I have long been an admirer of the work of Dr Alex Richardson and her FAB Research (Food and Behaviour Research) team. Following in the footsteps of Dr Michael Crawford who, in the early 1970s, first highlighted the importance of dietary fats in the development of the brain, …
Mental Health
Screen addiction
Over at Curlew Books Sally has started work with Dr Mark Griffiths, an expert on behavioural addictions, on a book on screen addiction, with particular reference to on-screen gambling. As a result I am currently attuned to research on addiction. So, although I was actually …
The Reluctant Allergy Expert
If anyone knows about food allergy and anaphylaxis it is our good friend Ruth Holroyd, she of the What Allergy? blog and long time judge at both the FreeFrom Food Awards and the FreeFrom Skincare Awards. Ruth says that she has now lost count of how many times she has had …
Making your house care for you
We all live in our houses. They keep us dry, they keep us warm. But do they really 'look after us'? Most of us don't need them to but, if you have chemical sensitivities or, even worse, chemical sensitivities and electromagnetic sensitivities, then your house can feel as though …
Understanding the nature of trauma
A couple of weeks ago the Guild of Health Writers ran an excellent evening session on PTSD – understanding the nature of the trauma that can provoke Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The four speakers included Noel McDermott, a psychotherapist who lived through many years of …