Yesterday was a day for celebration - but sad celebration. Celebration because Natasha's law came into effect. Sad because what prompted it was was the death in 2016 of 15 year of Natasha Ednan-Laparouse as a result of eating a Pret a Manger baguette which contained sesame seeds …
Food/Health Policy
Mitochondria – how our health is dependent on theirs
This is a very long report of a totally fascinating day organised and led by Dr Rachel Nicoll under the auspices of the Biolab Medical Unit. It was designed for health professionals so much of the supporting science was way above my head, but the message was clear. Mitochondria …
Want some holiday reading? Try the National Food Strategy plan.
No - I am not joking. If you are even remotely interested in your fellow citizens' health, our children's diet, the state of our farming industry, biodiversity, climate change - or even systems analysis - you will find it extremely interesting. And, if you believe that the …
Plant based diets appear to protect against COVID19
Research from a team at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore reported in the BMJ Journals suggests that plant based or pescaterian diets protect against severe COVID19. And not just protect slightly. 'After adjusting for important confounders, …
European Parliament calls for more research into 5G on World Electrosensitivity Day
For the last three years the French group, Coeurs d'EHS, has held a worldwide EHS Day on June 16th. The purpose of the day is not so much to campaign against the ever wider roll out of 5G and other electromagnetic powered technologies (although protests there certainly will be) …