Download or read book Not Today Butterflies A Book About Food Allergy Anxiety written by Nicole Ondatje and published by Bumblebee Books. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with a food allergy is challenging! Nine year old Quinn experiences several anxiety-provoking food allergy scenarios including her annual visit to the allergist, navigating a play date and a birthday party, being different from her friends, and having to speak up about her food allergies. These experiences generate uncomfortable feelings of butterflies in Quinn's stomach. Quinn learns different tools to help manage her anxiety and tame the butterflies. Not Today, Butterflies! A Book About Food Allergy Anxiety provides an engaging and relatable experience for children who are coping with fears and anxiety about their own food allergies. Intended for children as well as parents and caregivers, this book offers some guidance on identifying signs of food allergy anxiety and helpful ways to teach kids how to manage it.
Download or read book Food Allergies For Dummies written by Robert A. Wood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you constantly worrying about what you or your loved ones eat? Is every dining experience an episode of anxiety for you? Being allergic to different types of food not only ruins the experience of eating, it can lead to dangerous, sometimes lethal, consequences. With Food Allergies for Dummies, you can feel safer about what you eat. This concise guide shows you how to identify and avoid food that triggers reactions. This guide covers how to care for a child with food allergies, such as getting involved with his/her school’s allergy policies, packing safe lunches, and empowering him/her to take responsibility for his allergy. You will also discover: The signs and symptoms of food allergies How to determine the severity of your allergy Ways to eat out and travel with allergies How to create your own avoidance diet Ways to enjoy your meal without allergic symptoms How to prevent food allergies from affecting your child The latest research being done to treat food allergies Food Allergies for Dummies also provides an in-depth chapter on peanut allergy and how to spot traces of peanut in your food. With this book, you will feel safer and more comfortable while you eat. And, with plenty of helpful resources such as Web sites and allergy-friendly recipes, you’ll hardly have to worry about your diet!
Download or read book Just One Bite written by Meghan Neri and published by . This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diagnosis. The planning and preparation. The constant vigilance. The uncertainty. The fear. These can be constant struggles for food allergic individuals and those who care for them. You try to do everything right, you follow all the "rules," and then BAM, just one bite of the wrong food and an allergic reaction can rock your world. With no right answers and plenty of wrong ones, what works for one family doesn't necessarily work for another. Just One Bite is a book about relatability. The "I get that"s along with the "who knew"s. For Meghan Neri, experienced food allergy parent, educator, support group leader, and advocate, some of the best medicine has come from connecting with others who understand. So open these pages and find connection. Follow the Neri family's journey of fear, adversity, and hope. You are not alone. READER REVIEWS: "Taking readers along on her own parenting journey, Meghan shares how she moved from disbelief to acceptance, allowing her to approach food allergy life with an empowered mindset and the ability to advocate, support, and educate others." Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC, founder of The Food Allergy Counselor "A heart-warming narrative about one family's journey of learning how to navigate life with life-threatening food allergies. As a mother of a food allergic child myself, I could be found exclaiming, 'So true!' and 'I totally get this!' as I read." Francesca Rose, President of the Utah Food Allergy Network "It's inspiring to hear personal stories that shed light on the challenges of living with food allergies and offer practical solutions and resources to help manage them. Meghan raises awareness about food allergies and provides a valuable tool for families and caregivers. I'm sure many will benefit from reading this book and discovering new ways to cope with food allergies." Kyle Dine, Musician and Allergy Educator "A must read for a newly diagnosed food allergy parent! Our family can relate to the feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and desires for education, inclusion, and empathy. If only we had a book like this to understand our new chapter of life that began the day our daughter was diagnosed with life threatening food allergies." Lisa Heath, Co-Founder of Intentional Foods (IF) Cafe & Market, Mesa, AZ
Download or read book Moderators of Child Anxiety Due to Food Allergy written by Katherine Scott and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate contextual factors that affect food allergic children's development of anxiety. It was hypothesized that parent stress, anxiety, family functioning, and child attitudes would moderate the relationship between food allergy severity and child anxiety. Recency of allergic reaction was also hypothesized to moderate the relationship between parent and child anxiety. Twenty-two participants with food allergies and their parents were surveyed electronically to ascertain the degree to which they endorsed symptoms on these scales as well as on food allergy and family specific questionnaires. Possibly due to a small sample, no moderating effects were found to be significant. However, analyses indicated that while holding parental stress and anxiety constant, food allergy severity leads to child anxiety. Family cohesiveness, recency of last reaction, and child attitudes presented various significant correlations with child or family contextual factors, however did not provide enough evidence to make directional conclusions. Preliminary findings warrant the inclusion of food allergy-specific questions to screen for parent and child anxiety. Implications and areas of future research are discussed while considering the limitations of the current study.
