A huge part of the holiday season is food – giving it and enjoying it. But, if someone you love has allergies to food, you may be at a loss of what to give.
Allergies are becoming more common. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians,
Among children in Great Britain, rates of peanut allergy manifested by clinical symptoms increased from 1.3 percent to 3.2 percent between 1989 and 1995. Between 1988 and 1994, up to 6 percent of Americans exhibited asymptomatic serologic evidence of sensitivity in the form of IgE antibodies to …read more

My son’s school is a peanut-free zone. It’s forced me to think beyond PB&Js and PB&Hs for his school lunches. I think he can handle going without peanut butter for lunch for five days of the week. Do I think making elementary schools peanut free is extreme? Well, I did. Like many other parents, I rolled my eyes at what I thought were over protective parents demanding everyone around their child avoid peanuts because of a silly allergy. One day those kids will have to sit in the same room with a peanut butter sandwich – now or in college. …read more

Approximately 1% of children now have peanut allergies. That is about 3 million people and that is a growing number.
Peanut allergies are NOTHING to take lightly and are usually a life threatening condition so it is very important to know how to prevent an attack and to know what to do if there is an attack.
1. Read ALL food labels and know what words manufacturers use.

The hot debate this month asks –  Should peanuts be banned from schools?
Because peanut allergies can be a life-threatening reaction, more and more schools and daycare facilities across the country are banning peanuts and peanut products from school lunches. Among the food allergies, peanut is especially more dangerous because of three reasons. First, it can take very minute particles (1/100) of a peanut to cause a reaction. Second, nut dust such as coming from peanut shells, are easily airborne that’s why you hear stories of people reacting merely to the presence of peanut in a room or enclosed …read more