How The War Is Impacting The Coeliac Disease & Gluten Free Community - A Discussion With My Brother Blake
05 April 2026

How The War Is Impacting The Coeliac Disease & Gluten Free Community - A Discussion With My Brother Blake

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Episode 230

My guest on today’s episode is my brother Blake. We’ll talk about how his health has changed since he’s gone gluten free, how the war in impacting the coeliac and gluten free community and a resource we’re currently working on together. 

What we’ll cover:
* Updates since our last podcast recording together before launching our website
* Blake’s health updates since going gluten free around 18 months ago
* Blake’s symptom relief since going gluten free
* How Blake has been finding gluten free life
* How Blake is feeling preparing and making his gluten free meals
* Blake’s difference in his budget since going gluten free
* Struggling with the lack of convenience in finding safe gluten free
* How Blake would like to improve his gluten free diet
* Speaking with the coeliac and gluten free business owners and customers around the cost of everything from the effects of the war
* Freight costs impacting coeliac and gluten free businesses
* How gluten free businesses are struggling at the moment
* Having conversations with people struggling in the community
* Blake and I working on a resource to help the coeliac and gluten free community
* Having the perspective of small business owners ourselves
* Doing our best to insert the silver lining and positivity through our efforts at A Gluten Free Family and creating a resource
* Advocating for the smaller and bigger things for our coeliac and gluten free community
* U.S based coeliac disease advocates pushing for better labelling and testing for coeliac disease
* My ADHD diagnosis and how Blake and Bec have helped me so much in focussing on our work at A Gluten Free Family
* Blake’s perspective on the positives of my ADHD in our work together

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This podcast reflects personal experiences and is not medical advice. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for individual guidance. 

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