Kidney beans aren't used widely in British cuisine, in fact the only meal I've ever used them in is chilli so a recent bout of full-on head, eye, nose and allergic reactions recently took a bit of detective work. We narrowed it down to the chilli and it wasn't until cooking it without kidney beans because we didn't have any in the cupboard that the penny dropped. So why … [Read more...]
The lonely peanut, a poem by Ruth Holroyd
The lonely peanut A poem by Ruth Holroyd. Nobody likes peanut He sits all on his own He can’t go on an aeroplane So he has never flown He was only a little peanut Just a little peanut An innocent little peanut With a crisp, hard shell Nobody trusts peanut Since a little boy got ill He has to stay home now They say he could kill! He was only a little peanut Just a little … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding could cause allergies in kids?
Really? Surely there is something wrong with this headline...but apparently not, because a recent study appears to have found some evidence that breastfeeding alone for the first six months could mean higher risk of allergies. It seems your damned if you do and damned if you don't. Mothers these days have to wade through torrents of conflicting advice and research about the … [Read more...]
Celebrities have allergies too
Anyone can have allergies and indeed many of our much loved and less loved celebrities have allergies. They're just human beings after all, but I was interested to find out more. Why don't more celebrities share about their allergies? The funniest one I've heard of recently is Jeremy Clarkson. He has apparently developed an allergy to nickel which manifested itself in … [Read more...]