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  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 153

    I have been told by so many people in the last few years to visit a very popular gluten free bakery in Leichhardt, Sydney. It's gained a cult following in the coeliac and gluten free community. I had it on my list for a very long time and finally got myself there a few months back and wow... gluten free fam: it lived up to the hype!

    My guest on today’s episode is Sebastien Sans Gluten founder, Sebastien Syidalza. We’ll talk about his background working in Paris and London kitchens, creating his own Sydney gluten free bakery, his attention to detail and the immense response from the coeliac and gluten free community since opening his doors.

    What we’ll cover:
    * Sebastien’s mission at Sebastien Sans Gluten
    * Sebastien’s background training in Paris kitchens in the 90s & later meeting his wife in London
    * Travelling out to Australia with his wife
    * Working at a Sydney gluten free bakery and learning about coeliac disease and making gluten free food
    * Transitioning from making gluten containing food to gluten free & the challenges he has faced
    * Creating & opening Sebastien Sans Gluten
    * Overwhelming response from the coeliac & gluten free community
    * General tips around working with gluten free ingredients in the kitchen
    * Sebastien and his team’s current & future goals with the business


    Links

    Sign up to our website

    Sebastien Sans Gluten website

    Follow Sebastien Sans Gluten on Instagram & Facebook

    Sign Coeliac Australia's petition around the cost of gluten free food

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 152

    Change is inevitable. Change is hard. Change forces us to adopt new habits and ways of doing things. Change helps us grow.

    If anything is certain in life, it is that change will occur. It's really the only the only thing we can count on. Nothing stays the same. This couldn't be more true than in our coeliac and gluten free lives. We must come to terms with the fact that our lives change when we have a coeliac disease diagnosis or we go gluten free for another health reason.

    We will grieve our former lives before we went gluten free. We will miss how we used to be able to socialise, travel and leave the house without planning and preparing so much. Everything changes once we go gluten free. But, does that have to be a bad thing? Well, that's something I've been battling to answer in my own coeliac and gluten free journey lately. That's what we'll be chatting about on today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts.


    What I'll cover:
    * Recap on last week's episode with Grace Canning, co-founder of Allergy Life Australia
    * Grace's acceptance of change and looking at her allergies as an inevitable change in her own life
    * My own change journey since being diagnosed with coeliac disease and my current frame of mind around change
    * Looking back on where I was before my coeliac disease diagnosis and my gratefulness around the change in my life of a diagnosis
    * How we can reframe change to be a positive
    * Teaser of next week's guest episode

    Links

    Sign up to our website!

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

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  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 151

    Do you have allergies? Perhaps you or a loved one are experiencing allergy symptoms and wondering whether you should get tested? Allergies are definitely on the rise. More than four million Australians live with an allergy and it's definitely on the rise. Want to learn more about allergies? Well, you're in luck!

    My guest on today’s episode is Co-Founder of Allergy Life Australia, Grace Canning. We’ll talk about Grace’s own allergy journey, how allergies affect people’s mental and physical well being, how people living with allergies can advocate for themselves and the importance of having a support network around them.


    What we’ll chat about:
    * What allergies Grace lives with & her allergy diagnosis story
    * How your allergies have impacted Grace’s life
    * How Grace manages her allergies on a daily basis
    * Using an allergy card
    * The social, emotional & mental health impacts of allergies
    * The diagnosis process of allergies
    * How Grace started Allergy Life Australia & the mission of the organisation
    * The Talking Allergies podcast
    * Common themes on Talking Allergies podcast
    * Positives to come out of Grace sharing her own allergy journey and the allergy journey of others
    * The importance of not be minimise your own allergy journey
    * What changes Grace would like to see in the future around allergies
    * Where Grace is focussing her efforts in raising allergy awareness now and into the future

    Links

    Allergy Life Australia website
    Follow Allergy Life Australia on Instagram, Facebook & Tiktok
    Follow & listen to Talking Allergies podcast
    Listen to my chat with Melrick on Talking Allergies podcast

    Sign up for updates of our website launch!

