This is a picture of my five year old son sat on some steps in Grand Central Station, New York, munching on a gluten free, dairy free chocolate doughnut. It was categorically one of the highlights of his trip (just pipped to the post by going to Toys R Us!)....
Every Thursday my son and I pick up my eldest daughter from Cross Country club, then my other daughter and her friend from dance class. The route home takes us past MacDonald's and every week the conversation is the same: 'MacDonald's!' one of them will exclaim (as if...
Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and aubergines. Not just a random list of food, they are all part of the same group, the nightshades, along with the spices, cayenne and paprika. First thoughts when it comes to nightshades may well be the age old poison, 'deadly...
If you have been following some of my recent posts and indeed if you are interested in this sort of thing, you will have seen that I have been experimenting with alternatives to wheat flour. Our favourite so far has been spelt flour. The bread maker has been in...
Any ideas what the following list of ingredients is from? Water, tapioca starch, potato starch, vegetable oil, wholegrain maize flour, egg white powder, yeast, cellulose gum, concentrated fruit juice, dextrose, rice bran, cornflour, sugar beet fibre. Would you believe...
I went to a very interesting talk today at Starjumpz Children's Centre. It was about the link between gut health and emotional and physical well being. It has been scientifically proven time and time again that there is a connection between gut and mental health....
I recently wrote about my son, who has suffered from food intolerances since an early age. He is almost five now and I finally have a good idea of what has been causing him problems all this time. Firstly, I would like to clarify the differences between food allergies...
I recognised, that from a very young age, my son had a problem with his digestive system. But when I took him to the doctor, I was told that there was nothing wrong with him. This assessment was based upon the one simple fact that he was gaining weight normally. I was...
I have always been conscious of living a healthy lifestyle. Having a degree in nutrition helps, I guess and it has certainly been the foundation for the choices I have made when it comes to cooking and eating. In addition I have suffered from irritable bowel syndrome...