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Kids With Food Allergies hosted a free webinar with guest speakers Dr. Michael Pistiner and Dr. Sarah Boudreau-Romano on the topic of how to train caregivers to hand off care for kids with food allergies.
Source:Parties, Play Dates, Babysitters: How to Transition Care for Children with Food Allergies
Kids With Food Allergies (KFA), a division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, hosted a free educational webinar on March 10, 2015.
Dr. David Stukus explains the different food allergy tests and what they mean. He reviews blood allergy tests, skin allergy tests, controversial tests, false positives and much more. This was a free webinar hosted by Kids With Food Allergies to bring expert information to families to help them manage food allergies.
Source:Food Allergy Testing
Free webinar presented by Kids With Food Allergies Foundation with guest speaker Colette Martin, author of the cookbook, Learning to Bake Allergen-Free. Topics include replacements for milk, eggs, soy, wheat and gluten and recommendations on how to get the best results for baking.
Source:Food Allergy Baking without Milk, Eggs, Soy, Wheat, Gluten and Nuts
Free webinar featuring guest speakers Laurel Francoeur, JD, and Matthew Greenhawt, MD, MSc. The presentation covers legal restrictions, disability issues, TSA regulations, peanut dust and inhalation studies, and how to prevent allergic reactions on airplanes.
Source:Flying with Food Allergies : Medical and Legal Concerns
Attorney Laurel Francoeur answers questions from parents about Section 504 Plans for school accommodations of food allergy disability. Presented by Kids With Food Allergies, a division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
Source:Your Questions About Section 504 Plans for Food Allergy
A common food additive called propionate could alter metabolism in ways that could increase the risk of diabetes, a preliminary study suggests.
Source: A Common Food Additive Is Linked to Insulin Resistance. Here’s What That Means
Physical fitness is good for the heart, brain and overall health. But a specific type called cardiorespiratory fitness may help predict the odds of having a heart attack, especially for women, new research shows.
Source: AHA News: Here’s How Middle-Aged People — Especially Women — Can Avoid a Heart Attack
There is no one right diet for people with diabetes, and patients should instead have personalized nutrition plans, a new American Diabetes Association (ADA) report says.
Source: No ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Diet for Diabetics, Expert Panel Says
With recent bans and detrimental impacts to humans and ecosystems, it’s important to think about how we can individually reduce our use of plastic.
Children and teens who drink water are less likely to consume sugary beverages throughout the day, according to a new study.
Source:Drinking water linked to fewer sugary drinks — and calories — in kids
Whether you eat breakfast might be linked with your risk of dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
Source:Skipping breakfast tied to higher risk of heart-related death, study finds
Historically, both diabetes prevention and diabetes treatment have been rooted in the notion that weight gain leads to insulin resistance, perpetuating a medical model for diabetes grounded in pursuing intentional weight loss. But what if insulin resistance causes weight gain, and not the other way around?
Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training has been shown in preliminary research to boost cognitive and physical performance as well as cardiovascular health.
Source: 5 Minute Breathing Technique May Benefit The Brain & Heart
While cigarette labels warn people about how smoking can cause cancer, researchers believe there are also consequences for diabetic patients.
“Inspecting food facilities and collecting and testing samples from the environment where foods are produced are two of the many ways the FDA works to better understand microbial hazards and to help prevent contaminated products from reaching consumers. These activities help the FDA gather data and information necessary to develop prevention-based systems and, when contamination does occur, to respond swiftly to these hazards.”
Source: FDA takes steps to improve ice cream production facility safety
Lean back, open up your laptop, and put on your listening ears: we’ve outline the eight best TED Talks to improve your business skills.
What if I told you that eating a ton of fermented foods could help treat depression? Or obsessive-compulsive disorder? Or borderline personality disorder? Sounds pretty appealing, right? The GAPS diet claims to do just that. But as a registered dietitian with a focus on digestive health—one who’s all about using food to help manage symptoms and promote overall wellness—this set off my spidey sense. So I had to look into it further.
Source: This Diet Promises To Health-ify Your Gut And Your Brain
Vitamin D has been proclaimed a potential protector against everything from cancer, heart disease, and diabetes to mood disorders like depression and dangerous falls. But recent research has challenged several of those promising roles and revealed how little is really known about the essential nutrient.
Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to stimulate more robust brain growth, suggests a recent study. The details were presented in the Meeting Paediatric Academic Societies.
Original Article: Breastfeeding vital for brain development
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