May 30, 2024 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Auto-Immune Diseases, Body and Mind, Chemicals In Food, Diets, Education, Fats, Food Labelling, Health Foods, Vitamins/minerals |
I studied at Deakin University in the early 1980’s to become a dietitian. After completing my BSc majoring in Nutrition to be able to do a diploma in Dietetics, I decided not to proceed as I didn’t agree with what I was taught. Nearly four decades later and many of...
Apr 20, 2023 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Gut Health, Health, Health Foods |
A growing number of people are realising that they feel better without dairy. Whether this is because we are more aware of the symptoms of food intolerance now, or that our immune systems are becoming less resilient, it’s hard to tell. For most of my life I...
Nov 10, 2020 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Auto-Immune Diseases, Changing Habits Real Foods, Chemicals In Food, Gut Health, Health, Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
Fructose is one of a long list of foods to be demonised. But it’s not that black and white. To understand why fructose is not all bad, first, let’s take a look at the food norms a few decades ago, when I was growing up.I was born in 1960. My Mum was...
Nov 20, 2018 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Auto-Immune Diseases, Chemicals In Food, Health, Health Foods |
My article on the coeliac vaccine (you can read it here) seems to have pushed a lot of buttons. Mostly people who had children or loved ones with the autoimmune disease, or were suffering themselves, were angry at my opinion. It’s not easy to have coeliac disease...
Nov 6, 2018 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Auto-Immune Diseases, Chemicals In Food, Gut Health, Health Foods |
I read recently that human clinical trials are beginning for a new vaccine for coeliac disease. Coeliac disease is one of 80 plus autoimmune diseases. Coeliac disease (CD) may affect up to 1 in 70 people. This disease is believed to be unique in that the inflammation...
