OnespotTM Allergy Blog is written by Elizabeth Goldenberg, North America’s Allergy Legal Expert & Brand Advocate. She’s a lawyer and mother to two sons, one of whom has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts and tree nuts.
Elizabeth Goldenberg, Onespot Allergy President & Founder
By Dr. Hugh A Sampson, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Jaffe Food Allergy Institute
Written for Allergies Asthma Children and published here with AAC’s written permission.
Food allergy has become a major health problem in westernized countries, now affecting approximately 3.5% of the U.S. population, or about 12 million Americans, and is the leading single cause of anaphylaxis treated in U.S. emergency continue reading…
I’m very excited to introduce you to Tasterie, a Massachusetts based service that delivers hand selected foods to your door monthly. You tell Tasterie which food allergies you have, and your curated box containing an assortment of products safe for you will be prepared.
What’s extremely special about this service is that it’s run by Dr. Lama Rimawi, a pediatrician and continue reading…
On April 26, 2012 in a classroom at Walt Disney Elementary School at 5717 South 112th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, the entire special education staff consisting of two teachers and three paraprofessionals was fired. The school administrators would only say that it’s a personnel matter, and that only those in the special education classroom needed to know the reason for the continue reading…
Today, I received notice from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) that Odwalla Chocolate Protein drink, also known as Chocolate Protein Soy and Milk Protein Shake, is being recalled. The reason is that four U.S. consumers had severe allergic reactions to it. All these individuals are allergic to peanuts, and two of them also have known allergies to tree nuts. continue reading…
Recently, our son came home with a notice that his grade 4 class is studying Medieval Times. As part of the unit, a Medieval feast was planned. The notice stated that the meal would be golden herb basted chicken, fresh bread and butter, glazed carrots, a shield shaped gingerbread cookie they’d decorate themselves, and grape juice. We were to indicate continue reading…
Friday March 23 is Kids with Food Allergies Freeling Friday at Peanut Free Planet and Allerrific, the leading stores supplying gluten free and allergy friendly groceries online. On that day, 5% of all sales will be donated to Kids with Food Allergies. The last KWFA Freeling Friday was a great success resulting in a significant donation KWFA, and it was the continue reading…
When my fourteen year old son heard that I’m writing about water today, he asked what the connection could possibly be to allergies. You know how curious I am, so I searched “allergic to water” on the Internet, and I found out about a rare condition called aquagenic pruritis, which results after exposure to water of any temperature.
Symptoms develop within continue reading…
I love Kernels Popcorn, and we buy at least one bag of it every time we visit the mall. I recently had the opportunity to chat with them about their allergen and gluten policies, and I’m very happy with what I learned.
Their ingredients do not contain peanuts or tree nuts at any of their Canadian stores.* They take care to continue reading…
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