Top 10 Christmas Resources
December 18, 2009
The last edition of our popular Top 10 Resources for the year 2009 is a special issue for the Holiday Season. This month, we have been inspired by the spirit of joy, peace and love during this time of the year and will like to share our discoveries, tips, articles, allergen-free recipes and more for a safe and Happy Holidays.
At only few days of Christmas, we wish you a wonderful Holiday with your family and friends!
Please note that we have contacted personally each author, website owner, association, organization and foundation for their authorization and permission to link to this special Top 10 Christmas Resources.
1. The author Audrey Lynn posted on her blogroll Eczema Free Naturally, Are you Allergic to Christmas? She pointed out the potential allergy triggers such as Christmas tree and decorative items, food allergies, scented candles, potpourri, low humidity, wood burning stoves and fireplaces, and latex balloons. Finally, the author suggests some allergy recipe books for cooking safely and enjoying Christmas like everybody else!
2. Foods Matter published an article by Dr Kevin Kelly titled Latex and poinsettias – a dangerous connection? The author, Professor of Pediatrics/Medicine and Chief of Allergy & Immunology at the Medical College of Wisconsin writes about the potential for patients who have natural rubber latex allergy to develop allergic reactions to poinsettia plants . Read the article and full report published on December 12, 2009 on their website.
3. Holiday parties with food allergies can often be stressful. Thankfully, The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) has published Holiday Tips, a list of ideas and suggestions to follow during the Festive Season. The complete article has adapted from Food Allergy News , Vol. 16, No. 2. and is available on their redesigned website.
4. Allergy Today Magazine published an article on their blogroll by Inga Stünzner on Surviving Christmas. The author provides few tips on eating out safely during Christmas family parties. This article was featured in their latest summer issue.
5. The Kids with Food Allergies (KFA) guideline for the Holidays contains ideas, tips and suggestions to celebrate Christmas at school and at home safely! Christmas Celebrate with Food Allergies and Have Fun Too! PDF is a free electronic booklet which includes craft ideas, activities, and allergen-free recipes for a safe eat for Christmas.
6. Allergy UK and Food Intolerance Awareness (FIA) have conducted and published a survey in January 2008 to provide information, advice and support during the Christmas Holiday period. Stolen Lives 5 PDF is described as The Food Allergy and Food Intolerance Report & the Impact of Food Allergies and Intolerances on People's Lives during the Festive Season.
7. For the Holiday Season, here is a fun activity to do with the kids and the family. Corey Colwell-Lipson wrote the article Make an heirloom Christmas tree-Easy! Quick! Not! on her Celebrate Green Blog. It is a great idea for people with allergy to Christmas tree and lots of tips and advice are also provided online.
8. Once again, Elizabeth Goldenberg, president of Onespot Allergy, has published in her latest December's Newsletter, Onespot™ Allergy Top Ten Tips - For A Safe Festive Season PDF. Read more about how to handle school activities with food allergies, travelling and visiting friends and family for each celebration during the Holiday Season.
9. Melissa Taylor from Food Allergy Survivors Together (FAST) presents a complete section of their online community with useful tips and advice for the Christmas season such as free craft sheets, food-free displays, Christmas cards, food fun recipes and a gift idea their Food Allergy Survivors Together Handbook. |
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| 10. The Very Non-Dairy Christmas by the author Stephanie Haag Foraker and the illustrator Patrick Carlson is a great book to read to children with food allergies.
Here is a short extract from the Amazon Store: Jonathan feels left out of the usual Christmas Eve traditions due to his milk allergy. He is extremely concerned that his strict, dairy-free diet will disappoint Santa Claus. Unbeknownst to Jonathan, Santa Claus is suffering from his own food allergy dilemma. Imagine Santa Claus, recently diagnosed as allergic to cow's milk, facing Christmas Eve and its traditions. Will Jonathan's dairy-free lifestyle disappoint Santa Claus? Will Santa Claus's dairy allergy impede on the spirit of Christmas traditions and disappoint children all over the world? Or will Jonathan and Santa Claus both discover on Christmas Eve that living a dairy-free lifestyle due to a food allergy isn't so bad? |
Have a safe and Happy Holiday from mallergies!
Sources:
www.eczemafreenaturally.com
www.foodsmatter.com
www.foodallergy.org
www.allergy.org.nz
www.kidswithfoodallergies.org
www.allergyuk.org
www.foodintoleranceawareness.org
www.celebrategreen.net/blog
www.onespotallergy.com
www.angelfire.com/mi/FAST
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