Dr Rebecca Knibb and her team at Aston University are looking for participants for their survey designed to understand the quality of life, anxiety and self efficacy of adults with food allergy. Understanding the role that self efficacy has in food allergy management will help …
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A gluten free Christmas just could be delicious – not a penance!
Oh dear... It seems that Vanessa Feltz has been fanning the flames of fury already ignited in the allergic and Coeliac community by Rachel Johnson last week. On Monday's This Morning she complained about the inconvenience of accommodating a Coeliac at the Christmas table and, by …
A food fad won’t kill you – an allergy will
There has been a predictable outcry in the allergy world this week's in response to Rachel Johnson's piece in Thursday's Evening Standard on 'dietary requirements' and food fads. Being charitable, I am assuming that she has never suffered from or lived with someone with a food …
If it is vegan, is it safe for those with allergies to milk or eggs?
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has just issued a report, discussed in an excellent post on Alex Gazzola's Allergy Insight blog, which makes it quite clear that being labelled vegan does not mean that a food is safe for those with allergies to milk or eggs. They …
Natasha Allergy Research Foundation – achievements – and more to come….
Tragedy changes lives but devastating though tragic events may be they are also the spur to extraordinary achievements - and that cannot be more true than of the Ednan-Laperouse family. There can be few people in the allergy world who have not have heard about Natasha, the 15 …