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • Episode 150
    A Gluten Free Podcast

    You read that right gluten free fam - we've hit 150 episodes of A Gluten Free Podcast. To celebrate we're sharing a very special announcement. It's something we've been working hard on behind the scenes for a few months now. This announcement is to say thank you for all the support you have given us throughout this podcast and all we're doing in the coeliac and gluten free space.

    What I'll cover:
    * Recap on last week's episode with diabetes educator Cheryl Steele
    * The importance of having a team around you when dealing with coeliac disease and the gluten free diet
    * Update on some coeliac disease advocacy I've been working on
    * Celebrating 150 episodes and 75,000 downloads of the podcast
    * Announcement of website launch, merch store and blog

    Links

    Sign up for updates of our website launch!

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 149

    My guest on today’s episode is Clinical Nurse Consultant & Diabetes Education Services Manager for Western Health, Cheryl Steele. We’ll talk about diabetes signs & symptoms which often fly under the radar. The testing, diagnosis & current treatments & management strategies for the disease & the link between coeliac disease & diabetes.


    What we’ll cover:
    * Cheryl’s background & role as a Certified Diabetes Educator & clinical nurse consultant
    * Common signs & symptoms of diabetes
    * Difference between Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes
    * How diabetes is activated
    * Diabetes testing, diagnosis & various treatments
    * Ozempic
    * The link between diabetes & coeliac disease
    * The current research & studies around diabetes

    Links

    Diabetes Australia website

    Follow Diabetes Australia on Facebook & Instagram

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 148

    On today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts I'll talk about how I have been pushing myself outside my comfort zone lately in 3 areas of my coeliac & gluten free life. I'll urge you to think about how you can focus on pushing yourself out of your own comfort zone, whether that be in dealing with a new coeliac diagnosis, learning more about the gluten free diet, learning how to cook & bake at home, dining out or travelling, whatever it is - let's take little steps to get out of our comfort zone in our gluten free lives because that's how we'll grow!


    What we’ll cover:
    * Discussing last week's episode with Bask & Co Founder, Janessa Rutter
    * How Janessa pushed herself out of her own comfort zone to create a great business for the coeliac & gluten free community
    * How I've been pushing myself out of my comfort zone in my own gluten free life
    * How I've been working on my own health anxiety since my coeliac disease diagnosis
    * How I've been working on cooking, baking & learning how to make gluten free food in general at home (through much trial & error!)
    * Planning more travel & trips post coeliac-disease diagnosis
    * Focussing on pushing yourself out of your comfort zone in your own gluten free life
    * Teaser of next week's episode


    Links

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 147

    I have something to admit to you gluten free fam: up until recently - I missed oats. I missed having porridge for breakfast. It was quick, easy & no mucking around. Unfortunately oats can’t be deemed gluten free in Australia - this may change soon so stay tuned. So until that happens Aussies with coeliac or who are gluten free for other reasons might be looking for alternatives. I’m constantly asked “where can I find some decent gluten free granola or porridge that doesn’t taste bad or have a million ingredients in them” - my answer: Bask & Co.

    Today I’m joined by the founder to talk about running a successful small business in the gluten free community & what it’s actually like to start from very humble grassroots beginnings to now being stocked on supermarket shelves nationally. When you have passion, purpose & persistence it’s amazing what you can achieve & my guest does this everyday around the clock & the gluten free community is obsessed (including me).

    My guest on today’s episode is Bask & Co. founder Janessa Rutter. We’ll talk about the inspiration behind the business, her delicious granola, porridge & granola bar ranges & what it’s actually like running a small gluten free business & finding purpose within the coeliac gluten free community.

