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, …
Nutrition
Novel food proteins – do they pose a risk to food allergics?
Last month the Anaphylaxis Campaign hosted a fascinating webinar with Carole Bingley from Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) and Hazel Gowland of Allergy Action. They looked at both plant-based and novel proteins and the risk that they might pose for the allergic …
Is it time to subject Vitamin C to serious scientific scrutiny?
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 …
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 …