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Why We've Gone Gooey
Posted by Marianne Wilson on
Over the last few months, the Allergy Best Buys testing team have been busy testing goo! Or to be more specific, MooGoo!! What's MooGoo? Founder Craig Jones noticed his mum using a thick gooey paste, intended to keep moo cow udders healthy, for her own Psoriasis. She found it effective but thick and greasy. Craig painstakingly reformulated the paste to be lighter and non-greasy - and it still kept his Mum's skin soft and supple. Other family members had sensitive skin and eczema. They wanted Craig's goo too. So did their friends, and their friends. So Craig launched MooGoo, to...
Your pillow. A hotbed of fungal spores
Posted by Janet Rhodes on
Edible insects - delicacy or allergy risk?
Posted by Janet Rhodes on
Edible insects taste good, are nutritious and readily available. They're a popular food for more than a quarter of the world's population, mainly those living in Asia, Africa and Latin America and now there is increasing interest in insects as a source of sustainable nutrition in Western countries as well. Insects can be eaten whole or easily processed into paste, ground into flour or their protein extracted for use as an ingredient or as animal feed. In Europe, edible insects fall into the Novel Food category, Novel Food being defined as food that has not been consumed by humans in the EU to...
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Cabbage wraps for eczema, psoriasis
Posted by Janet Rhodes on
Could something as simple and natural as cabbage help your eczema? It seems that the humble green has healing properties that can help eczema and psoriasis too when applied directly to the skin. |
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Pale skin or dark. What does your eczema look like?
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Why We've Gone Gooey
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Your pillow. A hotbed of fungal spores
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Edible insects - delicacy or allergy risk?
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Cabbage wraps for eczema, psoriasis
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Pale skin or dark. What does your eczema look like?
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