Complementary therapists get,understandably, exercised when those who know and understand little, if anything, about what they do attack them as being 'unscientific quacks'. However, most are fairly used to this form of abuse and take in in their stride. However, one group …
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The Raw Milk Debate – ‘US Citizens Do Not Have a Fundamental Right to Produce and Consume Foods of Their Choice’
America is an amazing place.... I have just been catching up with some Natural News posts and found a link to the Wisconsin case in which the Zinniker family farm and cow share is attempting to establish its right to produce raw milk for its members. (To get round the prohibition …
Sparkling new Foods Matter blog….
Welcome to our sparkling new Foods Matter blog - the very last brush load of paint to be applied to the FoodsMatter sites! We hope that everyone approves.... The 'new look' owes a lot to our lovely new intern, Amy, who has come to help us manage our social media/marketing. She …
‘Food allergies in children over-diagnosed’
Oh dear, here we go again... The old chestnut. 'Over 40% of the population believe they have food allergies but in fact less than 5% do so the other 35% are unnecessarily restricting their diets and may be making themselves ill by not eating sufficient nutrients. This is …
The dangers of so-called dairy-free ice cream
There has long been a disconnect between terminology used by 'experts' and common parlance and for the most part this is a matter for humour rather than concern. But occasionally the disconnect can lead to confusion which can not only be dangerous but life threatening – and such …