Tag Archives: dairy allergy

Finally – have your say (though it may change jack shit)

Almost a year ago now I wrote a post about looming changes to the laws on food allergy labelling. New EU regulations set to come into effect in December 2014 state that allergen information should be extended to non-prepacked foods – … Continue reading

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A doctor calls…

Well, no, not him – but am v happy to reveal that Dr Tammy Rothenberg, a consultant paediatrician with a specialist interest in allergies will be the resident expert at the food allergy parent support group in Stoke Newington on … Continue reading

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Parents need support, too… so here it is

When your child is diagnosed with a string of severe food allergies, it comes as a proper thwack in the guts. I remember leaving our first paediatric allergy appointment, where skin prick tests showed Sidney was allergic to a catalogue … Continue reading

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Allergy-Friendly Eatery: Don Fernando, Richmond

This one comes courtesy of the lovely Gemma Morris of Sky News fame… She’s allergic to tree nuts and recently stumbled across Richmond tapas joint Don Fernando, where the staff told her they never cook with nuts nor nut oils. As … Continue reading

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“So what the hell can he eat?”

As a newbie, relatively speaking, to the allergy kid scene, I’m always grilling the veterans out there on what pre-packaged foods their children can eat. While every supermarket these days has a Free From section, it ain’t (as I’ve come … Continue reading

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