Introduction to my Blog

Welcome to my first blog post. My name is Niamh Bissette and I am currently a third year student at the university of strathclyde. I have been been given the task to create a blog as part of my marketing module. In Lockdown of 2021 I was diagnosed with celiac disease which is an auto immune disease where your immune system attacks your own tissues when you eat gluten. This obviously meant that I couldn't eat gluten anymore. Avoiding gluten is difficult enough in the UK so I thought I would share with you recommendations for eating abroad and also any challenges that come with it.

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