Sylvain Lefort can’t get the scene out of his mind. It is the evening of September 16, 2010. One moment,… Read more »
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Profile: Sports Team Owner Ted Leonsis
Name: Ted Leonsis Job: NBA and NHL team owner, film maker, philanthropist; former Internet executive Allergic to: Peanuts, tree nuts,… Read more »
Why So Many Allergies – Now?
From the Allergic Living Archives. First published in 2008. If you have a child with peanut allergies, other parents will… Read more »
Sabrina’s Nutty Tale Documentary
In May 2001, CBC Radio aired a first-person radio documentary about living with food allergies. It was called “A Nutty… Read more »
Testing For Food Allergies
One of the biggest challenges for people with food allergies is to figure out exactly what’s causing the problem. North… Read more »
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 »
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
European scientists have discovered that despite popular belief, peanuts may not be the allergen that causes the most severe allergic… Read more »
An Allergy Mom’s Lament for Sesame
And then, there was no sesame. There was no granola, or hummus, or halvah, or hamburger buns with sesame stuck… Read more »
Managing Life With Milk and Egg Allergies
Milk and egg allergies mostly affect children, who usually become allergic to milk and egg as toddlers.