Nuts are very well-labeled (by law) on packaged foods, and some people are so sensitive to the presence of nut proteins that products made in…
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Don’t Panic, Part 3: You CAN Navigate the Grocery Store After Being Diagnosed With a Soy Allergy
Like eggs, soy needs by law to be labeled on all packaged foods, so if you read your labels carefully you should be fine. But…
Don’t Panic, Part 2: You CAN Navigate the Grocery Store After Being Diagnosed With an Egg Allergy
The most common confusion about reading food labels that I encounter with all of my clients concerns eggs: if you’ve been diagnosed with an egg…
Don’t Panic: You CAN Navigate the Grocery Store After a Food Allergy Diagnosis
Being diagnosed with a food allergy can be scary, especially when it comes to shopping for food. Many clients who come to me with new…
Tips to Ease Spring Allergy Symptoms
Most of us look forward to spring after a long Chicago winter, but for my family, spring also comes with a cost. My three sons…
WHAT’S IN YOUR KITCHEN? PART 2
As I mentioned in my previous post, most of us tend to have a limited number of staples in our kitchens, and more often than…
What’s In Your Kitchen?
Most of us (myself included) tend to have a limited number of staples in our kitchens, and to lean towards cooking foods that include these…
Five Simple Ingredients with Huge Health Benefits
One of the first things I tell many of my new clients they can do to start feeling better – often much better, fast –…