This Week in Allergy & Asthma News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news to keep kids with food allergies and other health conditions safe! Hershey’s is piloting a new SmartLabel packaging feature that will allow parents to scan the package to receive more information on the product. But will this really benefit kids […]
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Understanding Treatment Options With Dr. Petrizzo
This week, we asked Dr. Marie Cavuoto Petrizzo who specializes in allergy, asthma and clinical immunology, to guest blog for us to help us understand allergy treatment options. Here are her thoughts on available treatments: Food allergies are a growing public health concern. As many as 15 million people and 8% of children have food allergies. […]
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Crunch Into These Allergy-Friendly Enjoy Life Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Kids with food allergies have to miss out on a lot of kid-friendly treats, but luckily, cookies are one that they don’t have to say goodbye to anymore! Earlier this month, we had the chance to taste test the Enjoy Life Chocolate Chip Cookies, and true to the brand’s name, they definitely made us enjoy life […]
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This Week in Allergy & Asthma News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news to keep kids with food allergies and other health conditions safe! Don’t you wish there was a way for you to instantly tell whether a food at the grocery store was allergy-friendly? It looks like there could be, thanks to […]
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Our Meds: Understanding the Choices Available
The allergy aisle is full of so many different brands, how do we as parents of kids with allergies know which one to try? I keep my medicine cabinet stocked with all of the different over-the-counter allergy medicines, but when my son is having a mild allergic reaction, which one should I reach for? I […]
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Get Ready to Say “WOW” With Wowbutter!
As mom to a son with a severe nut allergy, I understand firsthand how hard it can be to find safe, allergy-friendly foods for kids to snack on. When I heard about Wowbutter and how it’s a perfect peanut and tree nut free alternative to peanut butter, I knew I had to get my hands on some! […]
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This Week in Allergy & Asthma News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news to keep kids with food allergies and other health conditions safe! AllergyEats recently released the 2016 list of the most allergy-friendly restaurant chains. Restaurants were picked based on how well they accommodated food allergic diners, so you know where to […]
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Why AllerMates Loves The Wiggles!
You may know Anthony Field as the Blue Wiggle from the world famous kids’ entertainment group, The Wiggles, but at AllerMates, Anthony is just another parent on a mission to protect his food allergic kid. I was excited to have the opportunity to meet with Anthony and the rest of The Wiggles when they were […]
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This Week in Allergy & Asthma News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news to keep kids with food allergies and other health conditions safe! Do you know the truth behind “may contain” labels? If you have kids with food allergies, it’s important to know how products are labeled, and what you should do […]
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After the Epinephrine: 7 Things to Expect at the Hospital
So I’ve had the displeasure of racing my sweet-natured, allergy-asthma kid, Ben, to the ER on about half a dozen occasions. Not TOO bad, considering he’s 11, right? We’ve gone twice for allergy-related crises; twice for asthma-related emergencies; once for tripping and cracking his head on a glass table; and another time when he accidentally stabbed […]
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Goldfish…Safe For Nut Allergic Kids??
I keep a close eye on news of allergen-related recalls or product changes that could affect kids with food allergies, so when I happened to see an article on Goldfish, I quickly clicked through to see what the latest was on this popular kid-friendly snack. As many of you may already know, the Goldfish brand […]
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Do People Not Take Allergies Seriously??
Do people not take allergies seriously?! A few days ago, a 7-year-old boy was returning home from a trip to Washington with his family when he began to have an allergic reaction to dogs. Without the appropriate allergy medicines on hand, the little boy began to break out with itchy hives. It turns out, there was a dog […]
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This Week in Allergy & Asthma News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news to keep kids with food allergies and other health conditions safe! The holiday is over and your child is back in school. Now why is their asthma back? Find out what the link is between the school calendar and asthma […]
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Keep Kids with Food Allergies Safe This Easter!
As we inch closer and closer to Easter, many parents of kids with food allergies may be getting nervous at the thought of peanuts, nuts and dairy in Easter candies. Kids with food allergies don’t want to feel deprived, especially during a fun holiday like Easter where they should be digging through a basket of […]
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My son experienced anaphylaxis… And I’m (sort of) glad.
My very laid back & quite often forgetful son, Ben, doesn’t take his allergies as serious as I’d like him to (or at least he doesn’t seem to remember to). And unfortunately for both of us, his somewhat relaxed attitude has turned me into one of my worst fears… a NAG! Ben, don’t forget to take […]
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This Week in Allergy News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news to keep kids with food allergies and other health conditions safe! We love when major companies step up to help protect kids with food allergies, and JetBlue is the latest one to do so! Read this touching letter from a […]
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What are essential oils? Why are they gaining popularity? And how can they benefit my family?
Some of your child’s classmates have come down with a nasty bug and you’re worried your kid is next. You’re at the drugstore getting ready to stock up on medication and when reviewing the ingredients, you start thinking; there must be a better alternative to all of this. There must be something natural that doesn’t […]
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Kids and Medicines at School
We recently talked about two separate cases in the news that left us absolutely baffled. First, two girls were suspended from school after one had an asthma attack, and the other offered her inhaler to help. Both girls were punished due to sharing a controlled substance (yes, an asthma inhaler is apparently a controlled substance) on school […]
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This Week in Allergy News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news to keep kids with food allergies and other health conditions safe! The fight for clean energy usually relies on the environmental benefits, but not for one group of moms who care more about alleviating asthma in kids. A group called […]
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Try this Allergy-Friendly Sweet Snack for Valentine’s Day by SunButter!
So you may have heard us mention SunButter once…or twice…or maybe three times before, but we can’t stop ourselves from talking about this tasty sunflower butter that is so perfect for kids with food allergies! SunButter is not only great by the spoonful, but works so well in many nut-free recipes in place of peanut […]
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Dairy FREE made easy: AllerMates Guide to Eating with a Dairy Allergy
Finding out that your kid has a dairy allergy might not seem so hard to get around. That is until you go to make something or order something and then reality sets in. DAIRY IS EVERYWHERE. We put it in our cereal bowls, in and on our breads, on top of our baked potatoes, in […]
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A Fresh Take on Allergy-Friendly FreshKids Popcorn!
“Just the yum. None of the yuck.” With a promise like that, of course we love the FreshKids brand! This healthy line of snacks and treats for kids with food allergies is made with the promise of: · Non GMO ingredients · No partially hydrogenated oils · No high fructose corn syrup · No artificial colors and […]
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This Week in Allergy News…
In case you missed it, we’re rounding up the week in allergy and asthma news! Recently, 22-year-old Bruce Kelly passed away after suffering from an intense reaction caused by peanut allergies. Although the chocolates he ate did not contain peanuts, the product was manufactured at a facility that used peanuts in other manufactured products, which […]
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Dedicated Facility Or Not?
We recently stumbled upon this heartbreaking story of a 22 year young man with peanut allergies, Bruce Kelly, who passed away after eating chocolates he thought were safe. Although the chocolates did not contain any peanuts, they were manufactured in a facility that uses peanuts in other products. Bruce had consumed these exact chocolates just days before […]
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Tree Nut Allergy 101 For Kids: Nuts, Nuts and More Nuts
As parents to kids with food allergies, there’s nothing more we want for our kids than for them to stay far away from their allergens (aside from a cure, of course!). Tree nuts can be packaged in bags and cans in their natural forms, just like in the pictures below, however they’re most dangerous when […]
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