Now here is a book that I believe should be mandatory reading for anyone with food allergies. Don’t wait like I did for over 10 years to ask the question, “Why does my child have food allergies?”

Listen to the interview here (press play below) or download the episode to take with you on the go.

Make sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes (link at the top of the page) or get on our mailing list using the form on the right. I’ll ocassionally keep you up-to-date with all the allergy news from around the world and let you know a new show is out.

You can purchase The History of the Peanut Allergy Epidemic via Amazon, and the website is www.peanutallergyepidemic.com

Listen to the show then leave me a comment with your comments / story of vaccines and food allergies, just click the ‘add your comment’ link.

I will be exploring this topic much further in future episodes.

Talk soon
Aaron

To get back into the swing of producing this show on a regular basis, I thought it was high time for an interview.

I’d just finished reading Flourishing with Food Allergies by A.Anderson recently and I thought it would be great to have an interview with her, and talk about some of the interesting topics that are in her book.

Listen to the interview here (press play below) or download the episode to take with you on the go.

Make sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes (link at the top of the page) or get on our mailing list using the form on the right. I’ll ocassionally keep you up-to-date with all the allergy news from around the world and let you know a new show is out.

You can purchase Flourishing with Food Allergies via Amazon, and the website is www.flourishingwithfoodallergies.com

Also please leave me a comment on this blog post with your thoughts about the interview. Even ask a question for Ms Anderson, whom I’m sure will be happy to respond.

Talk soon
Aaron

Of course this information isn’t just for Australia, it’s universal, so press the play button on the media player below to listen to this episode.

You can catch the show in iTunes as well if you would like to listen to us from there (click the link in the top menu of the site).

In the show I talk about Anaphylaxis Australia, FAAN, Anaphylaxis Talk

Next show I’ll talk about the Anapen which is a direct competitor and alternative to the Epipen.

Talk soon

Aaron

Nathan wanted to know about parents passing on their allergies onto their children, and about medication and desensitisation for several allergens.

I also catch you up on our recent yearly visit to the allergy specialist.

Listen to the show here, by clicking on the play button below, or subscribe to us in iTunes using the link in the menu above.

Links mentioned in the show:

http://med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa_food2all_hhg.htm

http://allergy.org.au/content/view/128/146

Please leave me a comment here if you have something to say regarding this episode or a question for a future episode, and I’ll answer them as soon as possible.

Melanie said she’d put together a Halloween special episode which I’ll have to put together ASAP to get it out before next weekend.

Talk soon
Aaron

Listen to the podcast here first, then read the websites / watch the videos below.

Here’s the website for the Italy based treatment – http://www.allergyhope.com

Here’s the website explaining the USA based treatment and introducing Brett – http://childrenshospitalblog.org/a-cure-for-milk-allergies

Watch the 2nd one here which explains the treatment -
http://childrenshospitalblog.org/a-cure-for-milk-allergies-dr-schneider-explains-the-bold-new-idea/

Then the 3rd one with Brett having his first sip of milk –
http://childrenshospitalblog.org/a-cure-for-allergies-part-3-brett-nasuti-takes-his-very-first-sip-of-milk/
The rest you can watch over at Children’s Hospital Blog, but these were the main ones I wanted you to see.

Talk soon

Aaron

As mentioned on the show, this testimonial came in for Melanie’s first book, “Jessie’s Favourite Things (Even with Food Allergies)”

“Just wanted to let you know that we received your book and it is fantastic. My daughter just loves it. She took it to preschool with her the other day and the teachers were very impressed with it. They read it to the class and said that it brought on alot of discussion with the class of 4 year olds. We are very lucky that my daughter has a fantastic preschool that she attends and that they are very supportive with the food allergies. The children in the class are very aware of my daughter’s food allergies and it was wonderful to be able to share this book with them. If you ever publish any more books like this can you please let me know as I would be keen to purchase them. Thanks again for publishing this book. Also thanks for such quick postage. Glad to be getting your emails again too. You do such a wonderful job.”
Kerry, NSW, Australia

Thanks Kerry. You made Melanie’s day. I look forward to getting some more testimonials that I can share.

I’ll have a more formatted show next week covering some new research that’s going on at the moment for the treatment of food allergies. It’s cutting edge stuff, that I’ll have to get Melanie to help me so I don’t miss anything.

Also coming soon, a cooking segment (me and kitchens don’t get along so this should be interesting)

Talk soon

Aaron

Well sort of anyway. I’ll be doing podcasts for awhile with the occassional video thrown in for good measure.

Why because I don’t have the time needed to post process the videos. They are very time consuming, so I’ll save them for special occassions.

Let’s get right back into the saddle then, and get started. Remember that this TV Show / Podcast is in iTunes so just click the link in the menu above if you want to get it down into your MP3 player of choice, otherwise just listen to it on the site.

Links mentioned on the show:
Anaphylaxis Talk – support forum for food allergy and anaphylaxis

Talk soon
Aaron

Thanks to Leslie and Richard from the ToyBox radio talkback show on 99.7FM for taking the time to chat with me about this topic and share with their listeners information on anaphylaxis.

In this interview we talk about anaphylaxis in schools and what the Queensland government were up to at the time. We also cover what an individual on the street should do if they were to assist someone having an anaphylactic reaction.

I’ll do a follow up soon in a new video episode of where the Queensland government are at currently with their anaphylaxis school training and their current legislation.

Please leave me your thoughts on this interview by leaving a comment on this blog post.

Does your country have a “good samaritan law” to protect those that help others needing first aid from any legal issues?

Talk soon.
Aaron

Since video takes so long to produce I’ve decided to get a few podcasts out that I’ve been sitting on. I’m going to call this Episode #19.

So at last I have the recording for you that I did with Richard, Leslie and Kevin from the ToyBox radio talkback show at 99.7FM in Brisbane back in August 2008.

We cover what is anaphylaxis, possible theories as to why it’s happening, and children going to school with food allergies among other things.

Leave me a comment below with your thoughts

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Aaron

In this episode I briefly touch on one strategy that young children with anaphylaxis can use to manage their anxiety levels. The food allergy quick tip is about food ingredient contents always changing and a quick way to see if they really have changed or it’s just a mistake with the labelling.

Please forgive the green background, I was in a rush to record this episode before going to work and didn’t have time to setup the lighting, and then couldn’t remove the green very well in post production, so decided to leave it in for this week.

Talk soon

Aaron