Stress and Diet

 

I am a coeliac, which means I need a gluten-free diet. One in a hundred of the UK population is like this.

But I was not diagnosed until I was 55 and when I was, the diet cured dandruff, bad skin, tiredness, migraines, wind, diarrhoea, joint pain etc. I feel ten years younger now.

Interestingly there is a strong link between coeliac disease and stress and as the moderator of a Yahoo group on the disease I can confirm this.

So before you look for a mental problem for stress, try a diet first.

Interestingly Marcus Trescothick has reportedly had severe migraines. I would not bet against Marcus having coeliac disease. The trouble is when you have a mental problem, you don't see a gastroenterologist. And many specialists don't look outside their sphere.

As an aside, my first endoscopy was done by the Mr. Hardwicke at Addenbrookes who removed the sisters' stomachs to stop cancer. He is one of the calmest doctors you could wish to meet! Excellent and I think the way the sisters have come out of their trauma so well is probably partly down to him.