Yesterday both the Daily Mail and Telegraph ran long articles on the stratospheric growth in the gluten free food market. Here are two suggestions for what is powering that growth: 1. Gluten intolerance is not just about coeliac disease Earlier this year gluten expert Dr …
Allergies
The Allergy Show struts its stuff in the Grand Hall at Olympia
I do love Victorian ironwork. Whether it is the soaring arches of St Pancras Station, the Palm House at Kew or – the Grand Hall at Olympia. And, in terms of 'grand', you cannot get much grander than The Grand Hall at Olympia. The roof, 115 feet high and constructed from 85 …
Roundup and autism – is there a link?
Simple explanations for complex problems are always very tempting but they rarely prove to be the answer. This is especially true in our modern medical world where diverse, debilitating and ever more common conditions such as allergy, coeliac disease, Parkinsons, MS, ME and …
The weirdness of the human psyche
I have just been reading a report of a study on allergic rhinitis sufferers (35-40% of the US population). Despite the fact that immunotherapy has been around for nearly 100 years, is recognised as the best treatment for allergic rhinitis and is the only treatment which actually …
Microbiome of the skin…
I am not going to even start to explain what this post link is all about beyond telling you that it describes a revolutionary new 'bacterial therapy for the skin' in which, far from washing bacteria off your skin with soap and shower gel, you actually apply them to your skin …