E-numbers: which ones to avoid

In this article, we look at E-numbers, and give a guide on which ones to avoid for various reasons, most importantly health reasons and keeping healthy, but also to avoid non-vegetarian, non-vegan, allergens, or forbidden foods for example.  And some highly recommended resources for further reading is given here. 

Of course, the best policy still remains to eat organic, fresh, and where possible local, and remember that too much of anything is bad (even food hitherto good for our health) - indeed one should only eat the amount required (whether that's the food, the drink, or individual additives within the food or drink). 

Additives with an E-number are not always artificial (for example curcumin and lycopene have their own E-numbers and are derived from natural sources), although many are (including aspartame, tartrazine, and many more).

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Signage improvements: No stopping and no waiting

Following on from the previous article regarding decluttering parking signs, this article suggests improvements to no stopping and no waiting (also known as no parking) signs. There are many no stopping and no waiting signs which have unnecessary wording, and more importantly use 12-hour time and non-metric measures which have to be converted.

Signage Improvements: Decluttering parking signs

This article is another signage improvement suggestions article, in which we focus on parking signs.  Parking signs are good in the UK in that they are mostly symbolic, and generally conform to international norms.  However, there are some problems including that non-metric measurements and 12 hour time are used, there are lots of wordy signs, and some of the parking signs can be very cluttered as a result, especially in urban areas.