At an excellent Anaphylaxis Campaign conference last week (to be reported on in the next Foodsmatter newsletter) I spent a good part of the lunch break 'listening in' on a fascinating discussion about needle length in anaphylaxis treatment. As most of you will know, the …
Allergies
The dreaded allergen thresholds – again…
A post on the Sugarpuffish blog last week illustrates yet again the frustrating unintended consequences of the FSA's attempts to keep allergic people safe. Sugarpuffish, who is very intolerant of dairy, noticed that one of her favourite snacks, 9Bars, had taken their 'dairy …
Mould Toxins Skyrocket with EMR Exposure
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 …
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 …