Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Michelle at FoodsMatter has let us know that the Food Standards Agency is finally tackling the bugbear that is 'may contain' labelling on freefrom foods and they need our input. A long-time annoyance, frustration and no small risk for anyone who's not sure whether to believe the warnings or ignore them. What does it even …
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A really useful article for you if you are vegan or avoiding eggs for whatever reason, but still like baking stuff. I've tried a few of these. OK, it's never going to be an exact replacement, but some of these really do work - I use banana and apple sauce quite often with nut butter …
It’s been 6 months since my last confession (or big post in the Healing Series anyway!). At that point, we were discussing brain retraining techniques to add to our calming-amygdala strategies and I was wishing I had time to devote six months to getting better. Well, the good news is: I didn’t need to… THE FOODS …
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It's always nice to see new flours to play with, so I was pleased to see Foodsmatter.com's recent recipes using pea and fava bean flour - new ones on me. I particularly like the sound of the courgette and wasabi pancakes which turn out literally pea-green because of the flour! Look yum and would make …
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I know we should always make our own food, but sometimes you just need something easy-peasy. I spied these new meal pots from the makers of Pure spread in the supermarket the other day and now see that our friends at FoodsMatter.com have reviewed them. Nice timing. Go and take a look: Pure Free From …
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New Cyrex 10-90 food tests now on the shop for you as promised in a new section: Gluten, Cyrex and Autoimmune Tests http://ow.ly/r7g23006hyU
Yep, I have been a busy bee! Just to let you know I have updated the following for you: Allergy 101 This is now a 45 page free factsheet all about allergy testing and treatment. I get asked about allergy testing every single day and always direct people to this free factsheet first. So, I …
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 …
Our lovely friends at FoodsMatter.com have just launched the updated FreeFrom Supplements site - and I am chief supplement reviewer! You know how much I love scouring labels and giving my two penn'orth on products, especially supplements, so I was delighted they asked me to help. Basically, the premise is that many people on restricted diets have …
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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, …