Tag ‘Allergy’
EnjoyLife Not Nuts! Fruit and Seed Trail Mix Review
Yes, ladies and gentlemen! It is another EnjoyLife Foods review, brought to you by EnjoyLife Foods, the wonderful folks responsible for the delicious and nutritious gluten free, dairy free, egg free, nut free and free of all other kinds of allergens goodies that we’ve all come to know and love in the food allergy community. more
Remedies for Inflammation – A Major Cause for Many Illnesses
A lot of the chronic ailments that I talk about on my site are said to deal with chronic inflammation. This includes allergies, asthma, gastrointestinal problems, and the like are said to be triggered by inflammation caused by the environment and the foods we eat. There are many suggestions on how to deal with the more
Sick and Tired of Food Allergy Discrimination
We see school bullying happening against kids with food allergies, and it’s not just from the kids. It’s from teachers and other parents. It disgusts me. We saw the poor little girl in Florida get protested against by other parents outside of her school. They held up picket signs during drop off in the morning more
Chocolate for Food Allergy Sufferers
When our son was first diagnosed as having a milk allergy, my thought was, “Oh no. He’ll never have chocolate!” I quickly learned that you can easily have chocolate without any milk, but what was really hard was finding chocolate that wasn’t cross-contaminated with nuts. Enjoy Life Foods has been a serious Godsend for our more
Trick-or-Treating with Food Allergies – The Tooth Fairy Saves Halloween!
Holidays are ridiculously hard for families with food allergies. Most Halloween candies contain or may contain peanuts and tree nuts. Thanksgiving and Christmas desserts almost always contain wheat, gluten, dairy and eggs. You can basically forget accepting an invitation to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. Many food allergy families have come up with unique more
Get $20 in groceries for only $10 from Whole Foods Market
I love getting great deals, and this is one of them. Today, Living Social and Whole Foods Market have teamed up. Spend $10 for a Whole Foods voucher and use it to get $20 worth of groceries on your next shopping trip to Whole Foods! This is perfect for anyone who regularly shops at Whole more
Sandra Beasley’s “Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl” – A Food Allergy Book Review
I’m a library junkie, which is where I stumbled onto Sandra Beasley’s “Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life”, and I was instantly intrigued. The title, first of all, is brilliant. Seriously. It’s witty and morbidly funny. Morbid is my favorite kind of funny. And the cover…who couldn’t like the cover? Seriously more
Can an Allergy Test give a False Positive Result?
There are numerous tests for food allergies, and if you suspect that you have a food allergy but haven’t yet identified the culprit, a food allergy test in the form of a skin prick test or a blood allergy test may be necessary to determine what food(s) you are allergic to. But be aware that more
Wal-Mart Thinks People With Food Allergies are Stupid
I like my coffee a certain way. While I was out of town, I tried half & half in my coffee for the first time, and it turned out really yummy. So I bought some…the cheapest I could find at Wal-Mart. Friggin Wal-Mart. Okay, I personally have nothing against Wal-Mart except for their GREAT VALUE more
I’m Allergic to Everything – MTV True Life Episode on Food Allergies
Two kids with food allergies, Raelyn, age 17, and Zeke, age 16. When we think about food allergies, we think about the little boy who can’t eat peanut butter, or the little girl who can’t drink milk or eat macaroni and cheese. What we don’t think about are the rare instances that people don’t know more
