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 …
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 …
Free From Supplements: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
 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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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, …
FreeFrom #Skincare Awards Shortlist Out!
The FreeFrom Skincare Awards 2013 Shortlist has just been announced, so put your feet up, get a cuppa (not necessarily in that order of course) and choose some new products that myself and the other judges think are the best non-toxic, allergy-aware effective products in their class.. Here's the detail from the awards press release …
FreeFrom Savvy Lake District Hotel
  Just got a message this morning from J, who recently stayed in a hotel and was pleasantly surprised about their ability to provide 'proper' gluten free menus for her. As she says, with experience, she didn't expect much, but was delighted. I said I would pass her recommendation on for anyone else needing a nice …
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 …
Busy Judging!
Just a quick sorry if I have been a bit quiet on the blog front the last few weeks. I have been judging both the Winners and Innovations categories of the FreeFromFood Awards and the FreeFrom SkinCare Awards. Been lots of fun and, particularly with the skincare entries, lots of peering at very long Latin …
Allergy and Intolerance: Clear As Mud!
I spend much of my life explaining the difference between allergy and intolerance, why proteins are not the only antigens in food but all that are recognised in mainstream allergy medicine, why gluten intolerance is different to coeliac disease, why 'freefrom' doesn't mean it's free from everything you need to avoid and to be careful, …