Andie reminded me in the comments the other day about the whole world of asthma triggers outside my own kid’s particular bubble of flare fun.
We have all sorts of lung issues over here (the AG) and environmental allergies and eczema (the AG’s little sis) but the one thing we’re not dealing with, for which I am forever grateful, is food allergies. Some of you are, though–apparently about 6 to 8% of asthmatic kids and 2% of asthmatic adults, so I’ll be slowly adding food allergy content in the next several weeks. Probably this information will take the form of links while my own posts will still stick with the pulmonary side because asthma is what we do in this house, it is what I know about, and what I think (read: obsess) about.
Besides, there are enough awesome allergy mamas out there writing already. We’ll still be the Blog of Inferior Breathing over here, okay?
Okay.
With the running theme of holiday asthma triggers here lately, let’s get started with this excellent list of 10 Peanut Allergy Safe Candy Canes from Allergymoms.com. It includes the ingredient list, contact information, and the manufacturer’s allergy statement from each box of candy canes.
Plus, you can check out 99 Allergy-Friendly Snack Foods, also from Allergymoms.com. You might want to bookmark this list if you’ve got food allergic kids because you can use it for ideas year-round, not just at Christmastime with houses and class parties full of foods that may be dangerous. Make sure you read the blog entry before the list, though, with its guidelines for determining which treats are safe for your child’s allergies.
**For foods that may have healing properties for asthmatics without food allergies, check back tomorrow for the beginning of a short holiday recipe series.**
I’m hoping (bad odds I know) that pecans and dark chocolate promote healthy breathing and speed asthmatic recovery. Because that’s a good part of my regime this time around, it being so close to Christmas and the Prednisone coursing through my veins like it is!
Hi Amy,
Thanks for those links – I hadn’t seen that site before, and immediately put it in my favourites
There are probably more internet allergy groups I could be connecting to, so perhaps I’ll start looking around.
Today my son & I puzzled out a gluten-free recipe for my sis-in-law, plus made it egg-free, so we’ll have some gluten-free, egg-free, nut-free cookies this Christmas. we still need to decorate – boy I wish I’d decorated cookies before in the normal way, but this is our first time! Oh well.
Asthmagirl, I don’t know about specifically for asthma, but dark chocolate has had *many* recommendations based on its healthful properties! And nuts are also recommended often. So I’m sure you are only doing your duty to be as healthy as possible
I am very conscientious about drinking 1 glass of red wine every day, also for health reasons.
Now if only I coudl get the regular exercise part in …
Andie
Actually, I think chocolate’s pretty much good for everything, right? Please?
I too follow the chocolate and 1 glass of red wine or 3 regimen–totally for my health, of course. Although you COULD make a good asthma recovery case for chocolate with walnuts since they are anti-inflammatory and all.
Andie, I think as long as you get the sugar part right and plenty of frosting, it’s all good. Either way, I think the end result is the same–a lot of mess. LOT of mess. (we decorated ours a week ago, and I’m still finding sprinkles between my floor tiles, lol)
I’m impressed at your recipe adaptation x THREE!