For children with allergies, reading food labels is crucial

 

Food allergy reactions can range from a rash to respiratory distress and even death. The uncertainty of how a child will react when exposed to food allergens is a great concern for parents. "It is impossible to know how a child will react to a food allergen. Just because they had a mild reaction before doesn't mean it won't be more severe the next time," said Joyce Rabbat, MD, medical director of the Pediatric Allergy Division at Loyola University Health System and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Division of Allergy and Immunology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Rabbat says that avoiding the allergen is extremely important for a child with a food allergy and reading food labels is crucial for keeping the child safe. "Avoidance is the mainstay of treatment. For a child who is allergic, ingesting even a small amount of the allergen could result in an allergic reaction. This is why becoming familiar with what to recognize on food labels is of utmost importance," said Dr. Rabbat. Though a 2004 law mandated that food labels list major fool allergens, not all possible allergens need to be listed. The only food allergens that must be listed are milk, eggs, soybean, wheat, peanut, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. "Any food not on the list does not have to be listed on food labels. In addition, manufacturers are not required to list possible cross-contact or cross-contamination of the food with allergens. Many will print these potential cross contaminates, though this is not required by law. It is important for parents to be vigilant," said Dr. Rabbat. Dr. Rabbat also notes that ingredients usually are listed in order of quantity. "The first few ingredients are the main ingredients represented in higher quantities. This is important because every child has a threshold of reactivity; in select cases, patients may tolerate small quantities of the food. But if too much is ingested, they may react. It's important to discuss food allergen avoidance with your allergist, to determine what is safe for an individual to eat, and what to avoid." Story Source: The above post is reprinted from materials provided by Loyola University Health System. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

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He Demanded His Wife To Bury Him With All Of His Money…

 

July 10, 2015 He worked hard every day of his life, which left him feeling entitled to the money he had earned. He felt no desire to give it away. He wanted to keep it to himself. Guided by that line of thinking, when it came time for him to ask a dying wish, he asked his wife to bury him with the remainder of his money. She wasn’t into the idea of granting him his miserly wish, so she came up with another brilliant idea. “There was a man who had worked all of his life and has saved all of his money,” his widow wrote. “He was a real cheapskate when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, ‘Now listen, when I die I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. Because I want to take all my money to the after life.’ She promised him that she would bury him with all his money in the casket with him. And then he died. As the ceremony was coming to a close, the undertakers began to close his casket. Before they could his wife yelled out “Wait a minute!” She had a shoebox with her, which she placed in his casket. The undertakers locked the casket and rolled it away. Her friend said to her, ‘I hope you weren’t crazy enough to put all that money in there with that stingy old man.’ She said, ‘Yes, I promised. I’m a good Christian, I can’t lie. I promised him that I was to put that money in that casket with him.’ ‘You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?’ ‘I sure did,’ said the widow. ‘I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check.’ Clever! source : www.higherperspectives.com