May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and throughout the U.S., people “turn it teal” to show their support for those with asthma and food allergies. The month-long initiative also includes Food Allergy Awareness Week, which kicks off May 10-16. It’s one of my favorite times of the year as a food allergy advocate…
One of the toughest things about dealing with food allergies is knowing what kinds of nut-free pantry staples you need. As you cut out the nut products, you may wonder what kind of flour, baking mixes and pastas are safe. When you go nut-free, it’s not as simple as tossing out the jar of peanuts….
The power of food allergy apps promises to transform weekly grocery shopping from a soul-sucking chore to a semi-manageable task. And thanks to free, innovative apps, people with life-threatening food allergies can cook in and dine out a little easier. Every trip to the grocery store can feel like you’re tip-toeing through a loaded minefield….
Girl Scout Cookies are back and with it comes the green jacket girls selling colorful boxes of delicious snacks. It’s been a year since I supported our local tween entrepreneurs and stocked up on minty, chocolatey goodness. But this year when the underage cookie dealers came knocking, I remained committed to my New Year’s resolutions….
The Food and Drug Administration last month approved Palforzia, the first treatment for peanut allergies. I believe this signals the beginning of a bright future for treatments for food allergy. And it serves as a monumental milestone for nut allergy families. The approval is major news and understandably so. More than 32 million people in…
A study showed that moms work an average of 98 hours per week and get only 17 minutes of free time to herself each day. No wonder some of us look really frazzled! Below are 10 self-care ideas for food allergy moms. Do you have friends who do yoga classes consistently before work, read two…
I remember the first time the doctor told us that she suspected Matthew had a peanut allergy. I was really confused – was that really a thing? And was it a bad thing? In my new-mom-foggy-brain-haze (which I think has hung on the past 16 years), I had no recollection of ever meeting anyone with…
Your child just received a peanut allergy diagnosis and you’re likely feeling overwhelmed, lost, and confused. The doctors probably said some sort of medical mumbo-jumbo jargon that left your head spinning. Now you’re standing at a pharmacy counter ready to hand over the equivalent of a mortgage payment for epinephrine auto-injectors. And just what the…