Ever since 1970 when the Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling claimed that gram dose vitamin C supplementation could prevent and alleviate the common cold, the argument has rumbled on – how effective can vitamin C supplementation be for respiratory infections both mild (such as the …
Nutrition
Share a meal
Yes, indeed – what a lovely thing to be able to do – and one that we have been deprived of for all too long. But, we don't have to be. Over lockdown my good friend Sarah Stacey, who lives in a tiny village in Dorset, started cooking meals for a poorly neighbour. Talking to …
The importance of nutrition in children’s food
A few weeks ago I posted about our revamped Child and Teen Friendly Food category in this year's FreeFrom Food Awards in which we are trying to tease out what children really think about the nutritional content of their food. So I was especially interested in an alert from FAB …
Kefir on offer
My pot of kefir, brewing gently, and my nearly empty jug of 'brewed' kefir A quick search of this blog reveals that I have been posting, on and off, about kefir since 2011 – and that the kefir that I have posted about has always come from Sue Cane, our gluten free beer expert. …
No Top 14 – or 15 – or 16?….
Back in 2017, looking for an exciting new category for the 2017 FreeFrom Food Awards, we took a risk and launched a category for products that contained none of the top 14 food allergens as defined by EU. We expected to get about 5 entries but thought it was worth giving it a …