Many American universities, unlike those in the UK, require students living on campus to 'participate in a meal plan'. This, in the case of Lesley University in Massachusetts, has brought them into conflict with the 2009 amendments to US disability law that now class 'episodic …
The FreeFromFoods Awards shortlist……
The wires have been, as you would expect, humming since the publication of the FreeFrom Food Awards shortlist on Wednesday. A few disappointments that judges had not found favourite products quite as irresistible as hoped but a great deal more joy as freefrom companies both new …
Gluten-free food on prescription – again…
I realise that I am coming rather late to the most recent prescription charge furore – set off by the article in the BMJ's Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin suggesting that providing gluten-free food for coeliacs on prescription is bureaucratic, inefficient and outdated – see the …
Polyunsaturated fats, heart disease and the French paradox
Arguments - well, discussions, but there is enough Irish and Italian blood around here to call them arguments – break out in the Foodsmatter offices on a regular basis over the merits and demerits of complementary therapies (homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine etc) versus …
Save Farm Terrace Allotments….
I do not have an allotment. I sort of wish that I did but I do not think that I have the time, the knowledge or the staying power to make a go of it. Well, that's my excuse anyhow... But I do lots of vicarious allotment gardening – mainly thanks to my good friend Sarah …