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 …
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New drugs for coeliacs – is this a good idea?
This feels like a very lazy way of writing a blog – but I do not believe in re-inventing the wheel so, if Alex has already said it, and said it well, why would I say it again? In fact, on this occasion, it is not only Alex but one of his 'commenters', GlutenfreeB, who has said it …
Another public relations disaster – Tesco’s ‘may contain nut’ warnings
Companies spend a fortune on 'public relations' so how do they so often get it wrong? They employ specialist PR agencies, set up focus groups 'to gauge public feeling', recruit dedicated teams to run their Twitter accounts and their Facebook pages, and yet the gaffes continue. …
2013 roundup!
Since I have a memory which can rarely reach back beyond last weekend, attempting a 'round up' of what happened last year is my worst nightmare... So I am delighted that Alex G. at Food Allergy and Intolerance Ink, has just done it all for me!! A little biased towards …
A ‘gluten-free scam’, the ensuing rants and terminological confusion
Julia Llewellyn Smith has caused a predictable storm with her article in yesterday's Telegraph, The Great Gluten-free Scam. In essence she is saying (backed by coeliac nutritionist, Ian Marber) that gluten is being demonised. It is not the cause of every ill from which you …