Living with Food Allergies
Hints and tips for eating fast food at chain restaurants if you have food allergies. Learn about fast food and food allergies.
Safe and convenient allergy-friendly foods can be expensive. Which products are worth shelling out for and which do you make yourself?
Can you bring food to a company dinner if your allergies aren't accommodated? Learn about balancing food allergies and your work life.
No food is allergy-safe for everyone. There are too many foods that can cause allergy-symptoms to tout any one food as an allergy wonder food. But a few foods in your grocery store are real finds -- safe for a wide variety of allergies, nutritional powerhouses, quick, tasty, and cheaper than most foods aimed at consumers with allergies. Sound too good to be true? Read on.
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Hints and tips for eating fast food at chain restaurants if you have food allergies. Learn about fast food and food allergies.
It's ironic that the medicine you take to make you healthy can cause an allergic reaction if you have a food allergy. Learn how to protect yourself from food allergens in medication.
Celebrating Passover with a food allergy? Allergy-safe alternatives for eggs, charoset, matzah, and other essentials on your seder plate.
The best substitute for a given food isn't always one-to-one -- that is, sometimes the right substitute for an allergenic food depends on how you're using it. The best way to replace an ingredient for baking might be completely different than the way you'd replace it for eating raw, or for cooking briefly in a savory recipe. Nonetheless, here is a list of basic pantry staples and some useful…
Allergy-safe Easter menu, including holiday recipes suitable for multiple food allergies.
Five dos and don'ts for buying allergy-safe Valentine's Day candy.
Is it possible to have a healthy vegetarian diet if you have food allergies? In all likelihood, yes -- even if you're allergic to soy. Find out what you need to know to balance your vegetarian or vegan diet with food allergies.
Shopping for someone with a food allergy or an otherwise restricted diet? Looking to buy something meaningful to simplify their life? Search no further. Here are seven ideas for gifts to warm your allergic loved one's heart.
Are your severe food allergies (or your child's food allergies) causing you stress and anxiety? You're not alone. Find out why food allergies can be so stressful and learn some strategies for coping.
Whether you're entertaining at your place or visiting family or friends, navigating major holidays with food allergies can be difficult. Well-meant gifts of food, plates of unsafe foods at child height, or dishes of unknown provenance at the dinner table can all cause reactions. But clear communication, well-placed offers of help, and alternatives to trigger foods are all useful in helping y…
Enjoy Thanksgiving with food allergies with an entire allergy-safe Thanksgiving menu.
Why an allergy alert t-shirt might be a good idea for your young child, and where to find food allergy t-shirts and other clothing.
Where can you find allergy safe food for food allergies? From warehouse clubs to health food stores, here's what to expect when you go grocery shopping.
Between medical bills and special foods, food allergies and other conditions involving restrictive diets can cost you. Learn some money-saving tips to help you live a frugal life with food allergies.
Concerned about alcohol allergies or alcohol intolerances? Learn about how food allergies can affect your ability to drink alcoholic beverages.
Eight tips for eating at restaurants with food allergies, from ordering to avoiding cross-contamination
When a member of your family is diagnosed with an allergy, you don't have to throw away all your favorite cookbooks, or to ignore every recipe you come across that has a potential allergen. Here's a step-by-step guide to figuring out when substitutions can work, and which potential substitutes will give you the best results.
Tips and tools for preparing educators to work with a student with a severe allergy. Written specifically with an eye towards peanut allergies, but applicable to any student who might experience anaphylactic shock or another life threatening allergic reaction. From About.com's Parenting Special Needs Guide.
"Allergy-free" online grocery store that allows you to shop by excluding your allergens. Wide selection.
Steps for parents to take to protect children with severe allergies in school.
An overview of day-to-day life with food allergies from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Resources for individuals who suffer from multiple food allergies, from dietetic cookbook author Nicolette Dumke.