Top tips for travelling by plane with a food allergy

flying with a food allergy

Travelling with an allergy can often be a daunting experience, and going to new places, particularly abroad, can present new challenges. Allergy UK shows us how to take the strain from the plane…  Flying On planes, the largest risk is often for food allergy sufferers, as meals and snacks provided by airlines and food brought […]

Salt: The silent assassin

salt health issues

Excess salt in the diet is a major international health issue, as too much salt (sodium chloride) can increase the risk of high blood pressure, which, in turn, is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke… Research from LoSalt shows that although excess dietary salt is an easily modifiable risk factor for high […]

The truth about the paleo diet

The truth about the paleo diet

Health and fitness professional Jo Searle shows us how to go back to our ancestral roots and eat the way we were biologically designed to… The Paleo Diet has been one of the most popular diets in recent years, but why are so many people abandoning their usual diet regimes and opting for a way […]

10 ways to get a coeliac to fall in love with you

gluten-free romance

Ali Walsh, from The Local Bakehouse shows why going gluten-free will be the most romantic thing you ever do… Love. A deep affection that takes time to form. Or only 3 seconds when you realise your new boyfriend has recreated a Chinese restaurant menu without gluten (because you’re coeliac). This actually happened to a friend of […]

Allergies vs intolerance – What’s the difference?

difference between food allergies and intolerances

Nikki Wallis explains how one in five UK adults believe food intolerances and allergies are the same…  Nearly one in five people believe food intolerances and food allergies are the same, when in fact they are two very different things, new research has revealed. YorkTest Laboratories, Europe’s market leader in testing for food reactions, conducted […]

In the spotlight… Nature’s Path Gluten-Free

Nature's Path

Starting with just 7 US dollars and some wise words from his father Aaran Stephens has taken Nature’s Path from a pioneering restaurant to the nation’s aisles… Nature’s Path is a fiercely independent, family-owned business that has been committed to producing organic, gluten-free food in a sustainable way for over 30 years. All their products […]

Exploring the nutritional benefits of seeds

health benefits of seeds

Charlotte Willis examines the many nutritional and punchy benefits of the humble seed… Exploring the nutritional benefits of seeds Call me biased, standing here at five-foot-nothing, but my twenty-something years have accumulated the great knowledge that good things, well they truly do come in compact sizes. Nature compacts its nutrient-dense wonders into small, rounded and […]