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Food Allergies

How Should Restaurants Accommodate Allergies?

Posted 11.21.2011 | Home

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

How To Deal With Food Allergies In The Cafeteria

Posted 11.08.2011 | Parents

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

Simon McCormack

Helping Families Tackle Food Allergies

HuffingtonPost.com | Simon McCormack | Posted 09.20.2011 | Impact

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...

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

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 08.22.2011 | Green
Jennifer Grayson

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.

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

AP | By LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 08.20.2011 | Home

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

Catherine Pearson

Kids' Food Allergies Twice As Common As We Thought

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 10.01.2011 | Healthy Living

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...

30 Worst U.S. Cities For Allergies

Posted 07.26.2011 | Healthy Living

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...

Should Schools Be Nut-Free?

Susan Weissman | Posted 07.19.2011 | Healthy Living
Susan Weissman

Should US schools be "Nut Free?" I wonder how much the label of "Nut-Free" school can secure the safety of any nut-allergic allergic child.

Does Your Wine Contain Fish Bladders?

Posted 07.06.2011 | Home

Starting in the summer 2012, Canadian wine drinkers can look forward to a warning label on wine bottles that the product may contain fish, eggs or mil...

The Startling Cost Of Food Allergies

Posted 07.06.2011 | Home

A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology calculates that doctor visits, hospital care and lost work days due to food al...

UPDATE: After Protests, School Eases Policies To Protect Student With Peanut Allergy

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- A Florida elementary school beset by parental protests is scrapping some of the more severe restrictions it had implemented to prot...

The Kitchen Tool Your Allergy-Free Kitchen Can't Live Without

Elizabeth Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Gordon

If you find that you can't always successfully substitute one flour for another, this is because most flours have different weights. So here's a list of my favorite flours and their weights.

5 Tips For Parenting Kids With Food Allergies

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Delia Lloyd

Dealing with food allergies is so woven into my life at this point that I sometimes forget how little the rest of the world knows about them.

Dear Secretary Vilsack: Please Reconsider the Fate of Our Milk

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Robyn O'Brien

With utmost sincerity, I urge you to delay the approval of genetically engineered alfalfa. I believe this alfalfa will directly impact our children's milk supply, given that it is used as livestock feed for dairy cows.

Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jeffrey Smith

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

A Gluten, Dairy, Soy, Nut, Egg and Mess-Free Dinner

Elizabeth Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Gordon

To me, entertaining is one of life's greatest pleasures. There's only one problem: I hate cleaning up at the end of the night.

Your Food Allergy Questions, Answered

Health.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

From celebrities shunning gluten to schools banning peanuts, food allergies are all over the news. To get up-to-the-minute info on why so many peop...

Seventh-Grader DIES At School After Allergic Reaction

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

It was the last day before winter break at Edison Regional Gifted Center, a selective school in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood that's one of the s...

Gluten Dairy, Soy, Nut and Egg-Free Spritz Cookies

Elizabeth Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Gordon

Happy holidays, dear reader. I hope that you have an easier time with the spritz than I and that you enjoy every last crumb of these cute little cookies.

Allergy Council PSA

Alex Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Alex Grossman

Growing up in the 70's, I'd never even heard of kids with peanut allergies. Today, sadly, I know dozens of such children, some of them with life-threatening reactions.

Gluten, Dairy, Soy, Nut and Egg-Free "Peanut Butter" Fudge

Elizabeth Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Gordon

This holiday favorite really is nut free despite the fact that it tastes like peanut butter. It might sound a little strange, but it is creamy and rich, just like mom used to make.

Gluten, Dairy, Soy, Nut and Egg-Free English Toffee

Elizabeth Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Gordon

In my family, the arrival of English toffee means but one thing: Christmas is on the horizon. I thought I'd show you an easy way to make a allergy-free version of this crowd-pleaser.

A Gluten, Dairy, Soy, Nut and Egg-Free Hors d'Oeuvre

Elizabeth Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Gordon

Although Thanksgiving isn't exactly known for being a holiday heavy on the hors d'oeuvres, it's true that just about everyone that I know enjoys a little cocktail and snack before the gluttony begins.

An Allergy-Free Thanksgiving on the Horizon

Elizabeth Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Elizabeth Gordon

I don't know anyone who isn't charmed by a cut-out cookie, and this one does not fall short. Whip up a batch of these now and freeze them undecorated to make your Thanksgiving even easier.

What Causes Children's Food Allergies?

Susan Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Susan Weissman

Clean water and food, antibiotics, reduced exposure to parasites and infectious diseases may have caused our progressive worldwide allergies. But these ideas don't offer obvious solutions to parents.