Several weeks ago I was reading a food trade journal which was describing the development of new chemicals which would alter foods in order to boost the production of saliva, making things taste juicier or more refreshing, and improve the pleasurable sensation of melting fats. …
Food/Health Policy
Medical confusion…
Even twenty years ago a doctor’s life was relatively simple. You learnt your medicine in medical school, you trained in hospital and then you went into practice using the knowledge and experience that you had gained. Research happened in medical institutions but the results took …
Escaping the Tentacles of Big Pharma
Doctors are, quite rightly, encouraged to continue learning their trade and keeping up with modern developments long after they have qualified. Indeed, in some states in the US doctors are required to take continuing education courses in order to retain their medical …
Food Standards Agency Reprieved – Or is it?…
Well, the axe has now fallen and the government has announced its decision over the future of the Food Standards Agency. (If you are not up to speed on the background, click here.) As axes go, it is a pretty spongy one as they propose to retain 2,000 of the current 2,100 jobs …
Peanut Allergy – and its Society-wide Ripples
How has peanut allergy crept up on 21st century children? In 1997 there were 416,000 peanut allergic children in the USA; in 2009 there were 4.5 million. This is a thousand-fold increase in a mere 12 years.... And the numbers are still rising. Rising almost as fast is the …