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Mental health and wellbeing will be on the menu, alongside all manner of gluten free goodies, at this year’s Coeliac Awareness Week, which takes place from May 10 to 14.

Mental health and wellbeing will be on the menu – alongside all manner of gluten free goodies – at this year’s Coeliac Awareness Week 2021 (10-14 May).

The Coeliac Society and the Irish College of General Practitioners have published new guidelines on the diagnosis and management of adult coeliac disease. These guidelines put in place a framework for the early identification and treatment of patients with coeliac disease in primary healthcare.

Coeliac Disease, also known as Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy or Sprue, is an immune reaction to gluten which is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.

If you have recently been diagnosed with coeliac disease, it can be a daunting experience.

Christmas is a food-focused time of year and for those on a gluten-free diet it may seem daunting. The Coeliac Society has published an invaluable Christmas survival guide to help coeliacs enjoy gluten-free festive fare.

A food fair with a difference will take place in Galway this weekend. As the name suggests, all foods showcased at the 'Ballynogluten' event at The Ardilaun Hotel will be gluten free.

A food fair and afternoon tea to support coeliacs will be held in Galway on Sunday.

Food intolerance is an adverse reaction to a particular food or ingredient, which occurs every time the food is eaten. Food intolerance is when the body is unable to deal with a certain foodstuff, usually because it doesn’t produce enough of the chemical or enzyme needed to properly digest that particular food. One of the most common intolerances is to cow’s milk, which contains a certain type of sugar called lactose.

Food can be your greatest medicine, or the slowest poison if you don’t eat the right foods for your body. At the new Food Therapy Clinic in Renmore, Yvonne O’Shaughnessy, leading food intolerance specialist and nutritionist, offers food intolerance testing using blood analysis of 200 foods, aiming to avoid symptoms such as chronic fatigue, bloating, IBS, weight gain, migraine, skin conditions, constipation, irritability, and sugar cravings.