Food allergy researcher Hazel Gowland uncovers the dangers and risks of food allergens in non-food care products… Easing yourself back into the salon chair, you relax and enjoy the warmth of the water as your hair is professionally washed and conditioned, before being cut and styled…Or perhaps you remove your fluffy robe and prepare to […]
Nutritional therapist reveals challenges of raising kids in a gluten-free household… I met my husband, Robert, in 2001 and for as long as I can remember he suffered from fatigue and mouth ulcers. He would scratch or damage the inside of his mouth while eating and resign himself to the fact he would soon develop a […]
Laura Southern is a leading London-based Nutritional Therapist, and a nutritionist for Gosh!. She gained her dipION in Nutritional Therapy after four years training at the renowned Institute for Optimum Nutrition. After nearly a decade working in television production, Laura decided to embark on a career change, one that would combine her love of working with people, […]
Q There are so many new gluten-free products on the market, but the prices don’t seem to be coming down. Why not? We all know gluten-free products are more costly than their gluten counterparts. This is for many reasons, including more expensive ingredients, the cost of research being done to produce better-tasting products, and maintaining […]
Founder of app Biteappy, Caroline Oldham, faces her challenges head on and makes the world a better place… My free-from journey started when I was in my late teens. I have always been a very active person and I love working out at the gym. However, I was referred to a specialist in Leeds as […]
Model turned chef to the stars, Caroline Byron, also dubbed the ‘Gluten-Free Nigella’, is the latest big thing in New York catering and celebrity circles. But she has had an unusual journey into the gluten-free lifestyle, from illnessnesses as a young girl to studying at a top French culinary school, all along the way trying […]
It’s hard enough being on a restricted diet in an environment you know, but what about in one you are unfamiliar with? Rebecca Field provides her top tips when travelling abroad to help you continue eating free-from on holiday… Summer is Here and that means it is time to start thinking about holidays. Whether you are […]
Helen shows how learning to live with an intolerance can be deeply rewarding… As far back to the age of 17 I can remember having a sore stomach. The pain would normally come after eating, although I hadn’t realised it was just food causing me the pain. I was always a worrier, so I put […]
The nation’s darling, Davina McCall, overcomes another hurdle in her life – the sugar addiction… After her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised to give up refined sugar, Davina McCall has made it her mission to cut the white stuff out of her life, and to help others do the same. Months later, […]
Singing soul sensation Mari Wilson explains how she used to have to have two dresses on standby when performing – all dependant on whether she’d had a gluten reaction… I’d been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 1978 when I was in my twenties and have been on insulin ever since. Shortly afterwards, I also […]