Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
Nickel compounds are not allowed in cosmetics, which is good news if you are one of the one in eight women who has a nickel allergy. However, trace nickel contamination is accepted to some extent by regulators, as low levels…
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Salicylates are compounds naturally found in the plants we consume — many fruit, vegetables, herbs and botanical extracts are rich sources, as are toothpaste and mouthwash, and aspirin, other painkillers and cold/flu medication, which sometimes contain synthetically derived salicylate chemicals….
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Organisers, exhibitors and visitors alike were happy and relieved to welcome back the Natural and Organic Products Europe show at London’s Excel in early April after a long enforced break. As a regular visitor, I went along mainly to look…
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When you don’t have any personal experience of hypersensitivities but persist in writing books about them, some people ask you why you do what you do. Others go further and wonder what gives you the right to address subjects you…
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The Vegetarian Society’s Vegan Approved trademark is licensed to products which meet certain criteria (* see postscript). Those criteria include one that the product be “free from animal-derived ingredients” and another that it should have “no cross-contamination during production”. So why…
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With the trend for beards in men showing no signs of slowing down, it’s not surprising that many guys are looking at options for dyeing them a different color, especially if they begin to turn grey — but which are…
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When words or expressions mean more than one thing, or when they’re interpreted in different ways by different groups of people, there will inevitably be some confusion. Confusion in some walks of life may not be serious. But in the…
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November 2023 Edit: * Firetree chocolate is now, sadly, ‘may contain’ for milks and nuts. We neck our beer in this country. We slurp our tea. We quaff our wine. And we chomp our chocolate. And yet in so doing…
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I’m delighted to announce the release of my eleventh book, The Metal Allergy Guide: Successfully managing allergies to nickel, cobalt, chromium and other metals. It’s a project I’ve been working on, on and off, for several years, but I’m glad…
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18th September 2021, Saturday Kitchen Live, BBC1. An edited exchange: SKL presenter Matt Tebbutt: “There’s a little bit of toast here … but Sharleen you avoid this, don’t you?“ SKL guest, musician Sharleen Spiteri: “Yeah … I love bread ……
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