You may have seen my recent blog about the launch of the new Holland & Barrett More store in Chester. Oh how I wish I lived in Chester - the new More Store there is A-Mazing. It is like an Aladdin's cave for freefromers, packed full of products you may not have discovered before. This week I've been looking at some of the new Holland & Barrett products that are … [Read more...]
Our story – allergy and anaphylaxis – the first diagnosis – by Karen and Ian Connell
This is Ian and Karen's story, about how they discovered their little three year old daughter was allergic to nuts and getting that first anaphylaxis diagnosis... Ian tells the story about how something so simple as feeding the birds started the allergic reactions. Just feeding the birds In March 2014 my little girl JoJo and I were out in the garden feeding the birds, as … [Read more...]
Colon cleanse and skinny herbal tea from Teami
It's spring time and the dandelions and nettles are in abundance, the perfect free ingredients for healthy and natural herbal tea. The forager in me has been collecting fresh leaves for my morning tea - you can't beat fresh picked weed tea! To find out how to make your own wild herbal creations check out the links below in 'related posts'. If you don't want to make your own … [Read more...]
The FreeFrom Skincare Awards 2015 shortlist is announced!
Last week I spent a very fun day at Skins Matters Towers looking at all the lovely skincare products entered into the problem skin category. Never have I felt so lucky to have eczema! We had a really great day and it was lovely to see Alex Gazzola - coeliac and health journalist, Michelle Berreidale-Johnson of Foods Matter and Sue Cane (gluten free beer expert). It was also … [Read more...]
Beware Stork WITH butter – NOT dairy free
Apart from being a very tall, long legged wading bird, Stork is every dairy allergics kitchen saviour when making pastry or cookies; it means you don't need butter at all but can still make fantastic pies and baked goods. Pastry is just as good with stork, you wouldn't even know it wasn't made with butter from the taste. Originally created in the 1930's Stork margarine became … [Read more...]