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Entries from July 2009

Allergy Friendly Amaranth Puffed Bread

July 27, 2009 · 2 Comments

Just got back from an invigorating vacation in Switzerland – yayy!  My greatest find during the trip…a friend in an amazing lady, Bhavna.  An acupuncturist by profession, she is also a store house of knowledge on health foods. She is the one who introduced me to the nutrition-packed, versatile Amaranth and this allergy friendly recipe is inspired by her. This incredible grain is rich in proteins, fiber and calcium which, makes it a great source of nutrition for those with multiple food allergies.

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Find ‘could cut allergy death’…

July 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Such research findings bring hope to many but how soon it will help allergy sufferers is another question…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8157941.stm

This article was brought to my attention by my friend, Tara.

Categories: Useful Links & Articles

Nature’s Path Buckwheat Waffles

July 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Ask anyone with food allergies and you will realize that they spend an awful lot of time in the kitchen because it is near impossible getting allergy friendly, tasty stuff straight off the shelf.  Nature’s Path Buckwheat Wildberry waffles delivers on that count! What bliss to be able to get up in the morning and have breakfast ready in under 3 minutes :-) Buckwheat sounds an awful lot like ‘wheat’ but as Wikipedia puts it…buckwheat ‘is called a pseudocereal to emphasize that it is not related to wheat’.

Buckwheatwaffles

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10 Things a child with food allergies wishes you knew…

July 7, 2009 · 2 Comments

I came across this very thoughtful article on the ‘Allergy Moms’ blog – http://www.allergymoms.com/uploads/newsletters/everychildwish.html by Gina Clowes. A must read for all to make the world we live in a more empathetic one…

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Teff Flour

July 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Who would have thought that a fistful of grain could pack such a nutritional punch and be versatile to boot...

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Food Allergy related Links & Articles…

July 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The world of food allergy is action packed – new research findings, new theories and so much more! Under this category, I will try to keep pace with this dynamic world by adding links and articles as they occur in the arena of food allergy.

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Categories: Useful Links & Articles