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Our son is 16 and we have known about his allergies since he was 6 months old. These food allergies include: peanuts, walnuts, fish, shellfish, bananas, mango, kiwi, while only being able to eat peas in limited amounts.  Unfortunately, his allergy to peanuts is airborne making it especially dangerous in public places like school.  Thus, […]

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Having to avoid gluten is the worst. I have to read every ingredients list, never get to eat what anyone else is eating at the table, and have to be so careful eating out. The stomach upsets I get interrupt my schooling and life. I don’t know how much more I can say than, I’m […]

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I have been on a path to wellness and healthiness for about 5 years. Two years ago, I read Dee McAfree’s book, Plan D, and it transformed our lives and pantry! I lost 35 lbs that year and have kept it off. We now know what foods to eat that are nourishing and yummy! Last […]

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My son was born allergic to all food. He was a failure to thrive baby and it took forever to find out that the cause was food allergies. It was quite the nightmare. Then I found this wonderful allergist who worked with me on a rotation diet. We did a 7 day rotation. I can’t […]

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We found out that our child had an allergy to dairy when he was about 4 months old. Thankfully, I was breastfeeding him, so it was an easy fix. I just cut it out of my diet. But, it didn’t really fix things. He was ALWAYS sick. He had chronic intestinal problems. He had some […]

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When I had my son 12 yrs ago, he was perfect!  After about a month he started having cradle cap and then ezcema.  I was nursing him at the time.  At 3 months I had to stop nursing him and switch to formula.  We tried a whole lot of different kinds, and then finally found […]

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I have 5 kids – 3 of which (so far!) have food allergies. My oldest was diagnosed at the age of 2 as being allergic to eggs, wheat, chicken, soy, corn, treenuts and peanuts. Thankfully the struggle did not last too long, and she outgrew all her allergies except nuts and peanuts – a breeze […]

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It all started after DD turned one, we started noticing these little red dots (we would later learn they were hives) on her face and by her eyes. At first we just thought it was baby acne or something along those lines. A few weeks after DD turned one she got a stomach bug, we […]

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Our food allergy story is a story of constant struggle. We too had a screamer – from day one.  She had anaphylactic shock at 3 months when we gave her the first bottle of formula. Even up to 15 months old she could only tolerate 5 foods (apples, potatoes, chicken, carrots, and peas.) She was […]

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