|
|
 |
|
|
February 2008
Sponsor |
Psychologist Joins KFA Medical Advisory Team
We extend a warm welcome to Karen Stickler, Psy.D., who has joined our Medical Advisory Team. Dr. Stickler is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in health psychology. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Boston University and continued her graduate training at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology - Chicago Campus where she received her Master's and Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degrees in Clinical Psychology. She completed |
her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Psychology. Dr. Stickler has a longstanding history of food allergies and intolerances. She has successfully been managing her food allergies since her formal diagnosis at age 15. She not only has professional training that allows her to empathize with her clients and their families around this issue, but is able to draw from her own life experiences. Dr. Stickler is extremely passionate about working with children and families who are living with food allergies and celiac disease.
We are delighted that Dr. Stickler will be sharing her professional expertise and insights with KFA and look forward to working with her.
Lynda Mitchell
President
Announcements
New Items for Valentine's Day
The following are available to all Web site visitors:
7 tips for safely celebrating Valentine's Day at school
10 safe activities for Valentine's Day
4 great peanut free, milk-free, egg-free recipes for celebrating Valentine's Day with food allergies
Download a booklet containing all three of the above tips and ideas: Safely Celebrating Valentine's Day with Food Allergies
Last Call for KFA Cookbook Rating Survey
We will be closing the cookbook survey on Friday, February 8th at midnight; so if you want to participate, be sure to take the survey today. In case you missed our announcement last month, we will be adding allergy book ratings this year, and we are starting out by collecting opinions in a cookbook survey. We will compile the results and post a summary of the ratings and comments we receive. Click Here to take the survey. Two of you who complete the survey will be chosen to receive one dozen Divvies nut- and dairy-free cupcakes. The survey should only take a few minutes!
Food Allergen Avoidance Lists
The following, compiled with the help of our Medical Advisory Team, are now available to all Web site visitors:
Join KFA's FaceBook Group
KFA now has a FaceBook group! Join KFA's group if you are also a FaceBook user.
Become KFA's friend on MySpace
KFA now has a MySpace page! Send KFA a friend request if you are also a MySpace user.
New Valentine's Day Food Allergy Awareness e-Cards
 Thanks to KFA kids Mason, Kalika, and Alyssa, we've been able to add some new Valentine's Day e-Cards you can send to friends and family. Each contains a food allergy awareness message. Check them out! Also, if would like to insert the code to feature one of these on your MySpace, Web site, or blog, you can grab the code from KFA's MySpace page.
|
|
| A message from our Sponsor
Click on the image above to visit the Web site of this month's newsletter sponsor.
News
Download a New Free Anaphylaxis Guide from AANMA
 Anaphylaxis: A Guide for You and Me offers tips for diagnosing food allergies, avoiding stinging insects, and connecting exercise and medications to anaphylaxis. It also includes AANMA's groundbreaking article "When Anaphylaxis Looks Like Asthma," which reveals the potentially life-threatening similarities between asthma and anaphylaxis symptoms. The "Epinephrine How-To Guide" explains how epinephrine - a medication that temporarily stops symptoms of anaphylaxis - affects your body and illustrates a practice session.
Dr. Hugh Sampson Interviewed on New York Radio Show
Dr. Hugh Sampson, food allergy expert and leading researcher at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City was a guest on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show on Thursday, January 31 to provide a medical expert's viewpoint about food allergies and anaphylaxis.
Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital Food Allergy Research Study
Help physicians at Children's Memorial Hospital learn more about food allergy and its impacts! Click Here to complete a 15 minute survey for parents of children with food allergy and earn a $5.00 Starbucks gift card.
Must-Read Forum Topics
Sign up for a free Associate Membership to read the messages posted in our "Main" online support group forum.
Do you take your child to parties when there are allergens around?
Stay home, or go and be careful? Parents share their varied approaches to attending parties and social events when their children have food allergies.
