Food Allergies

Is This Floor Gluten-Free?

Kelly Dorfman | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: GMO Health Risks, Food Labeling, Food Allergies, Gluten Intolerance, Gluten Free, Eating Gluten Free, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Food, Diet and Nutrition, Going Gluten Free, Gluten Free Trend, Food Allergy, Gluten Free Diet, Living With Food Allergies, Healthy Living News

The unfunny reality is: For people who react badly to gluten, unclear labeling and convoluted manufacturing practices can turn eating into an extreme sport.

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9 Out-Of-The-Box, Healthy Snack Ideas

Amie Valpone | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Dairy-Free, Healthy Food, Healhty Recipes, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Food Allergies, Diet and Nutrition, Gluten Free Snacks, Recipes, Healthy Gluten Free, Healthy Foods, Gluten Free Food, Healthy Snacks, Healthy Living News

The benefits of eating clean, wholesome gluten-free food will have you feeling good and good about yourself. Here are some quick and easy snacks to hold you over and keep you and your gluten-free belly happy.

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What Food Allergies Are Really About

Susan Weissman | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Fetish, Steve Jobs, Food Allergies, Genetics, Food Allergy Awareness Week, Food Obsession, Parents News

For my son, Eden, food allergies are about how food makes him feel singled out.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck On Going Gluten-Free

EatingWell | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Celiac Disease, Michelle Edelbaum, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Survivor, Eatingwell, Gluten Free, Food Allergies, Gluten Health, Gluten Intolerance, Diet and Nutrition, Gluten Free Cooking, Gluten, Healthy Living News

When she's not co-hosting her Emmy Award-winning ABC talk show, running or playing with her three young children, you can find Elisabeth Hasselbeck in her kitchen.

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Are These Common Foods Causing Your Allergies?

Dr. Susanne Bennett | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Alcohol Sensitivities, Allergy Symptoms, Sugar Intolerance, Food Allergies, Peanut Allergy, Food Sensitivities, Casein-Free, Gluten Sensitivity, Egg-Allergies, Mold and Yeast Allergies, Dairy Allergy, Allergies, Personal Health, Gps-Soul, Natural Health, Slidepollajax, Healthy Living News

According to the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, approximately 40 million Americans suffer from allergies, with four million workdays lost annually due to hay fever alone.

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Student Innovators "Get Their Genius On"

Nancy Conrad | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Food Allergies, Isle of Man, Asteroids, Innovators, Aerospace, Haiti, Sustainability, High School, Astronauts, Entrepreneurship, STEM Education, Impact News

Innovators like Steve Jobs don't just happen -- they are grown. The question is how? The simple answer is: young minds must be challenged and engaged.

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How Hidden Food Sensitivities Make You Gain Weight

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.03.2012

No doubt, a severe food allergy is scary. But it's also relatively rare. A much more common scenario is an adult with a low-grade food allergy to say, gluten, who never pinpoints the cause of his misery.

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Poisoned by a Pine Nut Tart

Rozanne Gold | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Dysgeusia, Food, China, Pine Nuts, Pinus Armandii, Poisoning, Metallogeusia, Food Allergies, Pine Nut Mouth, Food News

"Pine nut mouth" usually develops a day or two after eating the nuts and that's exactly what happened to me! Almost 48 hours after the last bite of my apple and pine nut tart came the ill-tasting wine and then several days of hideous heavy metal tastes in my mouth.

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Please Keep Your Birthday Cupcake Out of My Kids' Classroom

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Birthday Cupcakes, Candy Rewards, Treats at School, Childhood Obesity, Sweets at School, Fighting Child Obesity, Junk, Child Obesity, Food Allergies, Kids Food Allergies, Parents News

If you want your kid to have a celebratory cupcake, I hope he or she enjoys it with gusto at your private birthday party. But can you also respect the rights of those of us who are fighting to keep our children healthy.

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British Woman Blinded, Paralyzed After Stomach Bug. How Could It Happen?

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Food Allergies, Gluten Sensitivity, Video, Food Intolerance, Food Allergy, Gluten Free, Black Voices News

When 30-year-old Bunmi Sobowale caught a stomach bug during a trip to Mexico in 2004, she never imagined the string of health problems that would ensu...

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Most People With 'Food Allergies' Are Exaggerating, Expert Says

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Food Allergies, Video, Food Sensitivities, Food Allergy Stats, Food Allergy Statistics, Food Safety, Food Intolerance, Peanut Allergies, Fake Food Allergies, Prevalence of Food Allergies, Food News

It's a cliche, at this point, to note that many more people claim to have food allergies today than they did a decade or two ago. In some David Chang-...

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EpiPens, and Why Schools Should Have and Use Them

Karen Latimer | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Food Allergies, Schools, Parenting, Peanut Allergies, Epipen, Allergies, Parents News

A child who has severe allergies should never be far from an EpiPen. School personnel and all caregivers should be trained to use them.

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What Would You Want If Your Child Had His First Allergic Reaction in School?

Susan Weissman | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Food Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Public Education, Medicine, School Lunches, Parents News

Should all school children, not just those who have diagnosed food allergies, have access to the emergency medication epinephrine and should more adults be ready to administer it?

