Dr Rebecca Knibb and her team at Aston University are looking for participants for their survey designed to understand the quality of life, anxiety and self efficacy of adults with food allergy. Understanding the role that self efficacy has in food allergy management will help …
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The vegan/allergy labelling issue
Image courtesy of Hooley & Brown In theory the huge growth in the number of vegan products on the market should be a massive bonus for those with milk or egg allergies. But - because so many of them come with PAL/May Contain warnings for milk and egg, it has also been a …
A food fad won’t kill you – an allergy will
There has been a predictable outcry in the allergy world this week's in response to Rachel Johnson's piece in Thursday's Evening Standard on 'dietary requirements' and food fads. Being charitable, I am assuming that she has never suffered from or lived with someone with a food …
FreeFrom Christmas Awards – the Winners
Since they were launched two years ago the FreeFrom Christmas Awards have been a great success. And how lucky are 'freefrom-ers' these days! From Advent calendars to gifts, party food to Christmas dinner, there is no longer any need for them to miss out. Indeed, the whole family …
Veg Power – making it fun
How come the food industry is so successful in persuading us - and our kids - to buy sweet, sugary, unhealthy food instead of healthy veg? Easy.... They are tapping in to the fact that our 10,000 year old DNA still believes that when we come across something sweet (ripe …