Dear readers:
Merry Christmas! I hope this holiday season has been good to you all.
My column on Lime went up last week and has several allergen-free recipes, as well as a couple that are just "healthy", so read carefully. The focus was "healthy holiday swap-outs". Allergen-free will return next month. For those interested in the new recipes, see
http://www.lime.com/features/holidays_for_the_health_glutton/story/6637/eat_well_and_be_merry
I took my sons and myself to a new allergist last week for testing, with some alarming results. The good news: Lennon tested NEGATIVE to dairy (YEAH, FINALLY!!!!), but tested positive to 16 out of the 24 allergens he was tested for. Apparently he is now allergic to shellfish, wheat (and other glutenous grains), and egg whites, amongst many other severe environmental allergies.
After my total-body hives incident right before thanksgiving, I suspected I was allergic to walnuts. Indeed, I am, as well as hazelnuts, wheat, oats, yeast, halibut, trout, salmon, flounder, shrimp (which I already knew), stone fruits like peaches and apricots, pineapple, and oranges.
Do any others of you out there have such long lists of allergies? Is this increasingly becoming the norm? Will my son continue developing new allergies or will he reach a point where this levels off? I now realize that some of his problems with paying attention at school must be due to the fact that he is literally ALLERGIC to the classroom. Everytime he sits on the rug for story time, he has an allergy attack, to dustmites, molds, etc. He is also allergic to our family dog. The poor child walks around having an allergic response just about everywhere he goes.
And I find myself wondering if I've always been allergic to these foods I test positive for, and have spent years feeling "under" because of them. Clearly my allergies are getting worse, as evidenced by the 4 days of total body hives from the walnuts. Anyone tried probiotics with success? I started taking them, but got sidelined. Think I'll start giving them to the whole family.
Speaking of the whole family, Monte was the least allergic, with very mild reactions to a few environmentals, but we're still going to keep him off dairy due to his occasional bouts of asthma. And next, my husband gets tested....
Expect lots more gluten-free recipes in the months to come.
Cassie:
Jane is right, the list in LIVING WITHOUT is too long to post all the restaurants, but I'm happy to post the NY ones, since that's where you live (and eat!)
Bloom's Delicatessen Cafe
NYC
Candle 79
NYC
Ciao!
Eastchester (in Westchester)
City Crab & Seafood Co
NYC
Curly's Bar & Grill
Lackawanna, NY
Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant & Ringside Lounge
Blasdell, NY
Irises Cafe & Wine Bar
Plattsburg, NY
Josef's Gluten-free Bakery
Brooklyn
Mama's Italian Restaurant
Oakdale, NY
Pizza Plant
Williamsville, NY
Resaurant Luna
Mt. Kisco, NY
Rice to Riches
NYC
Risotteria
NYC
Sacred Chow
NYC
Soul Dog
Poughkeepsie, NY
Merry Christmas! I hope this holiday season has been good to you all.
My column on Lime went up last week and has several allergen-free recipes, as well as a couple that are just "healthy", so read carefully. The focus was "healthy holiday swap-outs". Allergen-free will return next month. For those interested in the new recipes, see
http://www.lime.com/features/holidays_for_the_health_glutton/story/6637/eat_well_and_be_merry
I took my sons and myself to a new allergist last week for testing, with some alarming results. The good news: Lennon tested NEGATIVE to dairy (YEAH, FINALLY!!!!), but tested positive to 16 out of the 24 allergens he was tested for. Apparently he is now allergic to shellfish, wheat (and other glutenous grains), and egg whites, amongst many other severe environmental allergies.
After my total-body hives incident right before thanksgiving, I suspected I was allergic to walnuts. Indeed, I am, as well as hazelnuts, wheat, oats, yeast, halibut, trout, salmon, flounder, shrimp (which I already knew), stone fruits like peaches and apricots, pineapple, and oranges.
Do any others of you out there have such long lists of allergies? Is this increasingly becoming the norm? Will my son continue developing new allergies or will he reach a point where this levels off? I now realize that some of his problems with paying attention at school must be due to the fact that he is literally ALLERGIC to the classroom. Everytime he sits on the rug for story time, he has an allergy attack, to dustmites, molds, etc. He is also allergic to our family dog. The poor child walks around having an allergic response just about everywhere he goes.
And I find myself wondering if I've always been allergic to these foods I test positive for, and have spent years feeling "under" because of them. Clearly my allergies are getting worse, as evidenced by the 4 days of total body hives from the walnuts. Anyone tried probiotics with success? I started taking them, but got sidelined. Think I'll start giving them to the whole family.
Speaking of the whole family, Monte was the least allergic, with very mild reactions to a few environmentals, but we're still going to keep him off dairy due to his occasional bouts of asthma. And next, my husband gets tested....
Expect lots more gluten-free recipes in the months to come.
Cassie:
Jane is right, the list in LIVING WITHOUT is too long to post all the restaurants, but I'm happy to post the NY ones, since that's where you live (and eat!)
Bloom's Delicatessen Cafe
NYC
Candle 79
NYC
Ciao!
Eastchester (in Westchester)
City Crab & Seafood Co
NYC
Curly's Bar & Grill
Lackawanna, NY
Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant & Ringside Lounge
Blasdell, NY
Irises Cafe & Wine Bar
Plattsburg, NY
Josef's Gluten-free Bakery
Brooklyn
Mama's Italian Restaurant
Oakdale, NY
Pizza Plant
Williamsville, NY
Resaurant Luna
Mt. Kisco, NY
Rice to Riches
NYC
Risotteria
NYC
Sacred Chow
NYC
Soul Dog
Poughkeepsie, NY
posted by Cybele Pascal @ 8:51 PM
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