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Dealing with Food Allergies – Tips for the non-allergic

In my previous article I wrote about my past experience with allergies and how my family’s allergies affected me. After I wrote it, I felt it prudent to make a list that may help those in a similar situation. 1. Having allergies is hard. I know this is a ‘duh’ statement but the point is 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

My Thanksgiving Menu – Food Allergy Safe & Gluten Free

Before food allergies, Thanksgiving was a simple, convenient affair. Sure, it was a little time consuming, and I would feel anxious about the turkey. But everything else was convenient. We used boxed stuffing, mashed potato flakes, a frozen pumpkin pie & another frozen apple pie or apple crumble. There are boxed corn bread mixes or 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

Peanut Allergy Free Section at Fenway Park – Go REDSOX! (VIDEO)

As peanut allergies become more prominent, more and more places are accommodating peanut allergic individuals. Airplanes have peanut and nut free flights for passengers who have severe anaphylaxis. Indoor playgrounds are deemed “Peanut Free Zones”. Some schools have banned peanuts and all peanut products, while others have a peanut free section inside the cafeteria to more

Food Allergy Friendly Vacations – A request from a concerned mother

I received the following e-mail today from a concerned mother: Hi, my 15 year old daughter…is so allergic to peanuts that all she has to do is smell them or any product of peanuts like peanut oil and she has an anaphylaxis reaction. Up until 3 months ago she was a little social butterfly at more

Peanut Butter Ban in School: Food Allergy Awareness Week

Are Peanut Butter Bans in Schools morally right, or an infringement on the rights of the other students? The very question is insulting to anyone with a heart and feelings. This is my 2nd post for Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW), a campaign started by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) to help with, more

Famous People with Food Allergies – Helping kids with food allergies cope

A week ago, I posted about Food Allergies and Bullying in schools, and I got to thinking about what would help kids cope in school while also educating their classmates about food allergies. So, I thought, “Do we know of any famous people with food allergies?” The answer is: YES! So, I wonder if it more

Happy Easter! – Food Allergy Friendly Edition

With egg, peanut, tree nut, and milk allergies in our house, it’s hard to do holidays in general. For Thanksgiving, we had to get really creative and make vegan pumpkin pie, which was delicious by the way. Easter today was easier, thankfully. While I am a little disappointed that we can’t color real eggs like more

Food Allergies and Bullying : Threats, Assaults, Attempted Murder

Kids are cruel little monsters sometimes. We see this every day as the media goes berzerk over bullies in schools who taunt anyone different. While it seems homosexual students get most of the attention by the media, there is one that is even more serious: Food Allergies. Food allergies and bullying is a very serious more