Anyone with allergies or coeliac disease planning to visit Copenhagen or anywhere in Denmark should find it pleasantly surprising. There are quite a high number of people with allergies in Denmark and restaurants seemed very used to being asked to cater for allergies. Everywhere we went all the food was local, fresh and in-season so it was easier for meals to be prepared … [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...]
ilumi camping experience – alfesco curry on a camping stove
If you are struggling for holiday ideas that are safe for the food challenged why not try camping. You instantly avoid the dust problem, you can prepare your own food on a stove thus avoiding the eating out problem. Eating out is a treat it's not easy for people with allergies or celiac disease; camping gives you the freedom to fall back on cooking your own if you can't find … [Read more...]
Allergy Support Group – Holidays with allergies – 24th April 2013
The next Anaphylaxis Campaign and whatallergy.com Allergy Support Group will be taking place on Wednesday 24th April in Wendover, Bucks and will be all about Planning holidays with life threatening allergies... When: Wednesday 24th April 2013 from 7.30pm until 9.30pm Where: The Shoulder of Mutton, 20 Pound St, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 6EJ Going on holiday can be … [Read more...]
Surviving in a dusty youth hostel – allergen alert!
Youth hostelling can afford you the freedom to stay somewhere relatively cheaply with the option of self catering facilities. They often have fantastic locations, by a lake, in the middle of nowhere, but be warned, the accommodation can be spartan to say the least. If you like a bit luxury and peace a quiet, this isn't the option for you. There were quite a few families with … [Read more...]