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Food Allergies

Preventing allergies in your children: In your baby's first year of life, experts recommend you avoid serving your baby foods such as chocolate, nuts, peanut butter, egg whites, honey, cow's milk and other diary products, citrus fruits & juices, canned and processed foods (too much sodium), high-nitrate vegetables and hot dogs. A 2002 report in the New England Journal of Medicine also recommended that breastfeeding mothers avoid eating common allergens such as peanuts to help keep the baby from developing an allergy. Breastfeeding mothers also should avoid eating other foods the baby is allergic to, and it's thought that breastfeeding for six months to a full year helps children avoid developing an allergy to milk or soy.

If your child has a food allergy: If your child has a severe food allergy, make sure you train your child to always be aware and cognizant of the danger. Make sure your child wears a bracelet alerting others to the allergy. You and/or your child should always have a medical response kit nearby (check with your pediatrician for help on this), and always make sure your child has safe and enjoyable snacks to eat so that he/she is not tempted to sample treats from others.

For More Information:

	Did you know that soy products can produce allergic reactions?
	If you're making treats for children other than yours, always make sure you know who is allergic to what.
	With some severe allergies, the allergen doesn't even have to be in the food you're preparing. If a child has a severe allergy to peanuts, for example, the child may experience an allergic reaction to some other food that's been prepared in a kitchen which has, or has had, peanuts in it.
	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Minneapolis district office recently discovered that -- of the products testing positive for peanuts -- 25 percent did not list peanuts among the ingredients. The FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is reportedly making better identification of food allergies on product labels a top priority.
	American Dietetic Association

	American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - information on allergens and how to protect your child
	American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
	American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - topics related to allergy
	American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - topics related to asthma
	Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
	Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
	Food Allergy News for Kids
	Medem - do a search under "allergy"
	KidsHealth - (written for children) - "Food Allergies"
	Safer Child Seasonal Allergies and Asthma page - for more organizations devoted to allergies and asthma
	Safer Child First Aid page for common food chokables.

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