A bit late with this for you as they were announced last week, but here is the much-looked forward to list of the good and the great of new special diet, freefrom foods in the UK. I always love looking at this list so see what new stuff has been created, and it seems to …
Post Menopause: Eat Bananas, Salmon and Sweet Potato To Cut Stroke Risk
Hot on the heels of my salmony lunch recipe today is a good reason to eat more of it, especially if you are post-menopausal: New research has found that potassium-rich foods such as bananas may cut the risk of having a stroke by as much as a quarter. Â This was a large-scale study conducted for …
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FreeFrom Food Awards Shortlist Is Out!
 One of my favourite times of year this because we get to see what wonderful new foods have been invented and launched for our delectation! Don't know about you, but I fancy the new mango and passionfruit coconut yogurt, the mung bean pasta and the chia seed muffin mix. Yum! Sadly, I couldn't go …
Silicone Bakeware – Safe?
I do quite a bit of baking nowadays and so does half the nation if GBBO is anything to go by. I don't watch it personally: reminds me too much of what I can't eat! Anyway, I usually use paper liners in metal loaf, cake and muffin tins and wondered if it might be …
FreeFrom Food Awards Winners List
Last night, the winners of the prestigious FreeFromFood Awards were announced in London. As I wrote before, I was honoured to be a judge on the Overall Winners and Innovations categories on the final day of judging. You can see the full Winners list here across all the categories, complete with comments from the tasters, …
High Fat Dairy Diet Related To Breast Cancer Deaths
Fascinating study from WDDTY ENews this morning. Basically, researchers here found a correlation with more women dying from breast cancer after continuing to eat high fat dairy (ie. cheese, cream, icecream, full fat milk and yogurt, butter) after their diagnosis of early stage cancer: A high-fat diet from dairy products encourages the development of breast …
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One Coffee and Two Green Teas A Day Reduces Stroke Risk
  An interesting report from Japan I saw today suggests the amount of tea and coffee we drink can have differing results on our stroke risk: Drinking one cup of coffee each day—but no green tea—reduces the risk of a stroke by 20 per cent, while drinking three cups of tea produces a 14 per cent …
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Fancy Some Mail Order Fish?
Then you might be interested to see the post I just wrote on the TrulyGlutenFree site about the new Cornish mail order company I am using. Here is the info for you... Recently, I decided I would try having a mail order fish delivery like I do with my 100% grass-fed meat (from the wonderfully …
FreeFrom Food Awards Shortlist
 As per my last post, I have been busy helping as a judge for these and the FreeFrom Skincare Awards. I am pleased today to be able to pass on the shortlist of freefrom foods that made it through the rigorous process in each category. This is really useful for us because it helps us …
Food News: Rain Cuts Nutrients and Food Waste Soars
Two interesting news items for you in case you missed them recently in the media: “WASHOUT 2012 DRAINS FRUIT & VEG OF NUTRIENTS” by Nick McDermott. Daily Mail 10.1.13 Scientists have found that heavy rain in 2012 has caused fruit and veg to be less nutritious. Some wheat harvests were found to have a third less …
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