Sunday Times readers may have seen the much respected Joanna Blythman's 'exposé' of gluten free bread yesterday in which she points out, quite rightly, that gluten-free supermarket bread is laden with manufacturing aids – as, of course, are non gluten-free supermarket …
Alex Gazzola
Telling the medical wheat from the chaff
Ten days ago I had an exchange with Dr Janice Joneja which illustrated yet again the problems faced by conventional practitioners when dealing with little understood conditions such as autism. Dr Joneja had had an email from a dietitian who had recommended her article on …
FreeFrom Skincare Awards – the judging!!
Never let it be said that we do not take out duties seriously as judges of the FreeFrom Skincare Awards! Here is Ruth (of What Allergy?) testing out the lipsticks and me trying the chocolate (yes, I said chocolate) face mask!! To be honest, it was rather nice wandering …
News from elsewhere: NCGS, ME, goat milk microbiota and whey!
Alex has been in full flow this week and, since he says it so well, I would like to send you to his blog! For those of you who are interested in 'the gluten question' his post, Non-coeliac gluten sensitivity: we're not there yet illustrates all too clearly that confusion is …
2014 round up
I am afraid that round ups of the last year's events are not my forte so, thank goodness, Alex has come to the rescue again! If you want to know what happened in 2014 in the coeliac, allergy and intolerance world, check in to Food Allergy and Intolerance Ink for his …