Download or read book The Truth about Allergy written by Angel Burns and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allergies and a number of food intolerances are affecting many individuals around the world and are the cause of many health-related issues. People will often have rather unpleasant reactions to some food they ate and question whether it is only an upset stomach or a food allergy. The interesting part is that one out of every three people will claim that they themselves have a food allergy or that they changed their family diet because another family member might have a food allergy. Research has shown that only about 5% of children have been truly diagnosed with a food allergy while only 4% of teen and adults have a certain food allergy. In order to understand what a food allergy actually is, it is vital to separate the terms 'food allergy' and 'food intolerance.' We describe a food allergy as a hypersensitivity to food; an abnormal response to a certain food group or ingredient that is triggered by a person's immunity system. A food intolerance causes the same reactions of a food allergy, but not from the immune system. Instead, the reactions come from the body not being able to properly digest the food. For example, if someone has a reaction to milk but they are not allergic to the lactose, they have a lactose intolerance. Some of these intolerances can be psychological in origin, but still produce a physiological effect. While it can be proven scientifically that someone has a food allergy, they are also able to trick themselves into thinking that they have one. If a person gets a headache each time they eat wheat, then they may think that they are allergic to the entire food rather than having a reaction to the density or ratio of wheat in the food. Psychological impacts for food allergies can also come from normal anxiety. Forgetting that a friend or child is allergic to a certain food and then serving it to them. The idea of being able to put someone in harm because of the development of a food allergy can be troubling for a parent or relative. This book is broken into different sections that include: - An introduction to allergy - Symptoms associated to allergic reactions - How to avoid trigger foods - The wonderful breakfast recipes - Main courses and side dishes - Delicious desserts and snacks Take precautions as early as now to avoid the adverse effects of any food allergy. Purchase a copy of this book and experiment with the various recipes within. Enjoy the journey!!
Download or read book Growing Up Ben written by Kristen Kauke and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up with, and raising a child with, a life-threatening food allergy comes with unique challenges. There is anxiety, the need to protect and advocate, and the reality of being and living differently in the world. Without being mindful, it is easy to train ourselves into anxious and disordered thinking, and easy to bump into conflict in our relationships. It takes an earnest perspective to feel safe without viewing the world as toxic.Growing Up Ben is written by a mother of two boys with life-threatening food allergies, who also happens to be a licensed clinical social worker, who has worked for over ten years therapeutically supporting children, adolescents, and families. Her first-person account follows a version of her family's process through anxiety and restricted living to autonomy and intentional living. She hits on topics such as the following: Dealing with anxiety after diagnosis Accepting the realities of life and how it's changed Overcoming the feeling of "burden" Managing social situations in school and with the family Handling teasing, exclusion Increasing awareness and advocacy Coping when your food allergic teen starts to date Learning how to equip your child "good enough" and then letting go. This book is geared toward adolescents and their parents. Using truth, humor, insight, and purposeful parenting, Kauke shares a mom's reflections about raising her son while navigating along his developmental life stages from infant to teenager, and living with a serious food allergy. Kauke uses evidenced-based strategies throughout her narrative in order to offer sound advice to readers.While the book is written from the perspective of living a full life with a food allergy, the morsels gained from reading Growing Up Ben can apply to anyone who wants to live an intentional life, whereby we become who we are meant to be.
Download or read book Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating written by Katja Rowell and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating, a family doctor specializing in childhood feeding joins forces with a speech pathologist to help you support your child’s nutrition, healthy growth, and end meal-time anxiety (for your child and you) once and for all. Are you parenting a child with ‘extreme’ picky eating? Do you worry your child isn’t getting the nutrition he or she needs? Are you tired of fighting over food, suspect that what you’ve tried may be making things worse, but don’t know how to help? Having a child with ‘extreme’ picky eating is frustrating and sometimes scary. Children with feeding disorders, food aversions, or selective eating often experience anxiety around food, and the power struggles can negatively impact your relationship with your child. Children with extreme picky eating can also miss out on parties or camp because they can’t find “safe” foods. But you don’t have to choose between fighting over every bite and only serving a handful of safe foods for years on end. Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating offers hope, even if your child has “failed” feeding therapies before. After gaining a foundation of understanding of your child’s challenges and the dynamics at play, you’ll be ready for the 5 steps (built around the clinically proven STEPS+ approach—Supportive Treatment of Eating in PartnershipS) that transform feeding and meals so your child can learn to enjoy a variety of foods in the right amounts for healthy growth. You’ll discover specific strategies for dealing with anxiety, low appetite, sensory challenges, autism spectrum-related feeding issues, oral motor delay, and medically-based feeding problems. Tips and exercises reinforce what you’ve learned, and dozens of “scripts” help you respond to your child in the heat of the moment, as well as to others in your child’s life (grandparents or your child’s teacher) as you help them support your family on this journey. This book will prove an invaluable guide to restore peace to your dinner table and help you raise a healthy eater.
