The good news first.... The recent furore about the cost of gluten-free food on prescription (see my post here and endless comment elsewhere in the media) has had some good fall out. Despite the fact that the figures quoted on Newsnight and elsewhere did appear to have been …
Allergies
An almost amazing gadget for dustmite sufferers – and introducing Sugru
A few weeks ago I got very excited when Michelle Redmond of Minx PR (they did the PR for the food awards for us a few years ago) sent me some details about a new cordless vaccum cleaner that she was promoting called AirRAM. It looks very cool (as you can see), is very light, …
@HealthJourno joins @FoodsMatter team!
We are delighted to announce that @HealthJourno, better known to many of you as Alex Gazzola, coeliac commentator, blogger, paid-up Italian-Welsh foodie, cake-lover, FreeFrom Food Awards judge and 'voyeur' of the annual FreeFrom Food Awards 'bash', deputy editor of …
The horrors of CFLs and the demise of the incandescent bulb
I am always banging on about how unpleasant CFLs are for electro-sensitives because of the electromagnetic fields that their flickering create, but that is nothing compared to the damage that their mercury content can do if they get broken. If you really want to …
Raw milk, the hygiene hypothesis – and medical spin
In one of his recent weekly updates of research links posted on our news and research forums, I found John Scott spluttering with indignation about the ingenious way in which the Vermont Public News had managed to turn a report that children who live on a farm and drink raw milk …