This week a waiter in Canada has been charged after an allergic diner was served fish instead of steak; the customer was seriously allergic to fish and has alerted the waiter about this but sadly he had an anaphylactic attack and spent two days in a coma. Why did this happen? How could this happen? How can you get fish and steak mixed up? This kind of thing happens too often … [Read more...]
No, not ‘poor Ruth’… NEVER say this!
This is a rant and I may be being unreasonable again but don't pity me. Don't look at me and think... poor thing. And NEVER EVER say, "Oh Poor Ruth!" when a table of food is mostly off limits apart from a few safe things. Just don't do it. DON'T DO IT! I don't have lots of money but I am not poor. I'm pretty sure no one with any kind of disability wants to be referred to as … [Read more...]
Soya allergy and guar gum – is there a connection?
If you are allergic to soya you should take a very hard look at anything containing guar gum. This is something I've never come across from any doctor or allergy specialist so I've never worried about it before. However, if you examine ingredient lists from many freefrom foods, guar gum is often present. So what does it do and what is guar gum? Guar gum, also called … [Read more...]
Voted in the Top 10 Health blogs AGAIN!
We've done it again! This is a really quick thank you to everyone who reads, shares, comments and enjoys this blog. So how do they decide the Top 10 Health Blogs? This is what they told me... "How does Vuelio decide its weekly Top 10 blog ranking is a question we’re often asked – by bloggers aspiring to make it on the list (or angry because they didn’t), by PRs looking to … [Read more...]
The Allergy Show 2016 – The best bits…
This year the Allergy Show didn't disappoint. But I'm not your average coeliac or freefrom shopper. I struggle with a lot of freefrom food and try to eat as little processed food as I can. This goes for a lot of the mass produced freefrom food out there. I just find it causes me skin problems and exacerbates my eczema and nodular prurigo. I'm also allergic to all nuts, dairy, … [Read more...]