These chemical additives cause reactions that mimic allergy. But the reason why remains a mystery. Consider the Canadian Food Inspection… Read more »
Food Allergy
Sabrina’s Law: The Girl and the Food Allergy Law
One young girl’s tragic, likely preventable death from anaphylaxis has become the catalyst for change in Ontario. Sabrina’s Law now requires anaphylaxis safety plans in schools across the province.
Kyle Dine, Allergy Minstrel
From the Allergic Living archives. First published in the magazine in 2007. With songs like “Smellephant the Allergic Elephant,” the… Read more »
Dr. Scott Sicherer on Managing Food Allergy in Kids
Scott Sicherer, M.D., is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and… Read more »
Peanut Allergy: Making It ‘Go Away’
Nine-year-old Isabella Uknis can do something her parents were told was impossible: she can eat half a peanut every day.… Read more »
Oral Allergy Syndrome: The Eating Ain’t Easy
As a farm girl growing up outside of Port Colborne, Ontario in the late 1960s, summertime was the greatest. I’d… Read more »
Oral Allergy Syndrome: Why do Pollens and Foods Cross-React?
If trees make you sneeze, they may also give you an itchy mouth or worse to certain fruits and vegetables.… Read more »
OAS – When Raw Fruit is Forbidden
A life with OAS means only cooked or baked fruit. From this popular archived article, our writer describes how she… Read more »
H1N1 (Swine Flu) and Food Allergy
Background: The vaccine against the H1N1 flu (formerly known as swine flu) became available in 2009 to fight a flu… Read more »
Was Peanut Kiss to Blame? Lessons from Tragedy
The suspected “peanut kiss” death of a Quebec teen and another tragedy provide clues to what goes wrong in fatal… Read more »