A couple of months ago we ran an updated version of an archive article on obtaining prescription drugs whose excipients (non-active ingredients such as fillers, capsules and colourings) were free of lactose, starch, corn, azo dyes, sugars etc – a major problem for those with …
Conventional Medicine
Censorship, Sports and the Power of One Word
An email came through from the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service recently that, although it does not impact directly on any of our normal activities so did not really have a place on the FoodsMatter sites, I really wanted to share with someone! (For those of you who do not …
Coping with CFS and ME
Following on from the lovely ME story I just posted....... I have been meaning to write this post ever since a friend asked me, a few weeks ago, whether I had any suggestions for her daughter who was really struggling with what appeared to be chronic fatigue and did not seem …
Not cheap – having an allergy…
One of the constant, and justifiable, moans of those with food allergies/intolerances (and the justification for keeping gluten-free staple foods on prescription) is that 'freefrom' foods cost so much more than 'normal' foods. There are many genuinely good reasons why this …
Visiting the Olympics? Get vaccinated…
Following on neatly from my blog yesterday about the murky politics of health, a post came through this morning from Christina England at VacTruth. Christina points out that GlaxoSmithKline, one of the worlds leading manufacturers of drugs, including vaccinations, are a major …