this site. Why? Because it saves me tons of questions! Most of your questions will have been answered in one of the sections and each section will lead you through in a logical fashion. I’m not saying you can’t leap about, of course; leap all you want, but most people will benefit from a bit of hand-holding through the subject. I’ve learned that through vast experience!