"Are you a fat, tall, allergy-prone leader? Blame your siblings." No this isn't meant to be a provocative insult, it's the promotional heading for an article in the New Scientist this month. "Chance inheritance: The subtle power of birth order" is an article by Lesley Evans Ogden and if you read or subscribe to the New Scientist you can read the full copy here. Lesley … [Read more...]
Should you eat almonds if you have a nut allergy?
So, the peanut and nut allergy may not extend to almonds, blood tests show very low percentages for both almonds and coconut. I can eat coconut no problem, I love the stuff! Praise be for Coconut milk and Thai curries. But I've always avoided almonds under the blanket "You're allergic to all nuts!" banner from the doctor. Accidental almond consumption I know I have eaten … [Read more...]
What you need to know about nut allergy in France
Did you know that the french don't really have one word in their vocabulary for nuts? Many people mistakenly think the word noix or noisettes is the word for nuts. Indeed this might be just the word you're looking for if you're allergic to certain types of nuts only, but if you're allergic to peanuts or all nuts you need to use a completely different phrase and approach in … [Read more...]
Do you hate the term ‘allergy or eczema sufferer’?
How do you feel when someone refers to you as an eczema sufferer or an allergy sufferer?We have to live with it but we don't have to suffer. Well, apart from the eczema flare-ups and the allergic reactions which plague us; but we can choose to take a positive stance, get on with life and live with it as best we can. We don't suffer our allergies, we live the best, … [Read more...]
Making your own sesame free humous
If you have a nut and dairy allergy humous is a real treat. Luckily for me I don't have a sesame allergy but I have always been tempted to try making my own humous. How hard can it be right? Traditional humous contains sesame in the form or tahini paste and it does add the distinctive taste to humous. I have struggled to buy nut free tahini anywhere (those annoying may … [Read more...]