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New Social Network for Families with Food Allergies

Maya — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:45:18 +0000

Finding Friends Who Understand is Priceless
Imagine attending a play date for kids with food allergies…or getting together with other parents to share recipes and bake allergy-friendly goodies…or finding a pen pal for your child who feels isolated. With KFA’s new social network for families dealing with food allergies, these opportunities are real!

Sign-up for KFA’s Friends Connection™ today!

Find friends who understand…

Submit your family profile.
Search for friends with common food allergies, interests or medical concerns.
Search for friends in your geographic location.
Join or create play groups, mothers groups, cooking clubs and more!
Send private messages through our forums to communicate with new friends.
Only your username, comments and public profile information are displayed to other members. Your zip code, e-mail address and children’s birth dates are kept private.

In order to participate in KFA Friends Connection™, you will need to be a Family Member of our community. Family membership offers a unique and valuable service to parents and caregivers looking for support, information sharing and allergy-friendly recipes.

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Celebrating Easter with Food Allergies

Maya — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:45:04 +0000

Available to the Public
The free resources below are available to all website visitors:

Celebrating Easter with Food Allergies

This booklet contains tips and ideas to help you safely celebrate Easter with food-allergic children, including: allergy-safe crafts, Easter basket ideas, Easter egg hunts, Easter egg decorating activities and allergen-free recipes.

Food Allergy Safe Easter Baskets

Instead of using milk chocolate, real eggs and other items that present allergy hazards, try filling your Easter baskets with these non-food items that are peanut-free, egg-free and milk-free.

Easter Egg Decorating for Children with an Egg Allergy

Real eggs and egg cartons can pose a hazard to egg allergic children, so as an alternative, try these five Easter egg decorating activities.

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How reliable is testing?

Maya — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:45:08 +0000

Back in November, 2 days after Luke turned 3, we went to see our Allergist for the “Peanut Challenge Test.” They felt it was best, given his history, to have peanuts for the first time in his life right there in the office.

Before they had him eat peanut butter on his gluten-free pretzels, they first did a skin test. It was the 2nd time we have done skin testing for peanuts – and once again – we had a negative skin test result.

So, I was feeling fairly confident when he ate his first bite of peanut butter pretzel. We started with 1/8 of a tsp of peanut butter. Right away, his cheeks got bright red and he started rubbing his nose.

Then, they gave him another 1/8 of a tsp and he literally stopped breathing through his nose -his nasal passage had totally swollen shut and he started breaking out in dime-sized hives all over his cheeks. Shortly after that, he had diarrhea.

Obviously, the Allergist said that the “peanut challenge test” showed that he is allergic to peanuts.

My question remains – what about the skin testing? There are still so many unknowns in the world of allergies.

I have heard that unless you have had the allergen in the past, the body may not recognize it right away as an allergen — just like how you hear of people being severely allergic to bee stings but they don’t know about their allergy until they’ve been stung 2 or 3 times.

Luke didn’t react to the antibiotic, Gentamicin until his 3rd dose. However with Ciprofloxacin, he reacted within in 5 seconds of his 1st dose.

We are learning as we go and keeping our epipen & benadryl with us everywhere we go!

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17 New Allergy-Friendly Foods!

Maya — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:45:21 +0000

Available to the Public
The free resource below is available courtesy of Kids With Food Allergies:

New Allergy-Friendly Foods for Kids New for 2010!
Read our most recent report on new allergy-friendly foods to find out what products are now available for you and your children.

Over 17 new foods are profiled including Funky Monkey Snacks, Cool Fruits® Fruit Juice Freezers and Erewhon® Strawberry Crisp Cereal.

For your convenience, our report includes information on company websites, product descriptions and photos, allergens and cross-contamination, and how to purchase these products.

Read article on our website

Download PDF to save/print

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Celebrating Passover with Food Allergies

Maya — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:45:10 +0000

Celebrating Passover with Food Allergies
Some aspects of parenting a food-allergic child leave you with no control over the situation. This brochure is meant to help all those who celebrate Passover to fulfill the traditions within the Seder. We here at KFA encourage you to do the best you can during this holiday and hope that we can help in that goal. We understand that Pikuach Nefesh, which is avoiding the endangerment of one’s life, is more important than fulfilling the traditions on Passover. Some aspects of parenting a food allergic child leave you with no control over the situation; examples would be contact allergies and/or if your child required a formula-only diet. We hope this brochure helps you to still be able to have a fun and spiritually fulfilling Passover.

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Vaccine Ingredients, Contraindications and Food Allergies

Maya — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:45:20 +0000

Available to KFA Family Members
Subscribe to be a KFA Family Member to access the following premium resources:

UPDATED! Vaccine Ingredients, Contraindications and More
Find out which vaccines have common food allergens like milk derivatives, beef, pork, antibiotics and other allergens. Contraindications, contact information and latex allergy concerns are included. These resources have been updated to incorporate new information about vaccines, including 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza vaccines.

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School Registration and Planning for Kids with Food Allergies

Maya — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:45:06 +0000

Food Allergy Resource Center
Each month, KFA provides new or updated food allergy articles to educate families, caregivers and the public about different topics regarding food allergies. Premium resources are available to KFA Family Members only.

Available to the Public
The free articles below are available to all website visitors.

School Registration and Planning
Whether your food-allergic child will be entering preschool, kindergarten or high school, now is the time to start planning for school registration. KFA offers 12 free resources to help you prepare your child and their school to manage your child’s food allergies.

See all school planning resources

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Chocolate Cherries: Dairy-free and Nut-free Recipe

Maya — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:45:16 +0000

Free Featured Recipes
KFA offers over 50 free, featured recipes that allow you to sample recipes from Safe Eats™ before becoming a Family Member. This recipe for Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Easy Chocolate Cherries is an example of our recipes, and was submitted to KFA by a teenager with food allergies!

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8 Sweet Allergy-Free Valentine’s Day Recipes

Maya — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:45:05 +0000

8 Sweet Allergy-Free Valentine’s Day Recipes NEW!
With these eight recipes, families with food allergies can enjoy delicious treats with their sweethearts! Find a recipe perfect for your special Valentine’s Day occasion— from school parties to romantic dates for parents!

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Must-Have Allergy-Friendly Foods for Valentine’s Day

Maya — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:45:26 +0000

Visit KFA’s Allergy Buyer’s Guide to find foods and products that cater to the food-allergic consumer. Please let our sponsors know that you found them through KFA!

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Premium Chocolatiers offers the finest selection of gourmet Valentine’s Day truffles, chocolates, teddy bears, and long stem chocolate roses suitable for chocolate lovers with milk, nut, gluten, and egg sensitivities and allergies. All chocolates use our signature blend of roasted cocoa beans along with the finest ingredients so there is no compromising on taste and quality. Check us out! www.premiumchocolatiers.com

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World Wise Grains is proud to introduce Arzu, a staple for the gluten-free/allergy-free pantry. In minutes have gluten-free, allergy-free hot cereal ready to start your day in a healthy way. See recipes and learn more at www.worldwisegrains.com

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