Recognizing And Dealing With Nut Allergies

Allergies are never fun. They limit, prohibit and control what you eat, where you can go and what you are able to do.

Offer a person with lactose intolerance a free trip to the Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory and you won't hear them scream for ice cream. Recommend to trip to Boston or Maryland to someone with a shellfish allergy and don't expect them to fall over themselves to thank you. Similarly, if your wife or girlfriend has hay fever, try to refrain from planning a quaint Sunday picnic in the dandelion field close to your house.

Allergies prohibit normal people from enjoying the activities that the rest of us crave.

But different allergies affect every person differently and for sufferers of specific types of allergies, there are ways to keep their allergies under control.

One allergy in particular that has become a key cause for concern, especially among parents with small children, is the peanut allergy. Peanut allergies are so problematic for a handful of reasons, most notably, the fact that many food and health products contain peanut proteins and that even a trace amount of this protein can be fatal.

With so much potential for disaster, parents are rightfully paranoid. Schools across the US have succumbed to parental pressure and banned peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, once a staple of elementary schools. The ban applies to everyone, kids who don't have the allergy and even teachers. That severe is the repercussions if an allergic child comes in even brief contact with peanuts.

Scientists at the Center for Disease Control believe that for some children, even the slightest smell of a peanut protein can cause very harmful results.

With such a powerful allergy, parents feel concerned and hopeless. Will this new generation of children live in fear of terrorism, natural disasters, killer bees, the scary thing under the bed as well as the dreaded peanut?

Scientists and doctors alike tell parents to worry, but not to get their kids overtly scared. With education, peanut allergies are controllable and even in some cases curable. They advise parents to understand the allergy and not to live in fear of it.

One of the best way to get a grasp on what their child is living with is to read as much on the subject as possible. One great book is called Recognizing And Dealing With Nut Allergies and its available via the link below.

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Allergies can be harmful, but that doesn't mean they should control your life.

There's something I walk around with, something I wear like a badge of honor. It's nothing really something to be proud of, in fact, it's not even anything I have any control over. It makes me feel special though and it connects me to millions of other people throughout the world.

In fact, last year, when I was traveling in India, I thought I'd have a huge problem. But as it turned out, it provided me with a way to meet people I never would have without it.

What am I talking about? I'm talking about my peanut allergy.

When I was first diagnosed with an allergy to peanuts I was confused. I had lived most of my life enjoying the pb and j's that most Americans love. I ate them almost every day of my schooling. During college, I don't think I would have survived the late night study sessions without them. So you can imagine my surprise when at the tender mid-20's age I found out that eating just one sandwich could potentially kill me.

I wasn't always proud of my allergy, in fact at first I rebelled against it. I was embarrassed to tell people that I couldn't eat Chinese food or that I needed to check every label from every ingredient that they put in the food they were cooking for me. It seemed like a hassle and a pain. Most of all though, it seemed embarrassing.

I found myself surprisingly jealous of my friends who could throw any food in their mouth without worrying about anything less mundane than calories or cholesterol. I found myself shying away from social encounters that revolved around food. I didn't want to deal with it and I didn't want people to think I was the weird guy who had some strange allergy.

Instead of hanging out at dinner parties with my friends, I sat at home and surfed the Internet for information about my allergy. I was looking for a magical source of information that would help me cure my allergy and start living the normal life I once led. Of course, I didn't find the magical cure.

What I did find, though, was even more valuable. I learnt to come to terms with my allergy and I let in empower me, instead of imprison me. It took me a while to reach the point where I was proud of my difference, but I eventually got there.

If you have peanut allergies, you should learn to embrace it as well. To start you off, click on the link below and read all the vital information you need. You'll be glad you did.

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