Food allergies and rising costs leave 2 million households without a traditional Christmas dinner! Research from Allergy UK today highlights how food allergies and the cost of living may prevent nearly 2 million2 households from enjoying traditional festive food favourites this year. This means a potential 4.8 million3 Brits will be settling down to their Christmas dinner … [Read more...]
Why are the UK public self diagnosing allergies?
And in doing so, many may be cutting out major food groups with potentially no good reason to do so. This is nothing new, with the waiting lists for an appointment with allergy specialists people naturally turn to other sources of information. This recent report makes for worrying reading... Why are the UK public avoiding their GP? Over half of the UK say that … [Read more...]
What causes allergies and why do we have them?
I often ask myself the question, "Why do we get allergies?" and "Why do other people NOT suffer at all?" It does seem quite unfair. I eat a very healthy diet as a result of avoiding so many nasties, I don't smoke, don't drink that much, try to keep fit and do as much exercise as I can, so what's the key? There are lots of theories shared into why allergies are rising: … [Read more...]