Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a growing and often misunderstood condition that can dramatically change the way people eat and manage their health. Often referred to as a tick meat allergy or mammalian meat allergy, alpha-gal syndrome causes allergic reactions to red meat and other mammal-derived products. The condition is most commonly linked to bites from ...
Will eating peanut butter cause a peanut allergy? This question (and many others) are often top of mind when it’s time to transition baby from breast milk or formula to solid food. Thanks to mixed messages over the years, it’s easy for parents to wonder whether they should delay potential food allergens or introduce early ...
Ghouls, goblins, ghosts, and… gluten-free candy? If you’re working with food allergies, it can be tricky to navigate the candy aisle when shopping for sweets to fill your trick-or-treat bag. With that in mind, we’re making it easy to find healthy Halloween treats that suit any dietary restriction, from dairy-free to sugar-free and everything in ...
Every three minutes, someone in the U.S. goes to the emergency room because of a food allergy, according to one study published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. A food allergy occurs when the immune system sees certain ingredients as threats and produces an antibody in response to protein. It’s about as pleasant ...
When it comes to transitioning your little one to solid foods, there are many schools of thought for what’s best. Whether you choose to buy ready-made purées, blend your own foods at home, follow baby-led weaning, or some combination of these options, it’s no secret that introducing first foods can be filled with a lot ...
Reading up on health and wellness can cause no small amount of hypochondria and you may think you have histamine intolerance. And with more and more people recognizing their own sensitivities to certain foods, special diets are more common than ever.
Humans and their pets have the ultimate symbiotic relationship.
On the surface, it seems like air quality in America should be pretty great these days, right?
Brown, hazy smog is an environmental nightmare, no doubt, but there’s another reason to hate it: For millions of Americans, air pollution could also be making their seasonal allergies even more miserable.
At one point, we all learned about bees — how they flit from flower to flower, gathering nectar, turning into honey and collecting pollen along the way. Honey is as widely accepted as an ingredient as sugar or flour, but bee pollen? It has only recently been touted as the latest superfood.