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Since the age of 6 months my son has had severe eczema. The doctors always said he’ll grow out of it.  Well 6 years later, he was an itchy mess. His skin was destroyed. Finally his pediatrician suggested a food allergy test.  Lo and behold it turns out he was allergic to almost everything we […]

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I found out as a child that I was allergic to kiwi, and as an adult many more fruit allergies have crept in including avocado, banana, grape, melon, and mango, to name a few. Even harder, though, has been my recent transition to a gluten-free diet to see if that will help with some of […]

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My husband’s grandmother was always lactose intolerant. Most of her kids are too. For years now, my husband has avoided dairy because of issues with milk and milk products. Now it seems my 7 year old daughter has it. Whenever she eats/drinks milk products she complains about tummy aches. We’ve switched to almond milk, bought […]

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When I got married and met my new nieces and nephew, I was completely unfamiliar with food allergies…but among them, they had egg, dairy, soy, nut, seafood, shellfish, egg, and corn allergies. Wow!  Talk about throwing me into the deep end! I didn’t cook for them too often, but soon came to realize that my […]

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I have been sick on a constant basis since my son was diagnosed with Autism (my first symptoms started exactly 6 weeks before his diagnosis) in 2008. I attributed it to stress and did my best to RELAX. Unfortunately, no matter what I tried, I continued to be sick. I had my gall bladder removed, […]

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My oldest has severe allergies to dairy, eggs, all nuts, and peanuts, and my husband can’t eat shellfish, so we are label readers! Before my oldest developed his allergies at 2 months of age, I thought I knew what was in my food. I thought I ate healthy. Then I had to live his diet […]

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When I was pregnant with our second daughter, my husband and I were thrilled. Little did we know that after she was born, my diet would be changed forever. Soon after her birth, I started having problems breathing, nausea, stomach pains, mouth/throat pain, and in the worst of cases, nearly landing myself in the hospital […]

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Hi, this is actually a story of my nephew who I take care of a lot. Whether it be at his house or mine I have to deal with his allergy to dairy and his disorder SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder). It seems between the two it equals aggression. He will go from being a sweet […]

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Our story begins 2 1/2 years ago when my husband discovered that he has a dairy intolerance. In his case, it’s casein that bothers him, not lactose, so he is dairy-free but can tolerate goat and sheep products. Our son was then diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening peanut allergy, and we then put pieces together […]

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