(This is an open letter to Jane Garrett, Victoria’s Minister for Consumer Affairs. I will also be emailing her a copy. If you feel passionately about the regulation of raw milk, feel free to copy and paste the body of this letter and send it to jane.garrett@parliament.vic.gov.au – and add your own thoughts to your email…
Warning: Contains images of Raw Milk (a Dangerous Substance)
I was going to write about antibiotics and the liver tonight. Or get started on my enormous to do list. But when I read the news about the new raw milk legislation set to roll out in Victoria, I couldn’t do any of those things. Let me back up a little. Recently in Victoria, Australia, five…
Antibiotics – When NEVER becomes NOW
Last month, I found myself in a position I never thought I would be in – pushing for my son to be prescribed antibiotics. Tyler had reacted badly to some mosquito bites, as he always does. He gets an allergic reaction to them – not anaphylactic, but lots of swelling and about a week or…
{FATS SERIES} A closer look at the Heart Foundation’s ‘current evidence’
Today was a pretty big day for Real Foodies in Australia. Jessie Reimers from Get a Fresh Start has been pouring bucketloads of energy and attention into a petition advocating for the Heart Foundation to ‘Flick the Tick’. And earlier today, Jessie delivered over 50,000 signatures to the Heart Foundation from people who believe the Tick…
