I read the poster, which was shouting out "Arsenic in Rice Milk!" and decided to find out a bit more about this. If you can't drink cow, sheep or goat milk you are left with soya, rice, oat, potato and nut milks. My general preference, purely based on taste, is rice milk - and there was me thinking I was actually making a healthy choice. If you have a dairy allergy you don't … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
My Top 10 allergy blogs
Do you have a favourite allergy blog? Yes of course you do, it's this one! AMIRIGHT! There are thousands of us all blogging away out there in the ether, so how do you find out about all these great little gems of information? I thought I'd share with you some of my favourite blogs, because if you're reading mine then you might like these too. Here, in no particular … [Read more...]
National Indoor Allergy Week – what will you do?
I had never heard of National Indoor Allergy Week before, but I realised last week that it happens every year on the last week of October and focuses on raising awareness of the various things that can cause indoor allergies and sharing tips and tricks for sufferers about how to cope. Indoor allergies can be triggered by house dust mites, mould, pets and their dander and … [Read more...]
Our herbs need YOU!
Herbs have been used for thousands of years to successfully treat and alleviate common ailments and diseases. The plants and herbs on our planet have many amazing uses and their natural potency is still used today with great success. I rely on evening primrose and other Omega GLA capsules to keep me healthy, and I also take vitamins and mineral supplements. I don't want to have … [Read more...]
Free From but also May Contain Traces?
There is a really fantastic new product on the market called Coconice from Worthenshaws. You may have seen the product featured on Dragons Den; Kirsty Henshaw managed to secure a deal with Duncan Banatyne and Peter Jones for her new coconut dairy free dessert. She created it herself with an ice cream maker, a lot of patience and imagination and little bit of luck; her son was … [Read more...]