Like 'freefrom' in general the Allergy and FreeFrom Show continues on its upward trajectory! Yesterday's opening day in the larger – and much nicer – National Hall at Olympia was packed with keen 'freefrom-ers', allergy sufferers, coeliacs, veggies and those who just wanted to …
Nutrition
Omega 3 fatty acid – how much do we need and where will it come from?
Facts: DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), are long chain Omega 3 fatty acids – essential for heart, vascular and other physiological aspects of our health but also absolutely essential to the proper functioning of the brain and our mental …
Confessions of a frustrated pharmacist
I regularly get news releases and articles from the Orthomolecular News Service, the news wing of Orthomolecular.org, proponents of 'Therapeutic nutrition based on biochemical individuality'. To quote themselves: Orthomolecular is a term that comes from ortho, which is Greek …
Kefir on offer!
Of all the subjects that people search for on this blog (according, anyhow, to its very nice little stats programme) the two that come up most frequently are PPD in hair dye – and kefir. For those who are interested in hair dye, I have been doing a bit of research and will …
Big Business moves into freefrom
Whenever I am asked where I think 'freefrom' is going – my answer is that it is, over the next few years, going to move into the mainstream. That it is, indeed, going to become mainstream. So rarely have I felt smugger than when I heard, a couple of weeks ago, that Heinz was …