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This Halloween, FARE is encouraging food allergy families to start a new tradition: painting a pumpkin teal and placing it on your porch as a sign to other families managing food allergies that you have non-food treats available at your home. Your teal pumpkin is also a way to raise awareness in your neighborhood about…
Read More The Teal Pumpkin ProjectHere’s a great infographic from FARE. Food allergies are very serious and becoming more common. The American diet is overloaded with gluten, sugar, soy, and dairy products– is it any wonder that our bodies are starting to fight back? May is Food Allergy Action Month. Pass it on! Food Allergy Research & Education.
Read More Food Allergies in the U.S.You Supporting This – 1 in 133 – It’s a BIG Deal. Those of us with celiac disease and gluten intolerance can become very ill from minute amounts of gluten, the protein in wheat, barley, and rye. Years ago the FDA was tasked with making proper gluten-free labeling a reality. Yet we are still waiting […]
Read More 1 in 133HEEEREE WE ARE! BORN TO BE CHEFS WE MAKE SAUCES OF THE UNIVERSE (duh dun, dun dun, dun dun) Here WE belong Fighting for the rice milk– We have to make prosciutto for you all! In the privacy of my own car and kitchen, I am a rock star. Aren’t you? This culinary take on […]
Read More Kitchen DancingThank you to a friend who watches gluten-related news like a hawk for this article. Melinda Beck of The Wall Street Journal just published this article on gluten sensitivity: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576200393522456636.html#articleTabs%3Darticle This article talks about the three distinct kinds of reactions to gluten/wheat, celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, and wheat allergy. Here is an excerpt: A new […]
Read More Gluten SensitivityThe 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 AllergiesWhen you are diagnosed with celiac disease, you give up normal soy sauce because it contains wheat. When you learn you have a sensitivity to soy, you give up gluten-free soy sauce. So what’s left that’s like soy sauce? For me, that question went unanswered until last week when I discovered Coconut Aminos: http://www.coconutsecret.com/aminos2.html. It’s […]
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Truth, Justice, and All-American Allergen-Free Apple Pie 