Nick Garrett

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  • Traditional signwriting means by hand – not by rip-off digital stencil!

    nickgarrett's avatarNick Garrett Margate & London Traditional Signwriting & Glass Gilding

    What it means to have a sign written by hand – and not by digital stencil!

    I am a dedicated professional sign artist with 31 years of experience and dedication by brush… I speak with a lot of writers who have given it up – they have sadly opted for digitally produced stencils (it’s always a good idea to check your signwriter will paint your sign by hand brush – without digital stencil).

    The stencil is cut by computer and laid in place – it is low tack after it is rubbed in and flat the stencil is painted with a flat fill-in brush and when that coat is just dry the stencil is peeled off leaving a sharp digital painted letter – a lot like vinyl in final appearance but without the problems of shrinkage.

    I find this really quite sad and alarming – are some touting Traditional Signwriting?…

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  • HEALTHY TOURS: Cheese 2 go on a low-lactose diet, Delicious 'n Italy

    nickgarrett's avatarFood Tours in Parma 2018

     

    Cheese on a low-lactose diet- 2009
    by Anita MacDonald and Pat Portnoi. This article first appeared inNetwork Health Dietitians in April 2009.

    There are hundreds of types of cheese produced throughout the world. Some mature hard cheeses are known to be low in lactose but there is a scarcity of analysis data, and any existing information is inconsistent and variable. Inclusion of cheese in a low lactose diet is difficult without quantitative information about its lactose content. It would be useful to be able to include mature hard cheese in a low lactose diet: it is versatile, will add variety, increase palatability and enhance the nutritional quality of the diet.

    Galactosaemia
    In galactosaemia, a rare, inherited metabolic disorder, patients have to follow a life long lactose-free diet. Traditionally, mature hard cheese was always excluded in the diet until a UK medical advisory panel (a group of dietitians, clinicians…

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