    What we’ll cover:

    * What Bask & Co. is & Janessa’s mission with the business
    * Janessa’s own gluten free story
    * How Bask & Co. was created
    * Being a successful small business in the gluten free community
    * Bask & Co. ranges of gluten free granola, porridge & granola bars
    * Becoming Coeliac Australia endorsed & how that’s changed the business
    * Bask & Co. being involved in A Gluten Free Evening
    * Feedback so far from the gluten free community around Bask & Co.
    * Being stocked in Woolworths Metro & other news
    * Janessa’s current goals with Bask & Co.

    Links

    Visit Bask & Co. online store - Use our code GFFAMILY to save 20% at checkout!

    Follow Bask & Co on Instagram & Facebook

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.

    🤳🏻 ❓ Have a question or comment for the show? Send a 1 minute voicemail to [email protected] & I might chat about it on the show!


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 146

    On today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts I'll talk about the 5 areas of patience I have been working on in my own coeliac & gluten free life. I'll share tools around how I have been trying to improve my patience in all these areas & how my guests have also worked hard on their patience.

    In so many areas of our coeliac & gluten free lives we need to be patient. Whether that be obtaining a coeliac disease diagnosis or realising we need to be on a strict 100% gluten free diet for life, researching & learning the basics around coeliac disease & the gluten free diet, travelling & dining out gluten free or the mental health aspects of living gluten free - it's a hell of a lot to deal with. Processes which didn't take us long in the past now take much longer due to planning, preparation, communication or waiting for other reasons. How do we use patience to the best of our ability during these times? I've been working on this question for the past 4 years & I have learnt a lot along the way. I'll be sharing it all with you today. That's what we'll be talking about on today's episode of A Gluten Free Podcast!


    What we’ll cover:
    * Patience in the process of being diagnosed with coeliac disease
    * Patience in learning the basics of coeliac disease & the gluten free diet
    * Patience in learning to read labels
    * Patience in navigating dining out & travelling with coeliac disease
    * Patience in understanding the mental health aspects of living with coeliac disease & being gluten free
    * Tools I've discovered which have helped improve my patience in these areas of my own coeliac & gluten free life & how you can apply these tools
    * Teaser of next week's episode


    Links

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

    Advice for those newly diagnosed with coeliac disease with Coeliac Dietitian Kristina Richardson of Coeliac Australia

    Tips on How to travel gluten free with Matt Bzdel, creator of Gluten Free Street Gang

    Tips on dining out with coeliac disease with founder of Pasta Di Casa, Anthony Dionne

    Navigating the mental health impacts of Coeliac Disease a gluten free diet with Psychologist Juliette Thomson


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 145

    My guest on today’s episode is gut health ambassador & founder of Nerva & Mindset Health, Alex Naoumidis. We’ll talk about Alex’s coeliac disease diagnosis inspiring research into gut health, what gut-directed hypnotherapy is & how Nerva is using this approach to help manage IBS symptoms for its users.

    What we’ll cover:

    * Alex’s mission with Nerva & Mindset Health

    * Alex’s coeliac disease diagnosis story

    * Discovering gut-directed hypnotherapy

    * Creating Mindset Health

    * Defining gut hypnotherapy & the latest research around it

    * Working alongside Dr Simone Peters & Monash University in the creation of Nerva

    * Theories around the rising prevalence of IBS in Australia & worldwide

    * How Nerva works & how it can help manage IBS symptoms

    * Feedback from Nerva users so far

    * Future goals for Mindset Health & Nerva

    Links

    Download Nerva

    Follow Nerva on Instagram & Facebook

    Nerva website

    Mindset Health website

    Connect with Alex on LinkedIn

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 144

    On today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts I'll talk about how using various methods of consistency & simplicity has improved my own gluten life & how it has the ability to do the same for you. Coeliac disease & the gluten free diet add so much complexity to our lives so how do we work to add consistency & simplicity to help us with all the added stresses? Listen in to hear my thoughts on this!


