It’s time again for Allergy Bites: a sample of the articles I’ve shared on Facebook and Twitter.  If you’re not a Facebook or Twitter fan, you should join us!

• A shot of adrenaline for Intelliject – This is so cool!  Soon a credit card size EpiPen like device will be on the market.
• Child, Heal Thy Mother – Do you feel responsible for your child’s allergies? Who does your child blame?
• The Overuse of Allergy Tests: They Could Do More Harm Than Good – “Because false positives and false negatives are common, it’s recommended that children only undergo allergy tests when absolutely needed.”
• Dangers of Eating Food Dyes –  “Research has also associated food dyes with problems in children including allergies, hyperactivity, learning impairment, irritability and aggressiveness.”

Have you read any interesting articles lately?

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It’s time again for Allergy Bites: a sample of the articles I’ve shared on Facebook and Twitter.  If you’re not a Facebook or Twitter fan, you’re missing out!

• Date Night In | Frugal Food Allergies
• Women with Celiac More Prone to Depression | Allergic Living
• High intestinal microbial diversity safeguards against allergies, study suggests
• Treatment Rather Than Avoidance May Be Within Reach for Children With Food Allergies
  

Have you read any interesting articles lately?

Image Credit: RambergMediaImages

It’s time again for Allergy Bites: a sample of the articles I’ve shared on Facebook and Twitter.  If you’re not a Facebook or Twitter fan, you’re missing out!

• How to Claim and Benefit from Special Foods Tax Breaks
• The Science of Anaphylaxis – An Allergic Storm
• Food allergies nearly twice as common in well-educated households: study | News | National Post
• Nutritional Break Down of GF Flours

Have you read any interesting articles lately?

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I find so many interesting studies and articles in the news about food and food allergies.  Or maybe they’re not that interesting and I am just a nerd!  If you are a nerd too, I’m starting this series for you!  I’m calling it Allergy Bites.

• Turn off peanut allergies? Scientists may know how: “Researchers from Northwestern University found a way to tweak the immune system so that it doesn’t go haywire when foods like peanuts and eggs are encountered – in mice, at least.”

• Kids Reacting Badly: “Today one in three Australians suffer from an allergic disease, and what’s alarming about that is that it was virtually unheard of 30 years ago. Among children, the incidence of food allergies has increased five-fold in just the past decade.”

• Whole Foods and Major Cereal Brands Accused of Deceptively Marketing GMOs as ‘Natural’: “Cereal samples collected by The Cornucopia Institute were allegedly tested by an ‘independent, accredited laboratory’, according to a statement from the organization, and found to contain ‘high levels of genetically engineered ingredients.’ The group says some of the cereal samples contained anywhere from 25 to 100 percent genetically modified ingredients despite making non-GMO claims either on product packaging or company websites.”

• From guts to brains – eating probiotic bacteria changes behaviour in mice: “These studies showed that gut bacteria can affect the way a mouse’s brain develops at a young age…”

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