The other day, I had the privilege of speaking with food allergy pioneer Linda Coss, who has some exciting news to share. Both of her popular dairy, egg, peanut, and nut-free food allergy cookbooks – “What’s to Eat?” and “What Else is to Eat?” – are now available in e-book format! As Linda will tell […]
Recently, I spoke with the clerk at a health food store and learned that she’s peanut allergic (I get into allergy conversations everywhere I go). We got on the subject of protein bars, and she told me that SimplyWhey bars are peanut and nut safe. I bought a bar and felt excited about her recommendation, […]
UPDATE 20 August 2014: I have bad news, very very bad news. You will see below that this commercial has been revised, and the revisions are terrible. It’s been changed to the exact messaging that costs people their lives year after year. What I originally wrote is this: I love this new EpiPen commercial from […]
Argan oil is derived from the nuts of Argania spinosa, a native desert tree in Morocco. In other words, the fruit of the Argania spinosa tree often called “argan nuts” are tree nuts. The oil is cold pressed as opposed to heat processed or highly refined, making it more likely to contain allergenic protein. As I’ve explained before, the difference […]
With Easter coming up soon, displays of Easter chocolates are popping up everywhere. I was at the Masonville Mall Shoppers Drug Mart this past weekend, and a display of Easter bunnies caught my eye. I had a closer look, and I was excited to see that one brand of chocolate is completely peanut and nut […]
Earlier this month the Centre de l’Enfant Aux 4 vents, an Ottawa daycare, came under fire for its strict policy about not allowing outside food to be brought into the Center. Like each of the two daycare centers my sons attended, the Center made all the meals and snacks on site. Parents sign a contract acknowledging that […]
Last Fall, my dog Coco had very itchy ears, which seemed to be bothering her a lot, as she scratched every few minutes. I took her to the vet, and I was surprised to see when he lifted up her ears that she had actually torn the skin on their underside. Coco was given steroid […]
I decided to make SunButter No Bake Energy Bites the other day as an after school snack for my sons. They take only 15 minutes to make from start to finish, and the boys love them so much that they’re always gone in one day. Whenever I bake with SunButter, it occurs to me that […]
My husband buys Clif® Bars from time to time, which I steal from his stash when I need a quick snack. I read the label of the coconut chocolate chip flavor and saw that it had a “may contain” statement, which is the type of labeling I look for when assessing the safety of a product […]
By Dr. Paul Ehrlich** Within days of publication of a study [“Assessing the efficacy of oral immunotherapy for the desensitisation of peanut allergy in children (STOP II): a phase-2 randomized controlled trial”)] by Katherine Anagnostou, PhD, from the Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and her colleagues, in the preeminent British medical journal, […]
