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The Toronto Star’s Health Zone reminds us just how many kids are nut or peanut allergic. Canada’s first nationwide food allergy survey shows that about 1.7 per cent of children under 18 have a probable peanut allergy, while another 1.59 per cent have a probable allergy to tree nuts, such as hazelnuts and walnuts. This study was from 2008-2009 and...

Another feature of Health Zone from the Toronto Star. The Chef Upstairs in Toronto has started offering cooking classes for children. The Chef Upstairs is a food allergy aware restaurant that is completely free of peanuts and tree nuts. Check out this full article. It’s great to see restaurants picking up on the need for specialty venues or even just being...

Margaret Pingolt is a journalism student at Arizona State University. She requested a few questions answered from yours truly for an article she was working on. Below is a wonderfully written piece on college age people and life away from home. Thanks, Maggie! By, Maggie Pingolt PHOENIX- Waking up the day of high school graduation is typically a gift from the gods,...

The Toronto Star’s Health Zone has started a series of food allergy related articles in responce to Food Allergy Month. This article reviews a new study from Mcmaster University and Dalhousie University in Halifax where 30 children with peanut allergies are going through the ingestion immunotherapy process. One notable difference in thsi study compared to the...