Following on from the lovely ME story I just posted....... I have been meaning to write this post ever since a friend asked me, a few weeks ago, whether I had any suggestions for her daughter who was really struggling with what appeared to be chronic fatigue and did not seem …
Nutritional medicine
Cut government red tape…
As many of you will probably know, the natural health industry (makers of herbal, homeopathic, Ayurvedic and Chinese medicines, nutritional supplements etc) have been fighting a bruising and often unsuccessful battle with Brussels for some years over the the regulation of natural …
FreeFrom Food Seminar
Last week was seriously conference heavy with the Food and Drink Innovation Network's seminar on FreeFrom food on Thursday and an excellent conference on electrosensitivity organised by ES-UK (on which, more anon) on Saturday. I was chairing the FDIN conference at which many …
Kefir and raw milk
Our websmaster, who spends a good deal of time in Russia, is a great kefir enthusiast so when Sue Cane (our gluten-free beer expert) offered us some kefir grains to 'grow our own' I thought he would be very excited. For those of you who have never heard of it, kefir is the …
The health giving properties of red wine
I have always thought that it was no accident that, when all else fails, the one 'food' that two of the most allergic people that I know (Micki Rose and Anna Locatelli) can always tolerate – and the one 'food' that revives me if I have had too close an encounter with some …