SUFFERING FROM FOOD ALLERGIES WE SPOKE TO AN EXPERT ON WAYS TO KEEP YOUR SUMMER BARBECUE SAFER FOR EVERYONE
A SUMMER BARBECUE IS ABOUT SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS BUT FOR FAMILIES WITH A FOOD ALLERGY, A SUMMER BARBECUE CAN BE DANGEROUS HERE WITH SOME ALLERGY FROM THE IDEAS IS THIS PARENTING COACH GOOD MORNING THESE DAYS, IT IS SO COMMON FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE ALLERGIES
IT IS PIER STATISTICS SAY ONE OUT OF 13 CHILDREN HAVE A FOOD ALLERGY IT IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT IS GROWING AND GROWING WHAT ARE THE MAIN FOODS THAT KIDS HAVE ALLERGIES TO? IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE EIGHT COMMON ALLERGENS DAIRY, PEANUTS, TREE NUTS, SOY, FISH, AND WE YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
YOU HAVE A FIVE AND A HALF-YEAR- OLD WITH ALLERGIES MY MIDDLE SON HAS MULTIPLE LIFE-THREATENING FOOD ALLERGIES HE WAS DIAGNOSED EARLY, BEFORE HE WAS THE-YEAR-OLD IT WAS SCARY AT FIRST YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A NEW NORMAL
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE OF IT IT IS HELPING US TO HAVE OUR OWN SOCIAL NETWORK AND GREAT TIPS TALKING ABOUT PLANNING A BARBECUE OR GET TOGETHER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PLANNING AHEAD AND ASKING EVERYBODY IT IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE — ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE PEOPLE SOMETIMES OVERLOOK IT
AND WHEN YOU SEND OUT AN INVITE, THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS ASK IF ANYONE HAS FOOD ALLERGIES OR FOOD SENSITIVITIES OR FOOD PREFERENCES THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT YOUR GUESTS MIGHT BE NEEDING AS YOU PLAN YOUR MENU AND PREPARE WHAT ARE SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND DURING THE PARTY? DURING THE PARTY, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN SO IF THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THERE IS A PARTICULAR FOOD ITEM THEY CANNOT HAVE — AND YOU KNOW IT IS IN ONE OF THE DISHES, PUT A LABEL OUT THAT THE FOOD ITEM CONTAINS EGG
ANOTHER GREAT TIP IS — USING PAPER CUPS OR PLASTIC CUPS, LEAVE A SHARPIE AROUND THE PEOPLE CAN RECOGNIZE THEIR CUP AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS TO AVOID CROSS CONTACT SUCH AS THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING COULD BE AN ISSUE, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT EATING IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BATHROOM THAT CAN HOLD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO WASH FREQUENTLY, HAVING WIPES OUT IS A GOOD IDEA AND HAND SANITIZER DOES