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There are three main types of pesticide used on food crops: insecticides to kill insect pests, fungicides to kill fungal diseases, and herbicides to kill weeds. There are over 420 pesticides that can legally be used in Britain, and others are known to be used illegally. The vast majority of these pesticides leave residues on [...]
Milk and cheese should be tested separately. Test milk first, using fresh milk, not evaporated or dried. If you react to milk you will probably react to cheese and butter as well, although some milk-sensitive people can eat butter. Even if you can drink milk, you may react to cheese, because it contains various chemicals [...]
When it comes to introducing new foods, those with low allergenic potential should be given at first, and the foods that most often produce allergic reactions withheld for a time. The main problem foods are eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, wheat, citrus fruits and chocolate. Beef and chicken should also be kept off the menu, as [...]
Before considering what can be done about colic, we need to look at the question of lactose and lactose intolerance. Lactose is the main sugar found in all animal milks, including human breast milk (the name means ‘milk sugar’). Unlike most sugars, it does not taste sweet – if it did milk would be quite [...]
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Although most foods do not want to be eaten, there are exceptions to the rule in the form of fruits and nuts. These contain the seeds of the plant and they rely on animals eating them to disperse the seed. The wild version of a fruit such as an apricot consists of a juicy, sweetish [...]