OK – so, who has been the most influential figure in the development of the internet, the World Wide Web and the way the 21st century communicates? Eerrr…. Bill Gates? Well, hasn’t he really just developed computer programmes? Steve Jobs? Well, Apple is now the biggest company in the world and, without an ‘i-something-or-other’ it …
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Mental Health Problems are not all in the Mind
Those who believe that mental health problems exist only in the brain of the sufferer should check out a useful post on Dr John Briffa’s blog suggesting that many apparent instances of mental health problems are actually caused by physiological or nutitional problems. They should also read the excellent article in the Wall Street Journal that he refers to. …
Coded out……
Apologies for the recent blog dearth – which might just continue a bit longer… The whole FoodsMatter family of websites is undergoing a major facelift which, given their size, is a rather massive operation. Although our foods sites are resting on a temporary and relatively comfortable ledge at the moment, and the new coeliacsmatter site …
Save the world – buy a bidet….
I recently came across a lengthy post on the Dr Mercola (never-use-3-words-if-333-will-do) site extolling the virtues of bidets. Bidets could, according to Dr M’s calculations, save 47,000 megawatts of electricity, 693 tons of chlorine, 1.3 billion gallons of water and 41 thousand trees each day in the US alone… Because that is, apparently, what is …
FreeFromFood Tasting tables
As I was looking for something else just now I came across an old blog discussing whether or not we should recreate the ‘tasting tables’ (on which the first FreeFrom Food Awards were based) that we used to run in the Foods Matter magazine reviewing the freefrom products on the market. The idea had been …
NICE guidelines, raw milk, magnesium for tinnitus….
Am just back from a lovely relaxing four days with my old cookery friend, Anna del Conte, doyenne of Italian cookery writers and wonderful cook – so yes, before anyone asks, we did eat well! (If you check out her Minestrone recipe on the FM site there are links to several of her books.) However, …
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