by Grain Free Living | Last updated Jul 3, 2018 | Published on Apr 10, 2017 | Seed or Grain?, Start Here
What is a grain? What is a seed? What are pseudo-cereals? When first going grain-free it can be a challenge to work it out, especially as grains can be hidden in the most unlikely of places. Here is a useful list of what is a grain, and what is NOT a grain. It doesn’t...
by Grain Free Living | Last updated Nov 12, 2019 | Published on Apr 1, 2016 | Start Here
Hi there and welcome to my small corner of the web where I keep my notes to help me in my personal experience of going grain free. I am a very average person who for a variety of reasons have needed to maintain a grain free diet for many years. While I am now...
by Grain Free Living | Last updated Jun 19, 2018 | Published on Mar 2, 2015 | Personal Thoughts, Start Here
While I have been grain-free alongside my husband for over a decade, I always felt that I sat outside of the typical reasons for being grain free – namely, dealing with auto-immune disease or chronic illness. As a result of that, and as is fairly evident from...
by Grain Free Living | Last updated Jun 19, 2018 | Published on Jul 12, 2013 | Personal Thoughts, Seed or Grain?, Start Here
I sometimes get emails from people asking why I use quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat in my recipes. Many people have been told, or believe, that these ingredients are grains and so they wonder why I use them, especially on a website called “Grain Free...
by Grain Free Living | Last updated Jun 21, 2018 | Published on Jun 30, 2011 | Personal Thoughts, Start Here
I started on my grain-free journey 19 years ago when my husband became extremely sick. He was eventually diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. We rejected drugs and surgery, which were the only options given to us by mainstream medicine at the time, and we started...
by Grain Free Living | Last updated Jun 16, 2018 | Published on May 31, 2011 | Personal Thoughts, Start Here
How to cope when your diet is different to everyone else’s and it feels like you can’t eat anything. Living with long term food sensitivities isn’t easy. It’s navigating your way in a mine-field where your body seems to betray you at every turn. It can be depressing...
