Educational information curated from personal experience living and thriving with food allergies.
Living with food allergies can feel overwhelming at first. From navigating grocery stores to eating out safely, the learning curve is steep—and often stressful. Looking back, there are several things I wish I had known when I first started managing my food allergies. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or caring for a loved one, these tips…
One of the very first things I learned when we became a food allergy family was how to read food labels. This was also around the time I was finishing my degree and taking a nutrition class. Between that coursework and a lot of trial and error, I quickly learned how to spot unsafe ingredients…
Once, I was at brunch chatting with a friend of a friend I’d never met before. Somehow, food allergies came up, and I found myself waxing poetic about how challenging the dairy allergy has been for me personally. Her response caught me off guard: she shared how difficult her family’s dairy allergy was, describing pain,…