On the basis that no publicity is bad publicity, last night's Newsnight feature certainly raised the profile of coeliac disease and gluten free food and, in the 'value for money' area, the NHS came out a lot worse than the gluten-free food manufacturers. None the less, a very …
FreeFrom Food
Not cheap – having an allergy…
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 …
And we think we’ve got problems….
I thought, when we put Caleigh (the Gluten Freek)'s story up on the sites, that as short dietary straws go, she had drawn one of the shortest. (Caleigh has suffered from Crohn's disease since she was a teenager and five years ago, joined a mercifully select band of only 600 …
Xanthan gum
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 …
The wonders of coconut…
I never thought I would hear myself saying this but – I love coconut... For years I was haunted by the memory of those multi-coloured dessicated coconut fudge sweety things that I was forced to eat at parties as a child – and which brought me very close to disgracing myself by …