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Savor the best that summer offers with our newest seasonal recipes. Use fresh produce to make a cool cucumber gazpacho or a tomato-mango bean salad. Bring our decadent s’mores or apricot chocolate bars to your next picnic. Discover creative ways to enhance chicken, halibut, roast beef or vegetables using flavorful jams and jellies. Coax your family to the breakfast table with Dutch pancakes, berry-stuffed French toast, waffles or easy crepes. Make your own sandwich bread. (Yes, you can do it!) All the recipes in Living Without are gluten free, dairy free and simply delicious. There’s no need to feel deprived if you’re on a special diet.
This issue also contains a variety of back-to-school related articles of importance to people with allergies and food sensitivities. Learn the top 10 ways to keep your food-allergic youngster safe at school. See how a shortage of school nurses may affect your child. Discover how two young men adjust to college life with celiac disease and diabetes. Be inspired by stories of people who have found answers and hope on the other side of their diagnoses. Stay informed with the latest medical news and research related to your allergy. Find resources and products to assist you with your special needs.
To read some of the articles featured in the August/September issue, click on the links below. Cheers to a life lived well, Living Without.
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ArticlesFood as Medicine
Special diets can ease many autistic symptoms
My son, Sam, was diagnosed with autism in 1992. At the time, autism was considered a rare disorder, affecting about 4 in 10,000 children in the United States. Today it's estimated that 1 out of every 150 children born in the United States will ultimately receive this diagnosis.
What accounts for the dramatic upturn in the number of children diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? Along with increased awareness and broader diagnostic criteria, possible explanations, many of them controversial, include the influences of environmental toxins, vaccinations or a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental triggers.
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Life Stories School of Life
Diabetes and celiac disease. Two college roommates learn to adjust to life-changing medical conditions.
 Trevor Wagener struggled through his economics midterm at Yale University in October 2007, nothing unusual for a freshman adjusting to his first semester in college. But his struggle wasn’t with the exam. It was with trying to read it.
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House Call
Ask the Doctor
 Pediatric allergist Harvey L. Leo, M.D., answers questions about allergies and food sensitivities.
Q My 5-year-old daughter has a severe egg allergy and is starting kindergarten this year. Her school happens to be nut free but there’s been little accommodation for my daughter’s allergy. It seems like there’s reluctance from other parents to make changes. Is this normal?
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RecipesMorning Menu Favorites
 Breakfast recipes to jump-start your family’s day
“I
have a tummy ache!” “I have a headache!” These are two common complaints I hear from children in the elementary schools where I work as a nurse. I always ask, “Did you eat breakfast this morning?” Too often, the answer is “no.”
Recent studies show a disturbing decline in breakfast consumption. Many public schools, like the two where I’m employed, offer students free or reduced-cost breakfasts every morning. But even programs like these haven’t slowed the breakfast-skipping trend in school-age kids.
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| Food allergies affect more than 12 million Americans, including 6 percent of children under the age of three. Allergic reactions can range from mild to anaphylaxis, a serious condition that can cause hives, swelling, nausea, closing of the breathing passages and even death. There is no cure, just the strict avoidance of the offending foods. Ninety percent of all food allergies are caused by eight foods: wheat, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish. |
