You get home after receiving a food allergy diagnosis, look into your fridge, where do you even start?
In the second part of answering questions on what new food allergy suffers should know, we tackle the lifestyle side of a food allergy diagnosis.
Dr G and Kortney are joined by Stefanie Lowe to discuss grocery shopping, navigating labels, how to approach friends and family about your needs, how to find your comfort level and introducing new foods to your child.
Stephanie is a food allergy advocate, and community thought leader, she is a mother to three children, the oldest of which has multiple food allergies, FPIES, asthma, Celiac disease as well as all three managing environmental allergies. If you have ever seen a build light up teal for food allergy awareness, this is because of Stephanie. She is the founder of Turn It Teal, a global project committed to raising food allergy awareness by lighting buildings, monuments and bridges, predominately during Food Allergy Awareness Week.
- Every family does things differently.
- Always have epinephrine auto-injectors and an action plan.
- Learning day by day - your allergy journey is made from building blocks of each with a more defined level of comfort.
- Life with food allergies requires you to be aware and hypervigilant, it's best not to make it what you are all about.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: https://www.itchpodcast.com/post/episode-19