Food allergy
6 articles
Allergies in Infants: How to Identify the Cause
Working out what an infant is reacting to is harder than the parenting forums make it look. Babies meet five new foods in a fortnight, the worst eczem...
How Food Allergy Differs from Food Intolerance
Allergy and intolerance are often used interchangeably, but they are different conditions with different mechanisms, different presentations, and diff...
Introducing Allergenic Foods to Babies: Peanuts, Eggs, and the New Evidence
If you have any older relatives offering weaning advice, you may already be hearing the old rule — wait until the baby is at least one before peanut,...
Living With a Child's Food Allergy: The Practical Day-to-Day
The diagnosis of a serious food allergy is one of those parental moments where the world reorganises itself in an afternoon. Suddenly every label matt...
Allergenic Foods for Babies: The LEAP Trial Story and What It Means at Your Kitchen Table
The story of how peanut introduction advice reversed itself is the most dramatic policy shift in paediatric feeding in a generation. The science is no...
Food Allergy Tests in Children: What They Tell You and What They Don't
After a child has a food reaction — or even just suspected one — the natural next question is "what test will tell us?" The honest answer is more laye...