In managing food allergy there are two major hazards: The failure to recognise a food allergen that has been included in a dish as an ingredient and The accidental contamination of an otherwise allergen-free food with an allergen. But while the failure to recognize …
Life as a multiple food intolerant
Listen up, you guys who think you might be a bit intolerant to gluten - or maybe to raw eggs. You have no idea... Micki Rose, who many of you will know from her TrulyGlutenFree blog and the many articles she has written for our sites, is a 20-food lady. No, not 20 foods that she …
The dangers of mobile phones
Yes, I know that I spend a good deal of time banging on about the electromagnetic dangers of mobile phones, but that is not the only way that being immersed in your electronic connections can harm you.... I have just been sent this link by one of the other electrosensitivity …
The worms march on
While medical allergists stress about reaction thresholds for allergens – indeed, whether it will ever really be possible to set the 'population levels' that allergic consumer and the food industry are asking for – the helminthic therapy community continues to grow and prosper. …
In (reluctant) admiration of Amazon
Like many people, I suspect, I have a rather vague and amorphous dislike of Amazon. It is too big, it doesn't pay its taxes, its website looks horrible, it is pushing small bookshops out of business... But I do admit that when I can't find what I am looking for somewhere else, …