Last month the Anaphylaxis Campaign hosted a fascinating webinar with Carole Bingley from Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) and Hazel Gowland of Allergy Action. They looked at both plant-based and novel proteins and the risk that they might pose for the allergic …
Environmental Issues
The dairy wars
An excellent recent post on Alex Gazzola's AllergyInsight blog covers several subjects (including a recent Anaphylaxis Campaign webinar on novel proteins on which more anon) but homes in on the current battle between the vegan and dairy lobbies, both claiming the moral high grand …
5G – Bias and conflict of interest at the BBC
A lengthy and interesting article in TruePublica.org earlier this month suggests that the BBC's coverage of the 5G issue has, up till now, been biased and lacking in impartiality. All the recent coverage has taken as its starting point 'the unsubstantiated rumours of a link …
Screen addiction
Over at Curlew Books Sally has started work with Dr Mark Griffiths, an expert on behavioural addictions, on a book on screen addiction, with particular reference to on-screen gambling. As a result I am currently attuned to research on addiction. So, although I was actually …
Rethinking the Children’s category
Ever since we launched it in 2013 the Children's category in the FreeFrom Food Awards had been organised for us by nutritional therapist and special diet chef Christine Bailey who many of you will know well. Apart from having three children of her own on restricted diets …