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, …
Food
Novel food proteins – do they pose a risk to food allergics?
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 …
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 …
The trouble about gluten-free oats
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 …
Share a meal
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 …