For those who celebrate Christmas, these last few days before the holiday can be among the most stressful of the year. “Merry,” “jolly” and “joyful”…
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Don’t Panic, Part 4: You CAN Navigate the Grocery Store After Being Diagnosed With a Nut Allergy
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…
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…
7 Steps to Simplify Your Life
1. Reclaim your mailboxes. Think of how much unwanted paper, plastic, stuff – junk- enters your home every week: through your physical mailbox with its…
If it’s true that we are what we eat, do you really want to eat a hamburger or anything else made in a lab?
I have many areas of concern regarding the scientific burger “breakthrough,” including the way in which in the last 50-60 years our society has moved…