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FAACT Shares 10 Important Safety Reminders for Celebrating the Holidays

December 23, 2019  |  Adolescents, Adults, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Catered-events, Children, Christmas, Dining-Out, Diningout, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, Support, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton The holidays are approaching and can bring your family party invites and travel plans. Here are some food allergy safety reminders to help you have a safe and enjoyable holiday season.       1.

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Nutless Life

Ask, Read, and Label! Three Ways to Increase Safety this Holiday Season!

December 21, 2018  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Baking, Children, Christmas, Dining-Out, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Parent, Patient, Readlabels, Recipes, Safety-Tips, Support, Tips, Travel, Vacation

by: The Team of Nutless Life “Does this amazing looking dish contain...?” isn’t exactly this year’s top icebreaker question to ask at every holiday function for people with food allergies. However, it is the

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Stacey-Blog

Increasing Allergy Safety while Enjoying Allergy-Friendly Sweets this Holiday Season

November 29, 2018  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Candy, Catered-events, Children, Christmas, Dining-Out, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Readlabels, Recipes, Safety-Tips, Support, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT’s Publications Manager The holidays are made for celebrating, and this usually includes lots of food and fun! Here are some of FAACT’s reminders and tips, as you prepare for the holiday

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Kathy Thornburg

Grandparents Can Create an Inclusive Holiday

November 11, 2018  |  Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Christmas, Dining-Out, Diningout, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Parent, Recipes, Safety-Tips, Thanksgiving, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Vacation

by Kathy Thornburg The holidays are a wonderful time of family and fun, but with the most wonderful time of the year also comes the stress of creating a safe experience while traveling and eating at others’ homes

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Why Should Your Child Wear Medical ID?

Why Should Your Child Wear Medical ID?

July 2, 2018  |  Action-Plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Education, epinephrine, Food-Allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, ID, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, medication, Patient, Self-Care, summer, Support, Support-group, Teens, Tips, vacation

Does your food allergic child wear a medical ID? Here is the importance and positives of why they should. We have our emergency action plan, a trusted allergist, and always carry two epinephrine auto injectors. All

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Tips for Creating a “Safe” Easter That Your Child Will Enjoy and Remember

Tips for Creating a “Safe” Easter That Your Child Will Enjoy and Remember

March 29, 2018  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Allergy-freerecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Blog, Easter, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Holiday, Holiday-tips, Know-the-faacts, Medications, Passover, Recipes, Safety-tips, Support, Traditional-chinese-medicine, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT’s Publications Manager Easter can be another concerning time for parents, who have children with food allergies. Not only do you have to watch that all the candy and food is

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Increasing Allergy Safety this Holiday Season while Enjoying Allergy-Friendly Sweets

Increasing Allergy Safety this Holiday Season while Enjoying Allergy-Friendly Sweets

December 21, 2017  |  Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Allergy-freerecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Christmas, Dining-out, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-tips, Medications, Recipes, Restaurant, Safety-tips, Tips, Traditions, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT’s Publications Manager The holidays are made for celebrating, and this usually includes lots of food and fun! Here are some of FAACT’s reminders and tips, as you prepare for the

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10 Important Safety Reminders for Celebrating the Holidays from FAACT

10 Important Safety Reminders for Celebrating the Holidays from FAACT

December 5, 2017  |  Allergies, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Blog, Christmas, Dining-out, Education, Epinephrine, Food, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Giving, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-tips, Holidays, Know-the-faacts, Medic-alert, Medications, Recipes, Safety-tips, Support, Tips, Traditions, Traveling, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT's Publications Manager The holidays are approaching, and can bring your family party invites and travel plans. Here are some food allergy safety reminders to help you have a safe and enjoyable

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Traveling with Food Allergies

Traveling with Food Allergies

March 9, 2017  |  Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medications, Patient, Self-care, Summer, Support, Teens, Tips, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by William Antony, FAACT Teen Advisory Council Member When asked to write a blog about living with multiple, life-threatening food allergies from the perspective of a 17-year-old boy, I jumped at the chance. There are

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Increasing Allergy Safety while Enjoying Allergy-Friendly Sweets

Increasing Allergy Safety while Enjoying Allergy-Friendly Sweets

December 12, 2016  |  Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Allergy-freerecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Christmas, Dining-out, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-tips, Medications, Recipes, Restaurant, Safety-tips, Tips, Traditions, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT’s Publications Manager The holidays are made for celebrating, and this usually includes lots of food and fun! Here are some of FAACT’s reminders and tips, as you prepare for the

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