Before I recorded Episode 12 of the podcast, I sent a draft script of the section concerning Rosanna Davison to her PR representative, as a courtesy, and to allow her to comment. Her representative didn’t reply before my deadline, but later sent me an email, saying:
Rosanna Davison, as pictured on her website
You need to take a look at this line:
“The meaning of the words you used were clear, you said that gluten was responsible for arthritis, autism and schizophrenia”
Please take a closer look at the Irish Independent and you will see that Rosanna did not say this. The line in the article that caused the controversy was not a direct quote from Rosanna.
This is something which has gone to great lengths to explain at this stage if you read her statement more closely
She also makes clear that she would never advise anyone to use diet alone to treat any ailments.