Creating a safe kitchen for children with food allergies
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So often for families, the kitchen is the heart of the home?a place not only for cooking and eating but for homework and games, conversation and counsel. While the kitchen is an important place for all, it is even more important for those living with food allergies.
Food is one of the most common triggers of severe allergic reaction, or anaphylaxis, the potentially life-threatening response to a perceived invader. While any kind of food may trigger an allergic reaction, there are some common culprits: peanuts, tree nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, pistachios and pecans), shellfish, dairy, soy, wheat and eggs, mustard, sesame seeds and fish, among others. Of the roughly 2.6 million of Canadians who live with food allergies, almost half a million are children. Some allergies may disappear as a child grows up; others, like peanuts and shellfish, may last a lifetime ? and may get worse with each repeated exposure to the allergen. But reactions can be unpredictable. In fact, roughly one in five people who have died from an allergic reaction to a food or insect bite had never previously had a severe reaction.
There is no cure for food allergies so avoiding allergens to prevent reactions is the only defence. Learning how to do that effectively is the best protection you can offer.
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