It was certainly all go this weekend at the Allergy + FreeFrom Show in Olympia's Grand Hall. We haven't yet had all the stats but the perception of all of the exhibitors that I spoke to was that it was definitely bigger and better than last year (already a record year). That …
Coeliac/celiac disease
Glyphosate (so therefore GM crops?) a possible carcinogen
You may remember that I blogged – or indeed you may have read it elsewhere – about the link tracked by an MIT researcher, Stephanie Seneff, between the use of the glyphosate (as in the pesticide, RoundUp) and the rise in autism and coeliac over the last 25 years. Her claims about …
Gluten recalls
There was been a huge outcry on social media and elsewhere recently over gluten contamination that occurred in the Genius factory. It triggered a whole slew of products recalls not only of Genius products but of supermarket freefrom lines manufactured by Genius. I missed most of …
Life before ‘freefrom’
Paddy J was a subscriber to the original Foods Matter magazine and followed a 'freefrom' gluten-free diet long before the term was invented. She does not have much patience with those food sensitive people who complain that there are not enough freefrom wheat/dairy/nut/soya …
Precautionary allergen labelling – have we got the balance wrong?
In managing food allergy there are two major hazards: The failure to recognise a food allergen that has been included in a dish as an ingredient and The accidental contamination of an otherwise allergen-free food with an allergen. But while the failure to recognize …