Anaphylaxis, my fault and lessons learned
"I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed, and my comfort zone has definitely just shrunk a lot. I didn't think just a SIP of milk was enough to kill him."
One mom shares her story of her young son's recent anaphylactic reaction from a sip of milk given him at home by accident, and lessons learned.
Is eating out at restaurants worth the risk?
"I just keep thinking of the many, many ways restaurants can mess up and thinking it just isn't in my comfort zone right now for my dear son to eat out."
Does hearing about another child having a reaction at a restaurant make you want to stay home? Parents share their varied comfort zones about eating out at restaurants.
| |
| | Allergy Buyer's Guide | Advertisements
Simple Soynut Butter
Five delicious flavors of Simple Soynut Butter created especially for kids. Guaranteed peanut-free, tree-nut-free, gluten-free, organic, vegan and kosher. Simple Soynut Butter is carefully produced in its very own dedicated facility.
Cookies...For Me?
Our cookies are delicious!!! We specialize in oversized gourmet cookies that are gluten free, egg free and nut free. Now selling at fine stores in Bucks County, PA and shipping fresh orders nationwide. You won't believe these cookies are for you....they're scrumptious! www.cookiesforme.com
Meraby's Allergy Family Foods
Delicious all-natural muffin and pancake mixes that are free of dairy, eggs, peanuts and tree nuts. With canned wild Maine blueberries and dried cranberries in the box, our mixes are quick and yummy! Just add oil and water. www.meraby.com
Divvies
Divvies bakery cookies, gourmet popcorns, and cupcakes are baked and popped without peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and milk in Divvies' own dedicated facility. As seen on the Martha Stewart Show!
Food Allergy Recalls
 The following foods were recently recalled. Check our Web site for complete details:
U.S. allergy recalls
- Strong America Ltd. "Sunnyside peanut cookies" (undeclared egg)
- Cibo Naturals classic basil pesto (undeclared pine nuts)
- Chef's Requested Foods bacon wrapped beef medallions (undeclared soy and milk)
- Perdue Farms, Inc. Perdue Perfect Portions, 6 individually wrapped boneless skinless chicken breasts (undeclared milk)
- Domega International Ltd., Inc. Zebra Brand sweetened lotus root seed and sweetened coconut (undeclared sulfites)
Canadian allergy recalls
- Max's Donuts Ltd Max's Christmas Cake almond iced (undeclared milk and soy)
| |
| |
Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can subscribe to this free twice-monthly e-newsletter:
Did you know that our online support group is a great way to post messages and get quick answers to questions from other parents? Find out more about Family Memberships and free Associate Memberships:
Disclaimer
This newsletter is provided to you as a member and subscriber benefit and your use of it is in accordance with our Web site's terms of service.
Recipes are shared for your personal use only. You are welcome to forward this e-newsletter to others, but please don't reprint, electronically reproduce, repost or redistribute recipes elsewhere without obtaining permission. For more information, see our terms of service.
Kids With Food Allergies Inc. makes no representation, whatsoever, for the contents that may be contained in any of the sponsors or advertisers in this newsletter or the quality of any products, information, or other materials displayed, purchased, or obtained by you as a result of an offer in connection with any ad.
Please follow the instructions at the bottom of the newsletter to unsubscribe if you no longer wish to be on our distribution list.
This newsletter is sent to all newsletter subscribers and registered members of Kids With Food Allergies.
Copyright (c) 2007, Kids With Food Allergies, Inc., all rights reserved.
ISSN 1939-8166
Important notice
We will never sell, rent or trade your e-mail address to any other organization. Please see our Privacy Policy.
Project Manager: Lynda Mitchell
Editor: Heather Hetler
Proofreaders: Amy Hugon and Becca Godleski
Go to Kids With Food Allergies Web site
| |
|
| | lmitchell@kidswithfoodallergies.org • Kids With Food Allergies |
| |
|
