Special diet? Go ahead, enjoy a holiday meal

Excerpt: Soon, everywhere you turn, someone will hold up a platter and offer you something they swear is the most delicious treat ever. But what if you have dietary limitations like diabetes, celiac disease, kidney disease or food allergies?

Additives, Allergies and ADHD

What O'Brien soon learned was that artificial dyes are used in sugary cereals, candies, sodas and other goodies marketed toward children. Sometimes artificial dyes are even used to simulate the colors of fruits and vegetables.

Food Allergy Advice May Be Peanuts

Early exposure to peanuts in a baby's diet seems to lessen the risk of developing a peanut allergy later

Nuts! Allergy advice feeding crisis

Stopping very young children from eating foods such as eggs, shellfish and peanuts may not prevent them developing allergies and might even be responsible for a dramatic increase in severe food reactions, say leading specialist doctors, who are calling for a rethink of the food e …