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Food Allergies - Articles
Food Allergy Bill is now Food Allergy Law
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Food Allergy Assistant
Posted
Fri 07 Jan 2011 12:00am
On Wednesday President Obama signed 35 bills into law. One of them was the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Act . This is welcome news for our school children with food..., but the federal government will provide the standards and schools can craft a food allergy policy to fit their needs. We need consistency among our schools in the way food allergies
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Food allergies for you = food allergies for your baby?
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Baby Health Blog ..
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:20pm
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Despite a lot of research, the exact cause of food allergies and the reason the number of kids affected is on the rise, is still something of a mystery. One very common question on the subject is “Are food allergies genetic?”
While no one has identified a “food allergy gene,” research does show that if Mom, Dad or both parents have a history
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Food Allergies: more information and the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI)
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Neil Kao
Posted
Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:26am
TheFood Allergy Initiativeis a non-profit organization founded in 1998 whose main goal is to support research to find a cure for life-threatening food allergies. Useful information can be found on their website. I find the lists of synonyms for various foods to be particularly helpful. For example, if your child has an allergy to soy, consider
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Whats the difference between food allergies and food intolerance?
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AllAboutHealth
Posted
Mon 22 Nov 2010 10:02am
An estimated 1-2% of people are estimated to have a food allergy, but many more have a food intolerance. Whilst it’s common to get the two confused, they’re actually caused in different ways and have different severity of the symptoms.
What are food allergies?
If you eat something you’re allergic to, your body incorrectly identifies it as a threat
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Food Allergy vs Food Intolerance
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Fanda
Posted
Sun 15 Mar 2009 9:38pm
For years our family have been living with allergy, especially food allergy. We always think that when our body responds negatively to a certain food, that means we get a food allergy. As we understood that allergy can appear in many forms, from itchy skin to faringitis and asthma, we did not see anything strange when someday I realized that I
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Multiple Sclerosis, Food Allergies, and Eating Real Food
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Jughead
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Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:38am
I'm on a real food kick, thinking food is the root of all evil, or at least the root to all my evil. I go Monday for my food allergy tests. I was talking to the mother today, she told me she hoped I was allergic to all my favorite foods and could never eat them again, or did she say that would be horrible, I can't remember? They told me
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Allergy Eats Helps Those With Food Allergies
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Food Allergy Assistant
Posted
Wed 07 Apr 2010 12:00am
Paul is a dad of kids with food allergies. He's a busy man who set his sights on making it easier for families with food allergy to eat out. The result is a new online guide called Allergy Eats .
The concept is simple- people who deal with food allergies share information with one another by rating restaurants. It's a peer review system
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Allergy On Board is a Food Allergy Resource
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Food Allergy Assistant
Posted
Fri 09 Apr 2010 12:00am
There's a new company available to help families cope with food allergy. Allergy On Board offers t-shirts and books for children with food allergies.
The t-shirts are quite adorable and use the slogan "allergy on board" to convey the message that the wearer has a food allergy. It's a positive message that gets the point across without being
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