Mid January is, notoriously, the time of year when people (well, those in the northern hemisphere anyhow) feel most depressed. I think that last Monday is the peak (or trough) depression day but the whole month is pretty grim. Not surprising really – the weather is cold and grey, …
Food intolerance
Should allergens be banned from a household with an allergic member?
I just came across an article from an recent Sunday Telegraph headlined 'Food fight over allergy ban' which investigated, once again, the extremely knotty problem of whether or not you should allow allergens into a household with an allergic member. There are in fact, two …
www.freefromchristmas.com
The last week has been a mad dash to get our FreeFrom Christmas site up and running by its deadline of – today... But we made it – and are rather pleased with the results. The idea was to give allergy and intolerance sufferers, coeliacs and those with problem skins lots of …
The Progression of Multiple Food Intolerances
Micki Rose recently had a very interesting post on her Truly Gluten Free site discussing the depressing progression of food intolerance that will already be familiar to those on very restricted diets, as their food options get ever fewer. Micki sees a possible answer in …
‘Food allergies in children over-diagnosed’
Oh dear, here we go again... The old chestnut. 'Over 40% of the population believe they have food allergies but in fact less than 5% do so the other 35% are unnecessarily restricting their diets and may be making themselves ill by not eating sufficient nutrients. This is …