It’s about a year ago that Don Barrett filed his first case against the big food companies in the USA. And it’s about time – I’ve been writing about the dangers of sugar (my blog: Sugar Sucks, Oct 2010) and its potential addictive nature for a long time now plus the inadequacies of food labelling…
The Daily Mail article, referenced in Coco Loco-Part 1, mentions Dr Mary Newport and her case study about her husband’s struggle with dementia. She comments that in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, multiple sclerosis (& others) it appears that the neurons in certain areas of the brain are unable to process glucose and therefore not getting any…
I’ve just come across another good example of marketing hype with labeling… In a very posh hotel they are offering complimentary bottles of green tea in their rooms. Here is what the bottle states: Green tea with honey and ginseng 100% all natural Where great taste and goodness ‘naturally’ come together. Green tea for its…
I guess we’re all inherently trusting and that’s why marketing works! There’s an article in Which magazine this month (March 2012 – Food & Health/Food labelling) exposing how we’re being duped by food marketing campaigns on numerous fronts. Supermarkets such as Marks & Spencer’s have Lochmuir salmon – but no such place actually exists –…
That old saying – we are what we eat – keeps coming up again and again. This time I spotted an article (Sunday Times, 11 Sep 11 – Eat yourself happy with mood food) reporting on how micronutrients such as vitamins and trace minerals in the foods we eat can quickly affect our concentration, memory…
It’s that time year again – already. All the plums are ripe at the same time again, including the Damsons! Plus we just collected bags & bags of pears too… Here’s Amy & Zoe helping collect some fruit from our orchard. They were also great at helping de-stone all the plums in preparation for jam making,…