Tag: Whatever Wednesday
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WW Guest Post: Ann Winslow, Chef, on food allergies
Note from Mary Kate: Ann is a good friend of mine from college (during which, no, no one including me used my first name) who who is an artist and chef. In one of our conversations, she mentioned that food allergies were a hot topic in the restaurant world. Of course — that makes complete sense.…
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WW: Living with Food Allergies — Trust and "The Man."
Full disclosure: Denise and I both work for government. So, yes, sometimes, we’re “the man.” And, yes, we understand the jokes (we really are here to help), and we fully understand the limitations of working within institutional guidelines. I like to think we inspire trust through competence and, at least in my case, admitting that I don’t…
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WW: Living with Food Allergies – Getting Sick while Getting Well
One of the surprising things about having food allergies is the fear of getting sick and whether the process of getting well will make you sicker. It’s much more complicated than you might imagine. In January, I managed to get either bronchitis or pneumonia, which affected my asthma to the point that my nurse practitioner…
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WW: Living with Food Allergies — Diagnosis
How were your food allergies diagnosed? Denise and I have both posted our diagnosis stories in our blog bios. The medical tests recommended for each of us were different — her allergist recommended skin scratch tests, and my doctor had referred me to a naturopathic doctor because she couldn’t help, and my naturopath was the…