Many of you will have followed Micki Rose's long search for a way to deal with her own (and many of her patients') devastating and debilitating food sensitivities which has culminated in her 'Barrier Plan'. There is an in depth explanation of her theories, and her plan, on the …
Allergies
Needed urgently – wheat-free bread that is also rice free
18th July. I posted the blog below about ten days ago and there has been a constant flow of comments and suggestions both via the blog, Facebook and Twitter, including one from Cheryl, the mum concerned (see below) detailing all the foods to which her daughter reacts. Recent …
More freefrom holidays…
Just as I was finishing the blog below on Cloona, a newsletter popped into my in-box from Village Ways, the wonderful eco-holiday company I went walking with in the foothills of the Himalayas way back in 2007. (I have wanted to go back ever since but a combination of ES …
Cloona…
This is Clew Bay, looking out from County Mayo across the Atlantic to the Statue of Liberty. And this is Cloona, a converted mill tucked into the hills above Clew Bay, which is not quite a yoga centre, nor quite a Buddhist retreat, nor quite a health farm – but, really, …
Coping – and benchmarking…
I have a friend, now in her '80s, who has had MS (multiple sclerosis) for nearly 50 years. She does not have sufficient muscular strength to lift her feet onto the feet rests of her wheel chair; she does not have the muscular staying power (she can exert a little pressure for a …



