I spent a lot of yesterday sorting out the dozens of emails related to electro-sensitivity that I receive every week and uploading much of the information onto FoodsMatter, but I picked out a few that I thought deserved a wider airing – so prepare yourselves..... However, I …
Worms for sepsis and diabetes?
As I am sure many of you know, John Scott is the best possible advertisement for the helminthic therapy about which he is so passionate. (This is the cover that Chris White designed for the magazine in which we ran one of the first of John's articles....) When we first met …
Sugar cement!
Don't you just love it when someone comes up with a discovery like this! It seems that cement made with waste sugar ash is stronger, less crumbly and can withstand high pressure than the ordinary stuff! Making cement from sugar also saves energy and reduces the pollution caused …
Excting allergy research projects
On Wednesday I went, for the first time, to the Food Standards Agency's annual presentation, this year focused on their work in the field of food allergy, and on the departure of the splendid Dr Andrew Wadge who has headed up the scientific arm of the FSA since 2000. (He pointed …
Two and a half cheers for the FSA and their labelling efforts
No – I have not had a Damascene conversion and I do NOT think that the new allergen regulations are wonderful – but I do think that the Food Standards Agency is trying hard, in an extremely difficult area, to do the best they can for allergic consumers – even though that best may …