The Secret Signs of Coeliac Disease: Coeliac Awareness Week takes place from June 9 to 15, 2025, with this year’s theme: “Coeliac Disease is Different for Every Body.” An estimated 100,000 New Zealanders are living with coeliac disease - a condition where the body mistakenly attacks itself when gluten is eaten. This causes damage to […]

Mine is an interesting and "late in life" journey. First, a little background.  I'm the youngest of four girls (by 15 years - whoops!) in my family.  I was diagnosed coeliac at the ripe old age of 56. After suffering from long Covid in 2021, I felt tired, lethargic and generally unwell. There was no […]

It’s different for everybody, and for me, coeliac disease has been more emotional than I ever expected. I was diagnosed just before Christmas 2023, after years of being told my symptoms were IBS. I also have Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, so I wasn’t new to autoimmune conditions, but the news still hit hard. I thought the biggest […]