Seeds are a good inexpensive source of protein, and we’re eating more of them. Yet seeds hide in unlikely places.… Read more »
Food Allergy
What is a Food Allergy?
A food allergy occurs when a person’s immune system identifies proteins in a food as allergenic and begins to produce… Read more »
Why Mustard Added to Top Allergen List in Canada
Mustard has been added to the top foods of concern for allergies in Canada. The Health Canada government agency updated… Read more »
Managing Sesame and Seed Allergies
You’ve just come home from the allergist’s office. You have a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector and a newly diagnosed… Read more »
Writer Eats Words on Allergies
The humor writer who scoffed at food allergies as “a yuppie invention” has learned the hard way just how real… Read more »
Allergy Breakthrough on Baked Milk and Egg
AVOID, avoid, avoid. That’s how Ann Jeannette Glauber had been treating her 4½-year-old son’s allergies to eggs, milk, peanuts, nuts… Read more »
The Allergens to Watch – Sesame to Lentils and More
From the Allergic Living archives; this popular article was first published in the magazine in 2010 and updated in 2016.… Read more »
Signs and Symptoms of Food Allergy
Do you sometimes feel sick to your stomach not long after eating? Have you noticed a pattern in the types… Read more »
Cashew’s Unexpected Potency as an Allergen
Scientists have discovered that, despite popular belief, peanuts may not be the allergen that causes the most severe allergic reactions.… Read more »
Oral Allergy: Plants, Foods That Cross-React
Cross-reaction chart for oral allergy syndrome.