Download or read book Hidden Food Allergy written by Stephen Astor and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...absolutely wonderful book to help you find and overcome hidden food allergy..." Easy to read. Diet you can do at home, at no cost to you. Special sections Peanut, Milk, Gluten allergy.***************Do you suffer from headaches, nausea, dizziness, ADHD, insomnia - or other symptoms that you just don't know the cause of? Are you taking prescribed medications that do not work satisfactorily? For millions of Americans, these all-too-real health problems may be directly related to food allergies they do not know they have.Now Stephen Astor, MD, a prominent allergy specialist, has written a practical book that explains just how you can find out. In this well-researched and easy-to-understand book, Dr. Astor discusses how to pinpoint specific symptoms, select a test diet, evaluate the results, and ultimately discover which foods you should avoid -- all in just three weeks! Even more importantly, you won't have to undergo a series of skin and blood tests - procedures which can be costly and can produce results that are often inaccurate. Finding out which foods you may have sensitivity to has never been so easy. The doctor has also included delicious recipes for allergy-free cooking, five elimination diets for the most common food allergies, as well as a section on the fine difference between being allergic to a food or intolerant of a food. Also a section on gluten sensitivity, milk intolerance and peanut allergy.A little common sense and three weeks of your time -- isn't that a small price to pay for results that have shown themselves to be 100% accurate?
Download or read book Treating Food Allergies with Modern Medicine written by Sanjeev Jain and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food allergy is the new epidemic of the 21st century, and the rise in incidence among kids is alarming. This information-packed book was written by a food allergy mom, a psychologist, and a physician expert in the field of food allergies. It is a comprehensive source of practical knowledge for parents, teachers, caregivers, and others who are concerned about food allergies and want to know how best to treat them. The chapters clarify which food allergy treatments are grounded in modern medicine, and provide practical information on the treatment methods that are currently available. It is a balanced, sympathetic, highly informative, and non-judgmental guide to treatment options for individuals suffering from food allergies, written in a way that cuts through the jargon and uses language that everyone can understand.
Download or read book Healing Back Pain written by John E. Sarno and published by Balance. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. Sarno teaches you how to identify stress and other psychological factors that cause back pain and demonstrates how to heal yourself--without drugs, surgery or exercise. Find out: Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS) How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms How people condition themselves to accept back pain as inevitable With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain...and start recovering from back pain today.
Download or read book Thai s Exciting First Week at School written by Jackie Nevard and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Thai on his adventures as he prepares for the start of school. The third book in the series is aimed at 4 -8 year olds and their parents and covers important events such as:- An allergist appointment including a skin prick test- Not sharing food and drinks at school- Introduction of an Auto-Injector- The importance of having an Action Plan- Symptoms of an allergic reaction- No one has to miss out due to their allergiesThai's positive attitude shows other children how food allergies don't have to stop you from joining in. Thai is confident and educates his classmates on the importance of not sharing food and drinks and hand washing. With captivating illustrations and the quirky Rabbie by Thai's side, the story normalises food allergies. It's fun andinformative and creates discussion and an understanding of food allergies among children.There are teaching points at the back of the book for parents and teachers, along with school resources and helpful links found on the website.
Download or read book Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents written by Kasia Kozlowska and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book sets out the stress-system model for functional somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. The book begins by exploring the initial encounter between the paediatrician, child, and family, moves through the assessment process, including the formulation and the treatment contract, and then describes the various forms of treatment that are designed to settle the child’s dysregulated stress system. This approach both provides a new understanding of how such symptoms emerge – typically, through a history of recurrent or chronic stress, either physical or psychological – and points the way to effective assessment, management, and treatment that put the child (and family) back on the road to health and well-being.
Download or read book Black Girl Baking written by Jerrelle Guy and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **2019 James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee** "Black Girl Baking has a rhythm and a realness to it." - Carla Hall, Chef and television personality Invigorating and Creative Recipes to Ignite Your Senses For Jerrelle Guy, food has always been what has shaped her—her body, her character, her experiences and her palate. Growing up as the sensitive, slightly awkward child of three in a race-conscious space, she decided early on that she’d rather spend her time eating cookies and honey buns than taking on the weight of worldly issues. It helped her see that good food is the most powerful way to connect, understand and heal. Inspired by this realization, each one of her recipes tells a story. Orange Peel Pound Cake brings back memories of summer days eating Florida oranges at Big Ma’s house, Rosketti cookies reimagine the treats her mother ate growing up in Guam, and Plaited Dukkah Bread parallels the braids worked into her hair as a child. Jerrelle leads you on a sensual baking journey using the five senses, retelling and reinventing food memories while using ingredients that make her feel more in control and more connected to the world and the person she has become. Whole flours, less refined sugar and vegan alternatives make it easier to celebrate those sweet moments that made her who she is today. Escape everyday life and get lost in the aromas, sounds, sights, textures and tastes of Black Girl Baking.
