MOMS (and DADS) TALK: Are Schools Doing Enough, Or Too Much, to Safeguard Against Food Allergies?
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We did not have the Peanut Table in the cafeteria when we went to school. We didn’t have the Peanut Bus when we went on field trips. Our moms didn’t have to be careful about what snacks they packed or what treats they brought in for class parties. It’s a different world now. Peanut allergies have doubled in children just between 1997 and 2002, according to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. I wonder what the statistics are if we compared children’s allergies between 1980, when most of us were in school, and 2011? I heard an anecdotal story about a current Loch Raven High School student with a peanut allergy, frustrated at the fuss that was made about riding the Peanut Bus for a field trip. She rolled her eyes and said, “As long as …
Jolie McShane
7:25 am on Monday, May 2, 2011
Allergies come in many forms, some can be tested by IgE blood, scratch, etc. tests, most cannot be tested for and therefore are classified as "intollerances or senstitivies". Step one is to reduce the assalt on the body, reduce the allergic exposures, intollerance and sensitivities, allowing the body to start the healing process. At the same time, work on building the immune system, this is where… more ›