“Even when food allergies seem mild, they can turn life-threatening at any moment,” says Dr Helen Evans-Howells, an NHS GP (known online as Dr Helen Allergy) who has devoted her career to allergy ...

Food allergies and intolerances have become a hot topic over the past decade. Evidence suggests that allergies in general are increasing, and we’ve all heard the horror stories about babies suffering ...

Food allergies have increased dramatically in recent years. It is estimated that they affect 1-3% of the general population, ...

Likewise, when weaning you shouldn’t avoid common food allergens ... says Amena before adding: “Your baby’s less likely to develop an allergy if given these foods when weaning between ...

A recent review in Archives of Disease in Childhood presents common misconceptions regarding food allergies during air travel and discusses strategies to help prevent them. Food-allergic ...

As a new parent are you confused on when to start solid foods for your baby and how to do so Don’t worry we have you covered Here’s a complete guide on how to do so explained by an expert ...

A baby is ready for their first solid food if: Peanut allergy has been ... that it becomes life-threatening. Peanut allergy has become so common that some schools ban the ingredient.

In children at higher risk of food allergy, such as those with baby eczema, earlier introduction ... Prescriptions were also less common for people living in more deprived areas of the country.

Teenagers who ate it up to age five were 71% less likely to develop an allergy than if the food was shunned ... But peanut allergies are becoming more common, now affecting one-in-50 children ...