Cheryl Marks Young
Busting Myths About Cross-Contamination Risk
Food allergies are not uncommon. In fact, they impact 1 in 13 people (adults and children) in the USA. While that represents less than 10% of the population, it’s at a rate high enough that you probably know someone with a food allergy. It’s a child in your son’s class. It’s a teammate on your daughter’s lacrosse team. It’s your co-worker. It’s a friend from your book club. Maybe it’s your child. Maybe it’s your partner. Maybe it’s you. Somewhere in your sphere, there’s someone who is at risk from a particular kind of food. Being aware of food allergies,...
Cheryl Marks Young
(Allergy-Friendly) Summer Meals That Don’t Heat the House
Welcome to the dog days of summer. It’s so hot that the idea of turning on your oven or standing near the grill is making you cringe a little. Yet, ordering out for dinner (and making someone else stand over a grill or turn on an oven) isn’t a solution. For one thing, it starts to make a big dent in the budget. More importantly, however, it can be hard to find healthy, safe things to eat when you’re juggling multiple food allergies. Of course, making meals at home doesn’t mean you need to add more heat to the kitchen...
Cheryl Marks Young
Your Allergic Checklist for College
Diploma firmly in hand, your kid may now be amassing a large collection of odds and ends as they ready to move into a college dorm just a few short months from now. It’s a time of mixed emotions for any parent, but for a parent of a child with food allergies, there are a few extra considerations. If that sounds like you, keep reading.
Cheryl Marks Young
Keeping Up with Food Allergy Legislation
Living with a chronic health condition means educating yourself is a regular part of your life. New research, new treatments, and maybe even new laws are introduced as time goes by. Understanding the changes in these areas is crucial for those directly (or indirectly) affected by them. For those living with food allergies, several new developments have rolled out recently that may change the way we approach our day-to-day life. Open A Door of Discussion Whether or not a new development is going to change the way you do things is more individual than collective. A new law or study...