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Food/Health Policy

Obtaining ‘freefrom’ prescription drugs

15/06/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

A couple of months ago we ran an updated version of an archive article on obtaining prescription drugs whose excipients (non-active ingredients such as fillers, capsules and colourings) were free of lactose, starch, corn, azo dyes, sugars etc – a major problem for those with …

Category: Allergies, Chemicals, Conventional Medicine, Dairy-free, Eczema, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: 'Specials' medicines, Allergies, anaphylaxis, Asthma, azo dyes, BCM Specials, corn, diabetes, Eczema, excipients in prescription drugs, freefrom prescription drugs, GP funding, hay fever, heart conditions, intolerances, lactose, lactose intolerance, migraine, Out of date medicines, photosensitive skin, prescription drugs, Primary Care Trust funding, specials medication, starch, sugar, wheat intolerance

Not cheap – having an allergy…

13/05/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  4 Comments

One of the constant, and justifiable, moans of those with food allergies/intolerances (and the justification for keeping gluten-free staple foods on prescription) is that 'freefrom' foods cost so much more than 'normal' foods. There are many genuinely good reasons why this …

Category: Allergies, Conventional Medicine, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom FoodTag: 'specials' laboratories, allergy/intolerance nurse training programme, cost of allergen free drugs, cost of freefrom food, excipients in prescription drugs, FAIR - Foundation for Allergy Information and Research, Food intolerance, Freefrom food, gluten-free food on prescription, lactose in prescription drugs, NHS allergy centres, NHS allergy treatment, paracetamol crystals, prescription drugs, starch in prescription drugs, testing for allergens

Visiting the Olympics? Get vaccinated…

10/05/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Following on neatly from my blog yesterday about the murky politics of health, a post came through this morning from Christina England at VacTruth. Christina points out that GlaxoSmithKline, one of the worlds leading manufacturers of drugs, including vaccinations, are a major …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Food/Health Policy, VaccinationTag: Black plague, cholera, Christina England, Drug testing at the London Olympics, lifetime measles immunity, London Olympics, measles vaccinations, Sponsorship for the London Olympics, vaccinations, VacTruth

Xanthan gum

04/05/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  14 Comments

Ingrid Greenfield has always been on the far left of the healthy food movement. Her husband, Tom, is an osteopath, naturopath and craniosacral therapist and works with the D'Adamo blood group theories. (The D'Adamo theory says that your ideal diet can be worked out from your …

Category: Allergies, Alternative/Complementary Health, Dairy-free, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, NutritionTag: additives, Artisan Bread Organic, biodynamic, coeliac disease, corn allergy, D'Adamo blood group theory, Genius gluten-free bread, gluten-free baking, Ingrid Greenfield, Kelco, manufacturing aids, mould allergy, natural leaven, organic flour, Seagreens seaweed, soy allergy, stone mill ground flour, Tom Greenfield, xanthan gum, xanthan gum as a laxative, Xanthomonas campestris

Mayor of Udine launches campaign for mobile-phone-free bars and restaurants

01/05/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

There is much activity in the electromagnetic world – well, at least amongst those who are concerned that the stratospheric increase in man-made electromagnetic radiation over the last 20 years could have catastrophic long term effects on our health. Whereas five years ago, which …

Category: Electrosensitivity, Food/Health PolicyTag: Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy, electromagnetic hypersensitivity, Electrosensitivity, Health risks mobile phones, mobile phones, Mobile phones effects on children, precautionary principle, Trenitalia 'silent' carriages, Udine

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