Coeliac UK store tours - helping you to choose safe foods

Over the next few months several dietitians around the country will be running supermarket store tours. These are to help people who are newly diagnosed with coeliac diseaseA condition where a person is unable to eat gluten as it makes their body attack itself. to read labels, provide information on the new labelling laws, and give tips on how to eat healthily on a gluten-freeWhen a food has less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten so it is safe for people with coeliac disease to eat. diet. They will be recruiting participants from the local area, so keep an eye out for a store tour near you!  If successful, more tours will run across the UK next year.

The tours are already proving successful and the first of them is due to take place on 12^th August in Berkshire. Not only are these tours helping people with coeliac disease and their families to read labels and follow a healthy glutenA protein that is found in the cereals wheat, barley and rye. -free diet, but they are also increasing awareness of coeliac disease with great publicity in the local press:

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