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The Worst Dinner Guest Ever

Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Thanksgiving Dinner Guests, Food Allergies, Video, Worst People, Worst Guests, Thanksgiving Dinner, Entertaining, Worst Dinner Guest Ever, Vegan, Comedy News

Our friends at BuzzFeed have created an extremely useful diagram of the worst dinner guest ever. And not a moment too soon either. There's still tim...

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Wheat and Weight Loss in Argentina

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Preservatives in Food, Food Allergies, Wheat Allergy, FOOD PRESERVATIVES, Healthy Living Body, Diet and Nutrition, Wheat Allergies, Healthy Living News

Over yet another breakfast of medialunas (mini-croissants with sweet or savory fillings), I remain intrigued by what appears to be a break in the laws of nutritional physics here in Argentina.

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The Spookiest Part Of Halloween: Sugar, Fat And Gluten, Oh My!

Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D. | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Food Allergies, American Heart Association, Halloween, Healthy Living Body, Chocolate, Gluten Free, Halloween Weight Gain, Halloween Candy, Fat, Diet and Nutrition, Sugar, Diet-and-Nutrition, Custom-Diet-and-Nutrition, Healthy Living News

The sugar or gluten present in candy can make this holiday less than enjoyable for your little one. All is not lost -- there are still many options available, regardless of the limitations he or she may have.

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New and Promising Food Allergy Treatment 'Tricks' the Immune System

Susan Weissman | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Food Allergies, Nih, Medical Treatment, Northwestern University, Anaphylaxis, Multiple Food Allergies, Food Allergy Treatment, Peanut Allergies, National Institutes of Health, Diet and Nutrition, Healthy Living Body, Healthy Living News

Like any parent whose child has multiple and life-threatening food allergies, I scrutinize any pronouncements of treatments through the lens of my child's body.

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Why Americans Need Better Education on Allergic Reactions

Susan Weissman | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Food Allergies, Healthy Living Body, Food Allergy Symptoms, Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis, Personal Health, CPR Training, Childhood Food Allergies, Anaphylactic Shock, Parents-Newborns, Anaphylaxis, Parents-Teens-Tweens, Parents-Toddlers, Healthy Living News

As the parent of a child with multiple anaphylactic allergies, I've learned that any delay in treatment of anaphylaxis can cost my child his life. But what if a child shows signs of anaphylaxis and an EpiPen isn't readily available?

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How Should Restaurants Accommodate Allergies?

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Restaurant Allergies, Food Allergies, Video, Restaurants, Food Restrictions, Food Allergry, Food-Intolerance, Food News

Two thought-provoking blog posts have recently been published about how restaurants should, and can, deal with severe allergies. Paolo Lucchesi from ...

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How To Deal With Food Allergies In The Cafeteria

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Snack Time, Lunch Time, Food Allergies, Children With Allergies, Parents-Back-to-School, Cafeteria, School Lunch, Peanut Allergies, Back to School, Allergies, Parents News

Karen McEwan's school cafeteria has an "allergy table" with a "peanut free" sign on it. The Portland, Ore., kindergarten teacher reports that schoo...

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Helping Families Tackle Food Allergies

HuffingtonPost.com | Simon McCormack | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Food Allergies, Help With Food Allergies, Bay Area Allergy Advisory Board Mireille Schwartz, Food Allergy Medication, San Francisco Impact, Bay Area Allergy Advisory Board, Mireille Schwartz, Greatest Person of the Day, Good News, Impact News

Mireille Schwartz says she has a different relationship with food than most people. The founder of the Bay Area Allergy Advisory Board has a seafoo...

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Eco Etiquette: Is Genetically Modified Food Linked To Kids' Food Allergies?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Food Allergies, Green Advice, Green News, Robyn O'Brien, Alyssa Milano, Hygiene Hypothesis, Green Living, Anaphylaxis, Allergykids, Organic Food, Epipen, Food Allergies in Children, Genetically Modified Food, The Unhealthy Truth, Gmos, Labeling Laws, Genetic Engineering, Eco Etiquette, Green News

The federal government has no problem slapping graphic warning labels on a pack of cigarettes; yet when it comes to something that affects all of us -- the food we eat every day -- we're left playing Russian roulette.

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1 in 13 U.S. Kids Have Food Allergies, Study Says

AP | By LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 08.20.2011

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CHICAGO -- Food allergies affect about one in 13 U.S. children, double the latest government estimate, a new study suggests. The researchers say abou...

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Kids' Food Allergies Twice As Common As We Thought

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 10.01.2011

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Cristina Stainkamp, 42, a stay-at-home mother of three, describes how terrifying it was when her first child, then 18-months, went into anaphylactic s...

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30 Worst U.S. Cities For Allergies

Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Food Allergies, Healthy Living, Ragweed Allergies, Healthy Living Body, Allergy Season 2011, Slidepollajax, Allergies by State, Allergies, Allergy Season, Allergy Rates, Healthy Living News

If the reports are right, then this allergy season is going to be worse -- and longer -- than it has been in previous years. One in five Americans suf...

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