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 …
Food/Health Policy
Protecting pupils with allergies
On December 1st 2021 Benedict Blythe collapsed at school and died as a result of an anaphylactic reaction. Benedict was only five and this was his first term going to school, which he loved. Neither his family nor his doctor know exactly what it was that triggered Benedict's …
Professor Michael Crawford on the Key Role played by nutrition in the Mental Health Crisis
NB. This webinar has been rescheduled for Thursday 17th August. In 1972 the then Dr Michael Crawford published evidence that the brain required arachidonic (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) specifically, for its growth, structure and function. ARA derives from Omega 6 fatty …
If it is vegan, is it safe for those with allergies to milk or eggs?
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has just issued a report, discussed in an excellent post on Alex Gazzola's Allergy Insight blog, which makes it quite clear that being labelled vegan does not mean that a food is safe for those with allergies to milk or eggs. They …
5G appeal comes to court
You may remember that back in October I posted about the case brought by Action Against 5G against the Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Digital Culture Media and Sport. Their claim was that the government’s actions in …