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Food Allergies

Child Food Allergies Rise In U.S.

Yahoo! News | Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Eggs, Food Allergies, Pediatricians, Cdc, Children, Shrimp, Milk, Food, Children's Health, Peanuts, Allergies, Living News

Whatever the cause, it's clear that the number of children with food allergies has gone up 18 percent and the number seeking treatment for food allerg...

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Throw It Back Or Throw It Up: How Will The Allergy Generation Handle Their Drink?

Susan Weissman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Allergies, Immunity, Drinking Age, Teenagers, Allergies, Alcohol, Health, Living News
Susan Weissman

Let's call them The Allergy Generation. They are the approximate two million children in the U.S. who are growing up with life-threatening food allergies.

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Are Your Food Allergies Making You Fat?

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Mark Hyman MD, Ultrawellness, Food Allergies, Probiotics, Inflammation, Weight Loss, Health, Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

Today, I'm going to explain the bugs in your digestive tract, why they upset your gut's immune system and how they just might be behind those extra pounds.

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Eco Etiquette: Stop Wasting Food! How To Plan A Special Diet Dinner Party

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Allergies, Green Entertaining, No Impact Week, Vegetarian Eating, Waste Stream, Dietary Restrictions, Food Waste, Sustainable Seafood, Gluten Free Diets, Green Living, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

My fiancé and I love to entertain, but I'm so fed up of trying to deal with everyone's dietary/environmental restrictions! I've tried asking people a...

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Is Your Digestive System Making You Sick?

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 10.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Digestive Problems, Probiotics, Food Allergies, Health, Nutrition, Mark Hyman MD, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammation, Ultrawellness, Immune System, Heartburn, Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

There might be something wrong with your inner tube, and it could be making you sick and fat.

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Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

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Jeffrey Smith

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

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Food Allergies Are the New Eating Disorder

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Victoria Beckham, Food Allergies, Nuts, Research, Eating Disorders, Rachel Weisz, Gluten Intolerance, Gwyneth Paltrow, Food Intolerance, Orlando Bloom, Peanut Allergies, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Are some people using the allergy/intolerance umbrella as a reason to restrict food? I'm betting yes. And it's not just celebrities.

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Detox for Fun and Profit

Val Brown | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Digestive Problems, Food Allergies, Stella McCartney, Wheat-Free, Conscious Eating, Animal Rights, Gluten Allergy, Detox, Agave, Dairy, Sugar-Free, Gluten Free, Vegan, Plant-Based Diet, Veal, Heavy-Metal Toxins, Diet, Stevia, Dr. Jeffrey A. Morrison, Sugar Addiction, Vegetaria, Leather Production, Animal Fat, Chemical Sensitivites, Weight Loss, Kathy Freston, Glute Intolerance, The Quantum Wellness Cleanes, Living News
Val Brown

There was no way I was going to do two detoxes in a row, so I decided that in a very unscientific way I would do them simultaneously. This is not as unsound as it sounds.

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Seasonal Allergies Take One Mother's Breath Away

Susan Weissman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Asthma, Parenting, Childhood Allergies, Food Allergies, Pollution and Asthma, Allergies, Living News
Susan Weissman

My son, Eden, was three years old before he revealed the limits of his lungs (read: allergic asthma.) It happened after what already seemed like a lifetime of severe food allergies.

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Gay & Lesbian Manners: To Drink or Not to Drink with Your Alcoholic, Lesbian Sister?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Food Allergies, LGBT Issues, Lesbian, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gays and Lesbians, Etiquette, Lesbians, Gay, Alcoholics Anonymous, LGBT Families, Gay Issues, Manners, Addiction & Recovery, Style News
Steven Petrow

Since your sister is only recently sober, she no doubt feels especially vulnerable to relapse. In this light, you may want to abide by her request until more time has passed.

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The Difference Between A Food Allergy And A False Alarm

nytimes.com | TARA PARKER | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Allergies, Parenting, Personal Health, Health, Allergies, Living News

For Ingelisa Keeling, a Houston mother of three children with multiple allergies, mealtime was a struggle. Nuts, eggs, wheat, beef, peas and rice were...

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Food Allergy Deaths: Less Common Than You Think

Meredith Broussard | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Allergies, Childhood Allergies, Personal Health, Peanuts, Health, Allergies, Faan, Harpers, Meredith Broussard, Harpers Food Allergies, Living News
Meredith Broussard

Only eleven people died from food allergies in 2005, the last year for which we have data available. More people died from lawnmower accidents.

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The Hidden Treasure of Organic Food ... For Some of Us

Alden Loury | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Healthy Eating, Food Allergies, Whole Foods, Organic Food, Food, The Chicago Reporter, Racial Disparities, African Americans, Food Deserts, Auburn Gresham, South Side Farmers Markets, Whole Food Chicago, Chicago Farmers Markets, Organic Food and Race, Chicago Food Deserts, Chicago News
Alden Loury

Grocery stores are pretty sparse in Auburn Gresham, where I live, and many other predominantly black communities on Chicago's South Side.

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When Courage And Conscience Collide

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Child Healthcare, Adhd, Food Allergies, Food's Erin Brockovich, Organic Food, Childhood Allergies, Health, Toxins, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

I had been raised to support the system, to believe in it, and certainly to never speak out. Activism was something that "radicals" did, not conservative soccer moms. But everywhere I turned, there were sick children.

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Food Allergies Spawn Multi-Billion Dollar Specialty Market

Washington Post | Annys Shin | Posted 06.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Food Allergies, Business News

Kari Keaton is the sort of customer most businesses used to hate. The Rockville mother lingers at the grocery store, poring over ingredient labels. Sh...

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