Well, we have been so busy that I haven’t kept the food journal on this blog like I thought I would. Here’s an update on Luke. We have eliminated all dairy since the cake incident and have had no more vomiting. However, today Luke had a very random case of diarrhea that actually leaked all [...]
Have you ever tried to find candy that is corn-free? Almost every candy out there has corn syrup in it. After you find something that is corn-free…..check out more: is it made in a nut-free facility that is also soy-free, cinnamon-free, barley-free, rice-free, and citrus-free???? I have found candy out there that is made with [...]
More and more people choose expensive, lactose-free milk for the stomach’s sake. But often quite unnecessarily. – Lactose intolerance has become a hip diagnosis! A soy latte please! More and more people, especially young women, opt out of regular milk because they think they have a lactose intolerance. Because the stomach is rumbling – and [...]
A fish allergy and a shellfish allergy are two different things. While a shellfish allergy includes lobster, clams, shrimp and any other fish with an outer hard shell, a fish allergy includes more routine types of fish–salmon, tuna, pollock, cod, eel, snapper, and others. A fish allergy usually develops in adults and if you are [...]
If you suffer from Yeast Allergy then you have a Type 1 Allergy, also known as Contact Allergy. This is a hypersensitivity to a protein found in yeast that causes the immune system to overreact causing an allergic reaction. Antibodies and histamines are releases into the blood stream in an attempt to neutralize the yeast [...]
Question When I was little I had a milk allergy of which I grew out of. Therefore, my son also has the risk of getting it. My son is 7 ½ months. Should I avoid giving him yogurt and cheese? Answer When you talk about milk allergy or hypersensitivity to milk you distinguish between allergies [...]
What is food allergy? Food allergy is an allergic reaction, that is a hypersensitivity reaction to something in the food, which we can not tolerate. Food allergy is not the same as food intolerance, which is something quite different. In both cases you get symptoms when you eat a certain food in a normal or [...]