The benefits or disadvantages of natural childbirth over induced does not really come within Foodsmatter's remit but I was so shocked by these two studies, highlit by Natural News, that I wanted to give them a wider airing. My first shock was the discovery that around 25% of …
Behavioural conditions / autism
In memoriam – Dr Harry Morrow Brown
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Dr Harry Morrow Brown finally lost his battle to keep his heart ticking last week. He was 96. I first met Harry and Freda nearly 30 years ago at the Oxford Food Symposium. How come? Well, Freda was interested in food so they thought they would …
Autism and wheat
A new study by a team from Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medical College and Uppsala University in Sweden has caused somewhat of a stir recently by suggesting that 'a subset of children with autism displays increased immune reactivity to gluten, the mechanism of which …
Guess what! It’s not all in the mind…
'When are they ever going to figure out that things are never “all in your head?” Whenever something doesn’t fit in their tiny little understanding, they belittle the patient and tell them they are crazy. Prescribing SSRIs for everything is not the answer any more than a lobotomy …
Understanding autistic people
I used to be a great fan on Radio 4's Book of the Week, broadcast every night at half past midnight but these days, I tend eschew post midnight listening for the somewhat earlier Book at Bedtime at 10.45. So it was by pure chance that three times this week I have caught the …