Linda Hollis

Food intolerance experience contributor

Linda Hollis contributes a personal account of dietary change to Live With Purpose. Her chapter, Navigating A Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free Diet, grew from years of trying to understand food intolerances and find enjoyable alternatives for ordinary meals and treats.

Linda describes the practical side of that learning: reading, experimenting in the kitchen, trying different ingredients and discovering that a change in diet could also introduce variety. Her examples include homemade food, baking and the challenge of finding replacements that actually taste good to her.

The chapter is explicitly written from personal experience. Linda states that she is not a nutritionist or medical expert and asks readers to seek guidance appropriate to their own needs, particularly where allergies or conditions such as coeliac disease are involved.

Her contribution offers the perspective of someone who has had to make adjustments within everyday life. It is intended to make that experience more understandable and less isolating, while recognizing that another person's safe foods and dietary requirements may be different.