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The February edition of the IBS Treatment Center newsletter is available! http://www.ibstreatmentcenter.com/Newsletters/Feb11.pdf Dr. Steve Wangen of Seattle has one of the best websites on digestive health out there. His newsletter is always packed full of interesting information for people with these and other issues. This month’s edition discusses migraines and how they can sometimes be […]
Read More IBS TC NewsletterToday I read an article on a psychology website that really hit a nerve. It discussed the anxiety that children can feel when they have food allergies and the overreactions of some of their parents. What bothered me is that the commentary seemed to downplay how serious and widespread food allergies are. It also addressed […]
Read More In Defense of AllergiesSandwiched into the Food Safety and Modernization Act, which I strongly opposed because of its boost to large corporations, potential damage to family farmers, increased federal control over our food supply, and inevitable effect of raising food costs, was one ray of sunshine. The president just signed this bill into law yesterday. FAAN is reporting […]
Read More FAAMA Becomes LawIn all my years of employment and volunteer work with government agencies, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard the words “food allergies” mentioned in disaster planning. Reality is, if there is a disaster and people with special dietary considerations need food, the government may not be able to help. I recently contacted FEMA about […]
Read More FEMA & Food Allergieshttp://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/christmas_webcam My buddies over at Celiac.com are spreading the word about Alek’s Controllable Christmas Lights.
Read More Christmas Lights for CeliacsFrom http://glutenfreeoptimist.blogspot.com: The University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research received an astonishing $45 million donation to create a special institute! Watch this video to hear Dr. Fasano’s comments about the donation. For more details, read this article in The Baltimore Sun.
Read More Fasano Receives $45 MillionFor people with multiple food allergies, finding new convenience foods is exciting (and sometimes fattening since we eat a lot of natural foods instead). Common ready-made snacks and condiments like a chocolate bar, mayonnaise, canned soup, or frozen meals don’t exist in some food allergy sufferers’ worlds. Many allergen-free products still contain just that one […]
Read More GF DF EF SF ProductsA friend who’s walked with me on my gluten-free journey for the better part of a decade just sent me the Chicago Tribune’s 8-page feature on celiac disease. She says that it’s the first time a major newspaper has provided such a supplement on celiac. Thank you to the NFCA for posting the .pdf!
Read More Chicago Tribune – CeliacChildren with Food Allergies Targeted by Bullies – FAAN. People with food allergies are often the targets of bullying, discrimination, and domestic violence because of their medical condition. This should not be tolerated. FAAN has issued a press release about kids who’ve been bullied for their diets.
Read More Bullying & Food AllergiesA friend just emailed me the following link. It says that Chelsea Clinton’s wedding cake was gluten-free and vegan. http://glutenfreeoptimist.blogspot.com/2010/08/who-made-chelsea-clintons-gluten-free.html While that may sound weird to people eating the standard American diet, it’s great press for allergen-free diets. Yes, we can have gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and whatever else-free cake!
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Truth, Justice, and All-American Allergen-Free Apple Pie 