    What we’ll cover:
    * Recap of recent episode with Penny Dellsperger, Health Advocacy of Coeliac Australia
    * How consistency & simplicity has showed up with podcast guests & in my own gluten free life
    * 5 tools of consistency & simplicity to help improve your coeliac & gluten free life
    * Teaser of next week's episode


    Links

    Wim Hof breathing Youtube video

    Buy Ikigai

    Buy Atomic Habits by James Clear

    The Resilience Project shop

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 143

    My guest on today’s episode is Health Advocacy Officer for Coeliac Australia, Penny Dellsperger. We’ll chat about the recent Sydney Gluten-Free Expo, the petition for a subsidy around the cost of gluten free food, if you can eat gluten in Europe & details of the upcoming International Coeliac Disease Symposium in Sheffield this month.


    What we’ll cover:
    * Response of the Gluten-Free Sydney expo
    * Panel discussion at the Sydney Gluten-Free Expo around the cost of the gluten free diet takeaways
    * Petition to sign for a subsidy for those with coeliac disease to help with the cost of gluten free food
    * Recent article about eating gluten in Europe when you live with coeliac disease
    * Details around the upcoming International Coeliac Disease Symposium in Sheffield, UK


    Links
    Sign the petition for Affordable Gluten-Free Food: Coeliac Necessity

    Coeliac Australia website

    International Coeliac Disease Symposium

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 142

    My guest on today’s episode is newly appointed Coeliac Australia CEO, Maryjane Aviles. We’ll talk about her son’s coeliac disease diagnosis inspiring her to apply for this role, a petition calling for a gluten free food subsidy from the government, where Coeliac Australia is now focussing their efforts & the response of the Sydney Gluten Free Expo.

    What we’ll cover:
    * Maryjane’s son’s coeliac disease diagnosis

    * Where Coeliac Australia are now focussing their efforts

    * The cost of the gluten free diet

    * Petition calling for the Australian government to give a monthly subsidy for those with celiac disease to buy gluten free food

    * The Sydney Gluten Free Expo


    Links
    Sign the petition for Affordable Gluten-Free Food: Coeliac Necessity

    Coeliac Australia’s media response around the cost of the gluten free diet

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 141

    Menopause. 50% of the population will go through it at some stage in their lifetime & women with either perimenopause or menopause will experience many symptoms. These symptoms can be anything from hot flushes, night sweats, muscle & joint aches, emotional & hormonal changes & much more. The current awareness, diagnosis & treatments for menopause are quite honestly shocking. We need to do better.

    My guest today knows this all-too-well. Being a registered nurse & practising dietitian & having been through an extremely difficult diagnosis herself, she’s now on a mission to help educate others about menopause & help not only the women going through it but also the support network around them, providing them with the knowledge & the tools to help these women in what is otherwise a very overlooked part of their lives. We’ll also chat about the link between coeliac disease, a gluten free diet & menopause.

    My guest on today’s episode is registered nurse, practising dietitian & founder of Everyday Nutrition, Joanna Baker. We’ll talk about her own menopause journey, the signs & symptoms to look out for, current treatments, information around menopause & the gluten free diet & how we can all help improve awareness around menopause.

    What we'll cover:
    * Joanna's own menopause journey
    * Defining menopause (what to expect & when to expect it)
    * Common signs & symptoms of menopause
    * Lack of understanding of menopause from health professionals
    * Increased risks associated with menopause
    * How to obtain a menopause diagnosis & why it’s important
    * Current treatments & management strategies for menopause
    * Misinformation around HRT
    * How diet, exercise & other factors play a central role in menopause management
    * Importance of plant variety & other factors of a gluten free diet which can help minimise the risks associated with menopause
    * Where Joanna is now focussing your work efforts

    Links:

    Follow Joanna Baker on Instagram & Facebook

    Joanna's new ebook: The Hot Girls Guide to Perimenopause & Menopause – ebook USE CODE: ‘Imahotgirl’ for a FREE download

    Australasian Menopause Society

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

    Contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit the Lifeline website here