Download or read book Edible Insects written by Arnold van Huis and published by Bright Sparks. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.
Download or read book Breastfeeding and Medication written by Wendy Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sadly, women often feel they have no alternative but to give up breastfeeding, having been prescribed or purchased medication. In many cases, however, this is unnecessary. This book outlines the evidence base for the use of medication during breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and Medication presents a comprehensive A to Z guide to the most frequently prescribed drugs and their safety for breastfeeding mothers. Evaluating the evidence for interventions and using a simple format for quickly identifying medications that are safe or unsafe to use, it also highlights those drugs where there is inconclusive evidence. Additional contextual information makes this the most complete text for those practitioners who support and treat breastfeeding women. It: provides an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the breast together with hormonal influences to better understand how complications, such as mastitis, arise and inform the approach to their treatment; includes a section on conditions that affect women specifically when they are lactating where prescription of medication may be necessary; discusses the importance of breastfeeding and its advantages, as well as its disadvantages; and explores how to support breastfeeding mothers, and presents a counselling model approach. This new edition contains information on more drugs and a chapter on the management of some chronic conditions which may affect breastfeeding mothers. In most cases there are options to support the mother’s optimal care whilst allowing her to continue to breastfeed her baby as long as she wishes. This is a topic which raises many questions on social media, which informed the choice of conditions to consider. This is an invaluable reference for all health practitioners and volunteers who work with, support and treat breastfeeding women, including lactation consultants, breastfeeding support workers, health visitors, GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists and midwives.
Download or read book Watching the English written by Kate Fox and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated, with new research and over 100 revisions Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English - which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character - features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of "squaddies," bikers, horse-riders, and more. Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid pantomime rule. Class anxiety tests. The roots of English self-mockery and many more. An international bestseller, Watching the English is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English and their society.
Download or read book Medical Medium Life Changing Foods written by Anthony William and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated new release from the groundbreaking, New York Times best-selling author of Medical Medium! Experience the next level of medical revelations. Packed with information you won’t find anywhere else about the Unforgiving Four—the threats responsible for the rise of illness—and the miraculous power of food to heal, this book gives you the ability to become your own health expert, so you can protect yourself, friends, family, and loved ones from symptoms, suffering, and disease. Unleash the hidden powers of fruits and vegetables and transform your life in the process. ANTHONY WILLIAM, the Medical Medium, has helped tens of thousands of people heal from ailments that have been misdiagnosed or ineffectively treated—or that medical communities can’t resolve. And he’s done it all by listening to a divine voice that literally speaks into his ear, telling him what is at the root of people’s pain or illness and what they need to do to be restored to health. In his first book, the New York Times bestseller Medical Medium, Anthony revealed how you can treat dozens of illnesses with targeted healing regimens in which nutrition plays a major role. Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods delves deeper into the healing power of over 50 fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and wild foods that can have an extraordinary effect on health. Anthony explains each food’s properties, the symptoms and conditions it can help relieve or heal, and the emotional and spiritual benefits it brings. And he offers delicious recipes to help you enjoy each food’s maximum benefit, from sweet potatoes with braised cabbage stuffing to honey-coconut ice cream. YOU’LL DISCOVER: • Why wild blueberries are the “resurrection food,” asparagus is the fountain of youth, and lemons can lift your spirits when you’ve had bad news • The best foods to eat to relieve gallstones, hypertension, brain fog, thyroid issues, migraines, and hundreds more symptoms and conditions • The particular healing powers of kiwis, cucumbers, cat’s claw, coconut, and much more • Insight into cravings, how to use stress to your advantage, and the key role fruit plays in fertility Much of Anthony’s information is dramatically different from the conventional wisdom of medical communities, so don’t expect to hear the same old food facts rehashed here. Instead, expect to get a whole new understanding of why oranges offer more than just vitamin C—and a powerful set of tools for healing from illness and keeping yourself and your loved ones safe and well. Here are just a few highlights of what’s inside: • Critical information about the specific factors behind the rise of illness and how to protect yourself and your family • Foods to repair your DNA, boost your immune system, improve your mental clarity, alkalize every body system, shield you from others’ negative emotions, and so much more • Techniques to make fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and wild foods the most healing they can be for your individual needs Plus targeted foods to bring into your life for relief from hundreds of symptoms and conditions, including: • ANXIETY • AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS • CANCER • DIABETES • DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS • FATIGUE • FOOD ALLERGIES • INFERTILITY • INFLAMMATION • INSOMNIA • LYME DISEASE • MEMORY LOSS • MIGRAINES • THYROID DISEASE • WEIGHT GAIN
