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#Speak Up for Allergies

03/03/2021 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Leaving home for the first time in your late teens or early 20s is seriously exciting - and seriously scary. Whether you are moving out to get a job or to go to university, this may the first time you have ever lived away from home, had to do your own washing, pay your own bills, …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: #SpeakUpForAllergies, Allergy reactions in teenagers, anaphylaxis, Dangers of anaphylaxis for young people, Dangers of takeaway food for food allergics, Eating out with a food allergy, Eating takeaway food with a food allergy, Food Standards Agency, FSA, Importance of peer support for young people with food allergy

Novel food proteins – do they pose a risk to food allergics?

17/02/2021 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

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 …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Environmental Issues, Food, FreeFrom Food, NutritionTag: Allergenicity of food isolates, allergenicity of oats may depend on the breed, Anaphylaxis Campaign, Biomass fermentation, Carole Bingley from RSSL, Cell cultured proteins, Exercise induced wheat allergy, Hazel Gowland, jackfruit burgers, legume allergy, pea allergy, Precision fermented proteins, RSSL

The dairy wars

14/02/2021 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

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 …

Category: Big Business, Environmental Issues, FoodTag: Alex Gazzola, Alex Gazzola at Allergy Insight, Beyond Burgers, Dairy wars, Damian Carrington, Farmer Tom Haddon, Oatly Dad's on TV ad

The trouble about gluten-free oats

04/01/2021 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Oats are delicious – oats are nutritious – they contain high levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and are an excellent source of fibre – they do not contain the protein gliadin, the gluten fraction that coeliacs need to avoid – they add texture to gluten free baking and …

Category: Allergies, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: 14 major allergens, Alex Gazzola, FreeFrom Foods, gluten-free oats, labelling of freefrom foods, labelling of gluten free oats, oats and coeliac disease, oats as an allergen, oats within the FIC regulations

Share a meal

13/12/2020 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

Yes, indeed – what a lovely thing to be able to do – and one that we have been deprived of for all too long. But, we don't have to be. Over lockdown my good friend Sarah Stacey, who lives in a tiny village in Dorset, started cooking meals for a poorly neighbour. Talking to …

Category: COVID-19, Food, Nutrition, RecipesTag: @shareamealuk, #shareameal, https://www.shareameal.co.uk/, Sarah Stacey, Share-a-meal

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