    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified p

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 140

    What we’ll cover:
    * A tough conversation I recently had around coeliac disease & the gluten free diet & what I learnt from it
    * How we bring our emotions with us when engaging in hard conversations around coeliac disease & a gluten free diet
    * How can we engage in positive & productive gluten free conversations
    * The importance of listening
    * Reflecting on last week's episode with The Gut Friendly Dietitian, Geraldine Perez
    * Teaser of next week's guest episode

    Links

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 139

    My guest on today’s episode is accredited practising dietitian & founder of The Gut Friendly Dietitian, Geraldine Perez. We’ll talk about the symptoms, known causes & current management strategies for IBS. We’ll also explore the low FODMAP diet, SIBO & how coeliac disease & a gluten free diet crosses over with IBS.

    What we’ll cover:
    * Geraldine’s role as a certified practising dietitian & founder of The Gut Friendly Dietitian
    * Defining IBS & exploring the symptoms, causes & treatments
    * Defining the low FODMAP diet & how it can help IBS sufferers
    * Visceral hypersensitivity
    * SIBO - symptoms, causes & treatments
    * A gluten free diet in relation to the above conditions
    * Where Geraldine is focussing her efforts now & into the future

    Links
    Follow Geraldine on Instagram & Facebook

    The Gut Friendly Dietitian website

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 138

    On today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts we'll be chatting gluten free maths gluten free fam! Don't worry... I hate maths & I'm not really good at it either so we'll keep it really simple - I promise! We'll only be talking about addition & subtraction in our coeliac & gluten free lives. So much is taken away from us when we're diagnosed with coeliac disease (obviously gluten is taken out of our lives). With gluten taken out we need to replace it with something, much like we do whenever we take something away from our lives - it needs to be replaced by something to fill its place & return our bodies to where they naturally want to exist: in homeostasis.

    What we'll cover:
    * My recent experience taking a course of antibiotics & using probiotics
    * How we can break down complex health conditions into what we can take away from our lives & add back in to help our bodies return to homeostasis
    * Reflecting on last week's episode with Sally Marchini
    * How having a coeliac disease diagnosis & going gluten free forces us to add in other things to counteract taking gluten out of our lives
    * Adding in positive experiences, nutrition & social
    * What I've added into my life since my coeliac disease diagnosis, going gluten free & becoming a parent
    * Teaser of next week's episode

    Links
    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 137

    WARNING: this episode contains information & in depth discussions around miscarriage & infertility. If you're not comfortable with these topics please skip this episode & return when you are.

    Amongst the between 200 - 300 symptoms of coeliac disease are unfortunately infertility & miscarriage. Infertility affects about 1 in 6 Australian couples who are trying to fall pregnant & miscarriages occur in at least 15% of confirmed pregnancies but the actual miscarriage rate is likely to be much higher, estimated to be around 1 in 4 pregnancies. Given the physical, mental & emotional trauma of infertility & miscarriage, clearly this is a discussion which needs way more attention.

    My guest today is well aware of these issues. Being an accredited practising dietitian specialising in female fertility nutrition & personally having been through a diagnosis of diabetes & coeliac disease which complicated her own pregnancy - she’s here to help guide women throughout their fertility journey in what can otherwise be an extremely confusing & contradictory area.

    My guest on today’s episode is accredited practising dietitian & founder of Marchini Nutrition, Sally Marchini. We’ll talk about Sally’s personal coeliac & diabetes journey, the relationship between coeliac disease & fertility issues & how to optimise gluten free nutrition before & during pregnancy.


