Long term followers of this blog and of the original FoodsMatter publications will remember John Scott, champion of helminthic therapy and world expert on living with total food intolerance. John did just that himself for many years, surviving only on elemental infant …
Conventional Medicine
FSA’s Food Hypersensitivity Symposium 2022
Earlier this month the Food Standards Agency held one of its annual food allergy/hypersensitvity (FHS) symposiums. We were in the middle of the FreeFrom Food Awards judging so I couldn't be there in person but fortunately they offered on line access to all of the talks and …
My Family and Food Allergies – the guidebook that will get you through the trauma
'I am sorry Mrs X, but I am afraid that your son has tested positive to peanuts, nuts, eggs and milk. This does mean that he has allergies to all of those foods and that his allergies could be life threatening.' As you feel the panic rising in your throat at what this may mean …
Prescription anti depressants – do they cure or can they kill?
Pandemic fuelled stress has resulted in a worrying rise not only in mental health issues but in prescriptions for the antidepressants that are meant to help us cope with those issues. But do they help? And what are the side effects of taking them? Questions that we surely need to …
Making the law work for you
You should never assume that just because 'the law' appears to prevent or forbid you from doing something (or indeed allow someone else to do something that you do not like) that you have no redress. Things are not always how they seem. While it is in the interest of local …