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Foods Matter (http://www.foodsmatter.com) is an entirely independent informational website and allergy portal which grew out of, and has now taken over from, a monthly printed magazine.
The magazine was started some 20 years ago by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson (http://www.foodsmatter.com/about_us/michelle.html) , a food historian, food journalist and ex-caterer |
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Michelle's small son was diagnosed with a dairy intolerance. She was so horrified at the quality of the few dairy-free foods on the market that she decided that she could do better herself. However, back in the1990s the concept of 'free-from food' had yet to be born and after three years of struggling to get her products onto the market in economically viable quantities, she gave up the manufacture of 'free-from' foods and turned to writing about them. She has subsequently written nine books on food allergy/intolerance, edited Foods Matter and contributes regularly to a number of other magazines. |
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Foods Matter magazine started as a free quarterly going to around 35,000 health professionals dealing with food allergy and intolerance. In 2000 it became a subscription only, patient-support magazine with a readership of around 20,000. The Foods Matter site is totally free access and includes a mass of information - articles, research reports and active forums on all of those allergy related health conditions (eczema, asthma, IBS, ME and CFS, depression and mood swings and behavioural problems in children) which plague the 21st century. However its particular emphasis is on food allergy and intolerance with a huge FreeFrom Food section (http://www.foodsmatter.com/freefrom_foods/index.html) with links to hundreds of freefrom food suppliers, reviews of new freefrom products and nearly 250 delicious, tested freefrom recipes. Foods Matter also runs the annual FreeFrom Food Awards (http://www.freefromfoodawards.co,uk) to find the best freefrom food each year. |