Celiac disease, from the Latin word for “abdominal cavity,” occurs when the body rejects a protein called gluten, which is found in grains such as wheat, barley and rye.
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Managing Life With Milk and Egg Allergies
Milk and egg allergies mostly affect children, who usually become allergic to milk and egg as toddlers.
Managing Peanut Allergy
The only current treatment for this allergy is to avoid all traces of peanuts and peanut butter or other peanut-containing… Read more »
Sulfite Allergy: How to Know What’s in Food, Wine
Although it’s not a typical protein-based allergy, a significant number of individuals do have sulfite allergy. In Canada and the… Read more »
The Holiday Snack Tray and Allergies
A few years back, the news media reported the results of a study that found that many nut-allergic children were… Read more »
Food Allergies and the Cottage
The day after the birth of our first child, my husband Victor and I purchased a property in cottage country… Read more »
Sulfite Allergy – Cooking Up Trouble
These chemical additives cause reactions that mimic allergy. But the reason why remains a mystery. Consider the Canadian Food Inspection… 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 »
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 »
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 »