Histamine intolerance - It feels like allergy, it looks like allergy, but it’s not an allergy! Dr Janice Joneja investigates a little recognised but very distressing intolerance and suggests how it may be managed.
03/10
Rice and arsenic – what is going on? In the first of two articles nutritionist Micki Rose considers the cruel irony that, for allergic people trying to avoid dairy products and wheat/gluten, eating more rice is increasing their exposure to the poison, arsenic. 03/10
Colleges accommodate more students with food allergies - a long article in USA Today detailing the encouraging progress made in colleges across the USA who are making active efforts to accommodate allergic students. 02/10
What is – and what causes – non allergic rhinitis? Before assuming that your rhinitis is caused by an allergic reaction it would be wise to check out the other possibilities. A lengthy article in Medical News Today describes the condition, the symptoms, the causes and the treatment. 01/10
Healthy water– Sarah Merson reviews the case for water filtration and, if you choose to filter your water, how you might go about it. 2010
The Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Trust (HBOTT), a non-profit organisation that provides information and advice on hyperbaric oxygen treatment, has just launched a new website to help raise the profile and understanding of oxygen therapy. 01/10
Lengthy and in-depth article in GQ magazine by Christopher Ketchum on the links between mobile phone and brain cancer and the health risks of mobile technology in general. 02/10
Foods for optimal health – John Scott reviews Patrick Holford's 100% Health Survey which cuts across much conventional dietary wisdom Viz: nuts and seeds, often avoided because of their high fat and calorie content, prove excellent predictors of good health while wheat and milk, considered by many to be staples, are associated with poor health. 01/10
Homeopathy and ADHD – an article in the Townsend Letter adapted from his book on the subject by Dana Ullman - 12/09
Casein plastic! For a period in the early 20th century 'plastic' pen cases were made in 'Ivorine', a product made from skimmed milk. By the mid to late 20th century these had been entirely superceded by 'real' plastic but anyone who has a dairy allergy and is interested in antique pens should be aware. A full history on the Parker Pen website.
Mobile phones and Alzheimer's disease – recent research suggests that radiation from mobile phones may destroy brain deposits of beta-amyloid, a protein strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease – but the radiation to which the mice were subjected was significantly different to that generated by an in-use mobile phone. Dr Andrew Goldsworthy explains. 1/10
Is it time for mass screening? Carlo Catassi of the Maryland Center for Celiac Research discusses the challenges faced by the international coeliac community at the Gastro meeting in November 2009.
All bunged up and nowhere to go. Micki Rose gives her top tips to get you going if you suffer from chronic constipation. 2009
Dissing Dairy – An article in the Canadian Globe and Mail asks whether dairy products are really as great as everyone has always been told they were...
12/09
The Management of Multiple Food Intolerances - A detailed investigation of this very difficult area by Professor John Hunter and Agri-Food Scientist Karen Huntley of the Gastroenterology Research Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge – 2009
Prevalence of Food Allergyand Potential Therapies – a report from the thirteenth international food allergy conference held during the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 11/09
Wriggling out of food intolerance – John Scott describes how a dose of worms has dramatically improved his total food intolerance.
November 2009
'Laxmi', living in Canada, is now so chemically sensitive that she reacts to all clothing and has to live inside a Faraday cage erected over her bed.
11/09
From boon to bane – electricty today. Roderick Canning's in depth history of the growth of electrosmog over the last 50 years and its health/environmental implications 11/09.
Hookworm Honeymoon. John Scott discovers that a new relationship was all that was required to relieve his longstanding total food intolerance and reduce his chronic fatigue. 11/09
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