6 Tips to Help A Friend with Food Allergies

Food allergies are just one of those things I don’t see get much media coverage. Not necessarily a bad thing as there are so many other pressing issues, although it shouldn’t be left out of the limelight entirely. It is a life threatening immune disorder that affects around 30 million Americans alone. It’s one of those disorders that can be thrown under the bus if it isn’t taken quite so seriously, especially with the evolution of the food industry. Of course, this makes food allergies susceptible to up for misinterpretation and misrepresentation.

As a woman with food allergies, I cannot name one character or celebrity with one or more food allergens. Again, not necessarily a bad thing as popular and public figures definitely deserve their own privacy when it comes to their health. In stories, whether it’s in the form of modern day TV shows to short novels, food allergies are often stuck on the back of the character and forgotten about. Not a bad thing per say, as allergies most likely don’t affect the plot or character development.

I guess my issue is how often food allergies are just swept under the rug as just another fact of a person (Why? Do food allergies make book characters more real?).

Regardless, the lack of accurate representation of a particular medical disorder or disease comes with misinformation. I see this all the time, unfortunately. Food allergies are no exception.

But it doesn’t end there. There is so much more to food allergies besides science. There’s a psychological and societal…

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