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Food Allergy Hives - Articles
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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Whats the difference between food allergies and food intolerance?
by
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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Even More Great Peanut Allergy and Food Allergy Links
by
Jennifer O.
Posted
Thu 22 Jan 2009 6:37pm
entitled "10 Things Every Food Allergy Child Wants You to Know", which is an insightful look into what it is like to be a food allergic child. There is another article with great... uncovered even more great peanut allergy resources. Check out these great links below.
http://www.allergymoms.com/uploads/newsletters/allergymoms_newsletter_08_11_08.h
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New high-allergy food guidelines
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Denise and Alan F.
Posted
Wed 15 Apr 2009 11:34pm
As we’ve discussed previously on our blog,researchers have found some evidence that EARLIER introduction to
high-allergy foods (like peanut products) may actually REDUCE the risk
of having a food allergy. This is the exact opposite of what has been
accepted wisdom for many years!
Based on this, the American Academy of Pediatrics Nutrition Committee
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Mold Allergies and Food?
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Aimee A.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 5:22pm
I have came across a message board post that suggested avoiding certain foods if you have an allergy to mold. One of them was yeast bread. My daughter has a mold allergy so I thought I would try to check into it. I have not found a lot of information yet. I did find the following list of foods supposedly to avoid.
cheese
mushrooms
foods
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College [allergy] food?
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Andrea Garza-FoodAllergyTalk
Posted
Wed 09 Mar 2011 12:00am
life (thus, the FoodAllergyTalk [ASU] club!).
I know there are many people interested in college life with allergies...whether it be parents, young adults, or even kids. So here is the first step on a sort of documentary of my college life at ASU with food allergies :)
Here's a pic of my most common meal whenever I go out-- "two hamburger
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Food Allergy Bill is now Food Allergy Law
by
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: more information and the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI)
by
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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