Planet Lactose

I started my Steve Carper's Lactose Intolerance Clearinghouse in 1997. Almost immediately people began writing to me with questions abo...

Cure? Breakthrough? Or just a tiny piece of the puzzle? “A food protein can be perfectly harmless to one person and lethal to another, said ...

Once again someone has asked why I don't list Kraft Cracker Barrel cheeses on my list of lactose free cheeses. After all, Kraft states r...

E-Z Gourmet has just announced a crunchy line of wheat-free, gluten-free, lactose-free cookies to add to its original chewy cookies. INTROD...

While searching for examples of people who still claim that "sugar rots teeth" I ran across "Sugar: Leaving a Legacy of Denta...

Presumably everybody has heard that sugar "rots your teeth." You can find this pretty easily on the internet. They're wrong. A...

While I was on the Redwood Wholefood Company website, I found their Fudge Factory , "unique dairy free fudge from Devon." Special ...

In the first ever Vegan Environmental Awards, the UK firm Redwood Wholefood Company was named Best Vegan Company. An article in the Northam...

Foods that are dairy-free, or free of other potential allergens, are easier to get today in ordinary supermarkets than ever before. Even so,...

There are many books about eating, and a growing number on food. However, there are very few books that analyze why humans eat the way they ...

I spend a lot of time complaining about the state of health reporting from the UK. See, just as the most recent example More Bad Info from t...

You may not remember the kerfluffle in the news a couple of years ago when some researchers announced that they had determined that the caus...

Benecol, the European giant of cholesterol-lowering margarine fame (see Functional Nondairy Makes Europe Healthier ), has announced a soy dr...

I recently discovered that Now and Zen, the maker of Hip Whip whipped topping, no longer seems to be in business. While I was trying to disc...

I do most of my weekly shopping at the flagship Wegman's Food Market, the store that all supermarkets want to grow up to be. Yet somehow...

I go away for a week and the world's press is full of articles with dubious information. Coincidence? As always, the worst offender is t...

When you're peddling a research report for the astounding price of $3800 you'd think you'd take the time to be sure your pitch h...

There is no one right way to imitate mother's milk in a baby formula. And that's not even looking at the fundamental question of whe...

Breastfeeding is a subject that seems to drive people insane. Despite my public stance of encouraging breastfeeding for any woman who is abl...

It's over 90°F (32°C) in much of the country, so frozen treats are a must. There are a million varieties and Terry Kay Bargar of the And...