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...Today’s guest blog comes from Ellie Sears. Ellie is a wife of 12 years and a stay-at-home-mom to a beautiful three-year-old girl. Ellie and her daughter both have food allergies. Ellie enjoys homemaking and trying new food allergy-friendly recipes. She stays active in advocating for food allergy awareness through her blog and in her hometown. Ellie blogs about life with food allergies at blessedlittlefamily.wordpress.com. What’s for dinner tonight? A year ago, I could not...

...Nutricia North America is launching Neocate® Splash in the USA, the first and only hypoallergenic amino acid-based ready-to-feed formula that is designed to help meet the complete nutritional requirements of food allergic children over the age of one. At Nutricia North America, we work hard to make sure that your child receives the best possible nutritional support. Towards this goal we introduce new products to provide your family with great options based on...

...“Can I eat this?” At holidays, parties and family and school events, parents will eventually hear “Can I eat this?” from their child with food allergies. Hopefully, you have taught your child to always ask before taking a bite! You may not have had time to fully investigate the requested food, which requires not just reading the label, but may require calling the manufacturer of the prepared food. Consulting websites such as www.foodallergy.org or...

...eating habits of your home and neighborhood. Southern living in America may find you more prone to developing allergies than your Northern countrymen, and urban dwellers may be more prone to allergy than their rural counterparts. Treatment, testing and tolerance Approaches abound for tolerance testing and even inducing tolerances to certain allergies. Following are a few of the trending tests and tolerance inducing approaches. These should always be conducted under medical supervision, as potential for...

...cup of chamomile tea and add to bath water. However, if your child has seasonal allergies, chamomile may not be suitable because it is a member of the ragweed family and may trigger a reaction. Cucumber Compress: Have your little one be cool as a cucumber with this naturally soothing veggie! If eczema is isolated to a small area, place sliced or shredded cucumber onto the affected area to help cool the skin and temporarily...

...logical, our scientist friends test those theories to see if they hold up! When they test a theory they come up with a hypothesis – something they expect will be true but that they want to test. In fact, one theory that you may have heard of is the ‘Hygiene hypothesis.’ This is based on the idea that, in western societies like North America, our environments (home, school, work, the kitchen counter) are very clean....

...In rare cases, surgery may be needed. For infants, the doctor often tries feeding strategies first, a hypoallergenic formula (like Neocate) next, medications as a last resort, and surgery only in extreme cases. Management of EoE may include diet changes and/or medication. The diet sometimes includes a special diet with a hypoallergenic, amino acid-based formula like Neocate. The Neocate family includes products for infants, children, teens and adults. There are powdered products like Neocate Syneo...

...Patient History: When Carson’s mom brought him home from the hospital, she knew something wasn’t right. He was fussy, cried constantly and had trouble feeding. At one month old, Carson’s mom Jennifer decided to supplement with formula. However, Carson’s ailments continued. “I tried everything I could think of, But nothing ever changed,” says Jennifer, Carson’s Mother. “I had to hold him at night to keep his head upright so he didn’t choke or gag,”...