It's Saturday morning and the list of chores is written. I am about to rush out with errands to complete and urgent supplies to purchase when I reach down and take a lovely gulp of tea but... panic, panic, it's the WRONG tea! My husband has real milk in his and I find myself standing in the middle of the kitchen clutching the WRONG mug! A gulp of tea from the wrong mug! I'm … [Read more...]
Where did all the gluten free #GF bread go?
How many times have you been faced with a similar sight. No gluten free bread, and when you ask if there is any in the store room, there never is. A common reply is, "Oh no, we don't sell enough so there isn't another delivery for a few days." "YOU DON'T SELL ENOUGH BECAUSE YOUR SHELVES ARE ALWAYS EMPTY!" How about having a little click counter on the those shelves with a … [Read more...]
Can Derren Brown cure allergies?
Anyone who watched Derren Brown's latest phsychological programme will have seen him having quite staggering results helping people to overcome their fears using a placebo drug. Sounds great, but some of the people on the programme had allergies, asthma and dermatitis. The coverage was sketchy but there were random comments from participants saying they had less asthma and … [Read more...]
Vitamin B2 for cold sores
Cold sores cause misery for many. They're painful, unsightly and can spread easily. They are also a very popular topic on this blog, so when one reader suggested Vitamin B2, also called riboflavin, as one way of preventing them I knew I had to share it with all my cold sore readers. Vitamin B2 is one of the group of eight B vitamins which can help to reduce stress, a common … [Read more...]
There’s a hole in my bread, dear Genius, dear Genius
Now we all know that gluten free bread has come a very long way since those first sprouted loaves we tried so hard to eat and the shrink wrapped delicacies which had use-by-dates months in the future. We're now spoilt for choice, and even when sometimes your gluten free loaf has a hole, it's such a pretty hole, you don't really mind so much. It almost looks like a mouse hole … [Read more...]