Category Archives: Health
Moore, Oklahoma Tornado, Food Allergy Food Donations
Monday, May 20, 2013, Moore, Oklahoma experienced a tornado. The tornado caused vast devastation, including many fatalities and injuries. As Food Allergy parents, some of us survivors of the recent Hurricane Sandy that hit the East Coast in 2012, we are mindful of what this will mean in the weeks ahead as survivors are moved […]
Airocide Review, Air Purifier, Allergy, Asthma Relief
The Airocide air purifier, which uses NASA technology to clean the air with no filters, is phenomenal. A few months ago, an Airocide air purifier was sent to me by the company. My family has been “air purifier-less” for several years, thinking that there was nothing that could do the big job of purifying the air […]
Re-Introduction of Food, Food Allergy, Food Challenge Process
Some of you may have read that we had a successful re-introduction of oats recently (blog post here) and celebrated with us. The all-out celebration was to be short lived. We’ve found our teenager’s tolerance level for oats is about 2 tablespoons before on-set of mild allergic symptoms. Unable to fully integrate oatmeal into our […]
Food Allergy Awareness Month, Brooklyn Event, May 9th
Please join us on May 9th at 7:30pm at Hi-Ho Batik, 184 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. We will have a reading by Susan Weissman from her memoir “Feeding Eden”, a raffle for a basket full of allergen-friendly goodies, gluten-free cupcakes, and wine (for the mommies). Feel free to bring your kiddos, your girlfriends, mothers-in-law […]
3 Green Products, Cleaning Supplies, Spring Cleaning, Earth Day 2013
Happy Earth Day 2013! In honor of Earth Day, here are three different companies, and my review of their earth-friendly products. The first is ECOS and their fabulous line of green cleaning products, the second is VEGIEFRESH, a new mineral based product that will keep your fruits and veggies fresh without using bags in your […]
Caregivers, Yearly Check-up, Put Your Own Mask On First
At the beginning of every flight, the flight attendants remind us to put our own mask on first, then put a mask on our child. I was recently reminded of this by an acquaintance and it stuck with me as a caregiver to a child, wife, and working mom. At a trip to my board […]
Food Bloggers Against Hunger, Take Your Place
How do you stretch a grocery budget when specialty bread costs $5.99 a loaf? I’ve thought that many many times. However, I’ve not been in the position of choosing between going hungry or feeding my child. During Hurricane Sandy, I wrote about going to the shelters to see if there was anyone in need. Now, […]
Name Bubbles, Labels, Review and Give-away
Name Bubbles (www.namebubbles.com) are waterproof, dishwasher, laundry, microwave safe, and freezer friendly labels that offer a quick and easy solution to keeping track of your family’s things. They began as a way for busy parents to label their children’s lunchboxes, tupperware, bottles and foods while at daycare and camp. What they realized is that those […]
The Allergy Buster, NYTimes, Article, Food Allergy Cure
I finally had a chance to read the entire article in the New York Times Magazine Section of March 10, 2013, entitled The Allergy Buster written By MELANIE THERNSTROM and I immediately recognized Dr. Nadeau’s picture. In mid-December, 2012 I had received a press release on Doctor Kari Nadeau from a marketing manager at Consulting MD. Consulting MD is an […]
Tapioca Pear Cake Allergy Friendly, Gluten-Free, Five Ingredients
This recipe grew out of my recent meeting of Jenny Sprague, whose blog is Multiple Food Allergy Help . Her food allergic child, who also has cancer, is on a low-foods diet as they try to figure out what foods he can eat. She explained this to me over dinner (dinner at The Strand courtesy […]