    What we’ll cover:

    * Sally’s background & work as a dietitian & speciality in gluten free fertility nutrition
    * Sally’s own coeliac disease & diabetes journey
    * How coeliac disease can affect fertility & pregnancies
    * Coeliac disease affecting both male & female fertility
    * Coeliac disease connection to PCOS, Endometriosis, infertility, miscarriage, low iron & nutrient deficiencies
    * Specific advice around the gluten free diet & fertility/ pregnancy
    * Fertility gluten free diet supplementation
    * Sally’s pregnancy issues when diagnosed with diabetes
    * Where Sally is focussing her work

    Links

    Marchini Nutrition

    Follow Sally on Facebook & Instagram

    Thriving Gluten Free Webinar recording

    Kim Faulkner Hogg

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group



    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer


    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 136

    So much is taken away from our lives when we're diagnosed with coeliac disease or we go gluten free for another reason. Spontaneity & the ability to eat at a new place at the drop of a hat are things we often lose. We grieve our former lives before gluten was out of the picture. So how do we gain some control back from all that's taken from us? On today's episode we'll explore how to take the power back in our own gluten free lives.

    What we’ll cover:
    * How so much is taken away from our lives when diagnosed with coeliac disease or we go gluten free for other reasons
    * Exploring episode with founder of Pasta Di Casa, Anthony Dionne around dining out safely with coeliac disease
    * Joining our Facebook group to suggest & ask about more topics for the podcast
    * Reflecting on Juan De La Cruz episode last week & how turning a positive into a negative can help us take the power back in our gluten free lives
    * Teaser of next week's episode


    Links

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 135

    * Just a heads up if you’re watching the current Season 16 of Masterchef Australia or if you're planning to & living overseas where it will be replayed - this episode will have a few spoilers *

    My guest on today’s episode is Masterchef Australia contestant & Argentinian gluten free cook, Juan De La Cruz Torales Villareal. We’ll talk about his Argentinian background, his partner’s coeliac disease diagnosis inspiring him to experiment with gluten free cooking & his experience on Masterchef Australia.

    What we’ll cover:

    * Juan’s upbringing in Argentina & how food played a central part to his early life
    * Being on a pop star show
    * Travelling & experiencing various cultures throughout the world
    * Coming to Australia & meeting his partner
    * His partner’s coeliac disease diagnosis & how this inspired his love of experimenting with making gluten free food
    * Experience on Masterchef Australia
    * What Juan has taken away from his experience on the show
    * Juan's future plans

    Links

    Follow Juan on Instagram, Facebook & Tiktok

    Watch Masterchef Season 16 on Channel 10

    Buy Juan’s Blended game

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group

    Follow @a.gffamily on Instagram to find out where A Gluten Free Evening will be heading next!

    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.

  • A Gluten Free Podcast
    Episode 134

    In Zen Buddhism there's a concept known as 'Beginner's Mindset' or 'Beginner's Mind'. This approach invites us to approach new challenges, exercises, studies & habits with open-mindedness & letting go of preconceptions.

    You might be wondering... great, so how does this apply to our coeliac & gluten free lives? Well that's what I'll be discussing in today's episode of Gluten Free Thoughts. Applying this concept to our gluten free lives will allow us to be open to others' experiences, thoughts & opinions. If we approach issues or challenges in out gluten free lives rather than entering into them with preconceptions, opinions & assumptions we'll open our self to new perspectives & it will help us grow. Let's admit it - we all don't know everything & we're all students of our coeliac & gluten free journeys. But we're all learning as we go & that's what it's all about!


    What we’ll cover:
    * Recapping last episode around dining out safely coeliac disease with founder of Pasta Di Casa, Anthony Dionne
    * Defining beginner's mindset
    * How beginner's mindset can be applied to our gluten free lives
    * How I've used a beginner's mindset in my own coeliac & gluten free journey
    * Teaser of next week's episode


    Links

    Join A Gluten Free Podcast Facebook Group


    Get in touch

    You can find me on Instagram @a.gffamily or send an email to [email protected] 📩

    You can also find my regular column for The Gluten Free Living magazine under the title Gluten Free Family released quarterly for Coeliac Australia members.


    Disclaimer

    The content on this podcast is not a substitution for professional medical advice. It is the opinion and experience of the show host or guests. Please seek professional medical advice from a medically qualified professional before making any decisions about your health or diet.