Staying in Control During Holiday Visits
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As we drove home from our Thanksgiving dinner, we saw house after house with cars lining their driveways. It is a time of year for visiting and extended visits in other’s homes. This can lead to allergies, whether smoke, pets, dust or anything else. Continue reading…
Peanut Allergies are Real
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As seen in recent news, peanut allergies are real. They are scary and can cause death – they are real. For those with severe allergies, foods can be life threatening, and unfortunately, treatment does not always come in time. Other times, a first reaction can be an eye opener and let the family know to be ever vigilant. Continue reading…
Substitutions for Creating Allergy Safe Foods
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With the Holidays upon us, many hours will be spent in the kitchen, whether you are cooking for your family and friends to entertain, baking treats to give as gifts, or trying to put together a week night family dinner in the midst of a hectic season. Many of us want to try a new recipe or two, but ingredients can scare us if someone in our family is allergic to it. However, most of the high allergen foods have simple substitutions which barely change the integrity of the dish and make it safe to it. Continue reading…
Confusing Allergies (Again!)
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As has been said so many times before, food allergy diagnosis is really a complicated and confusing issue. Not only is the diagnosis itself confusing, but so is what you are supposed to do next, and also what everyone is supposed to do. Continue reading…
Overly Restrictive Diets
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There has been recent research to show that many people who have been told they have food allergies are on overly restrictive diets to avoid all substances that they are allergic to. However, with blood tests, as well as skin tests, often the results show false positives. When this becomes a problem is when people avoid food that they aren’t really allergic to and poor weight gain, even malnutrition ensues. Continue reading…
Peanuts While Pregnant?
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When I was pregnant with my children, I ate a lot of peanut butter sandwiches. I didn’t eat meat so I needed protein, so at least two or three times a week, lunch was PB & J. There has been questions over the year, though, if pregnant women should eat peanuts. Though neither of my daughters is allergic to peanuts, one is allergic to tree nuts and they both are prone to skin allergies. Is this related to my peanut consumption? Continue reading…
Animal Allergies
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My daughter has some signs of animal allergies to cats and hamsters. Around our dog she is fine, but does get the sniffles and itchy eyes around certain other animals. Her friend is the same way, but a pet lover, too, and has cats and a guinea pig herself. I think this is all proof that animals are beneficial to the effects of allergies. Continue reading…
Gluten Free Gravy Because the Holidays are Almost Here!
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Now that Halloween is over, it seems the holidays will be hitting hard. The stores will be filled with holiday items for Christmas, Chanukah and Thanksgiving. Magazines and television will be showcasing beautiful recipes, traditional and decadent to be served at holiday get togethers. Continue reading…
Allergy Free Halloween Candy
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It’s only a few days away – the big candy day of Halloween. Many schools will be having Halloween parties and festivals this weekend in addition to trick or treating. Candy will be everywhere. Most of us know what is safe for our allergy kids, but you never know when something new to us will pop up. In a post from a week or so ago, I mentioned a friend calling about Swedish Fish. She is a seasoned allergy mom but was unsure about this candy, so she did just the right thing – she called the number on the back of the candy to make sure it was safe. So if you are not sure – call or refrain from giving it to your child. Continue reading…
Worries Never Cease
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Today I was at my sixth grade daughter’s school with a group of mom’s putting together reward bags for the students who received a certain number of behavior points. The bags were made up of candy that was donated by parents. You can probably imagine that there were plenty of peanuts – Snickers bars, Reece’s cups, and then all of the made in the factories, like M & M’s and other chocolates. Continue reading…
