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Diet Diversity: Important for the Prevention and Management of Food Allergy?

Diet Diversity: Important for the Prevention and Management of Food Allergy?

Diet diversity could affect allergy outcomes is via its effect on the gut microbiome. This is supported by studies showing that higher diet diversi...

Evaluating Eczema Severity in Infants

Why You Should Address Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) in Infants It is by now well understood that eczema and food allergy are strongly associated. The...

How to Talk to Patients About Early Introduction

There is a lot of confusion around Early Introduction, and it's hard for a physician to address everything in a limited amount of time! But until E...

Lil Mixins on TV!

This past Sunday, Lil Mixins had a great TV feature. We were invited onto the Fox29 Philadelphia show Good Day Philadelphia, hosted by Lauren Johns...

Asthma vs Anaphylaxis

Let's review the main differences (and similarities) between Asthma and Anaphylaxis. In both an asthma attack and anaphylaxis, the airways tighten....

First Peanut Exposure - Where And How To Do It

We all know how serious peanut allergies can be, so it makes sense that the official guidance from the AAP to start feeding your child peanuts earl...

How Doctors Test Your Child for Food Allergies

What’s the point of a test that is wrong at least half of the time? And yet, when a food allergy is suspected, the first step is often an allergy t...

Food Allergies: When Your Body Attacks Itself

If you ask an allergist what a food allergy is, they might tell you something like it is “an IgE mediated immune response to a protein.” Of course,...