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Allergic Girl: Adventures in Living Well with Food Allergies
Food allergies affect nearly 12 million people in the United States, including 1 in 17 children under the age of three. Allergic Girl offers the reader practical and helpful advice for identifying and coping with food allergies. Sloane Miller's anecdotal commentary about her own food allergy trials and tribulations teaches and directs readers how to live well with food all...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
March 1st 2011
by John Wiley & Sons
(first published January 25th 2011)
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This book is about many aspects of learning to cope with a chronic illness situation. It's not mainly about grieving the loss of health, but it has many valuable ideas to share to help with grieving loss or change - and these ideas could be applied to good use in other difficult life experiences, whether related to health problems or not. It's a resource if you have allergies, or if you are close to someone who has allergies. I was especially interested in the story she told about having a sever...more
This was an excellent resource for learning how to cope with food allergies and the social situations where they arise. It's written in such a way that the reader can relate to the writer, while still being able to gain the pertinent information. The tips seemed to be very well informed and from people who were used to dealing with severe allergies and their responses to them. It was also great that other anecdotes were included, as to broaden the exposure to different situations where the autho...more
I liked this book for what it was: helping a person with food allergies understand how to live with it. At times, I felt it was being repetitive, but I understand that Miller was trying to get her point across. Which is important, I realize. This might just feel that way since I've had my food issues for... 4 years now, so I'm fairly used to everything she has suggested.
She did have amusing stories that helped lighten the tone of the book, while emphasizing the importance of being one's advocat...more
She did have amusing stories that helped lighten the tone of the book, while emphasizing the importance of being one's advocat...more
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This book should be required reading for anyone who suffers from food allergies! As a licensed allergy coach and as someone who has severe food allergies, Sloane Miller really gets how challenging (and often times mortifying) it can be for someone who can't eat out or eat at someone's home or share a holiday meal without a lot of research, questions and anxiety. Miller's tips are practical and useful and she covers such topics as eating safely on business trips, at family functions and at colleg...more
Somehow, this wasn't quite what I expected. Rather than a memoir or biography, most of the book is a how to guide for living with allergies. The advice is wonderful, very down to earth and easy to approach. The reading style is light and easy. But as said, it's more of a how to guide than anything else.
I'll be passing it on to my food allergic daughter soon, to help her navigate her high school dating (don't tell my husband I said that) days.
I'll be passing it on to my food allergic daughter soon, to help her navigate her high school dating (don't tell my husband I said that) days.
I so needed to read this book! And I highly recommended it to anyone living with anaphylaxis! Filled with practical advise and personal anecdotes, Sloane Miller gives the reader an inside look at what it is like to socialize, date, dine out, travel and live with life-threatening food allergies. The journey does not get easier but feeling empowered to 'live in and of the world' is what we all need to embrace.
It's mostly coping advice and social strategies for people with allergies. It's not a memoir and it's not geared towards family members or friends.
The book is quite good at its mission. I'm sure if I had severe food allergies, I would be very grateful for this book.
The book is quite good at its mission. I'm sure if I had severe food allergies, I would be very grateful for this book.
This caught my eye as a parent of a child with a severe food allergy. This was written for an adult audience on how to navigate life with a severe allergy. The author is passionate about the topic and seems spun and likable. I found the book a little repetitive.
A very good guide to navigating relationships (family and friends) while dealing with food allergies. For someone who has anaphylactic allergies, this book is essential, but it has a lot that applies to those with other types of food allergies.
An absolutely amazing tool for people to use for learning good techniques for getting others to understand about their food allergies. These techniques could also be great for explaining other medical conditions.
For after the diagnosis, a good second step for people with food allergies or for their friends and families. It is about dealing with the realities and challenges of coping with food allergies and the hurdles ahead, with an emphasis on the emotional roller coaster that follows.
This author lives well with her allergies and is very specific about how to live and eat. A valuable book for anyone diagnosed with a food allergy.
This is a must-read for those with newly discovered food allergies. Very funny and intelligent! I love her blog and restaurant tips.
Highly recommend for anyone with aberrant food reactions, or for teachers, employers, health care workers, friends, family.
Great tips for adults who suffer from food allergies/sensitivities - not so much for children with these issues.
As someone who is fairly new to the food allergy thing, I appreciated this book. I loved Sloane's approach to living her life but staying safe, and a lot of her techniques will help me to do the same. Granted, hers are life threatening whereas mine are numerous but not lethal (yet), but she does a great job of teaching people how to advocate for their needs kindly, gently, and effectively. I'd highly recommend this to anyone with food allergies or with children with food allergies. I found the b...more
Not bad. Not fantastic but offers some insight for those who have catastrophic allergies.
Lots of helpful hints and things to try for the allergic kiddos in my life.
An excellent guide for living life to the fullest with severe food allergies. Sloane gives tips for everything from finding a good doctor to dating. She covers tips on getting started at college and has advice for what to do when a big celebration is coming up. I found this book inspiring and think it would be an excellent resource for anyone with food allergies or celiac disease, or is a parent of someone with food allergies.
Enjoyed reading this. Good advice for allergic people and for the "normal" people who live with them.
If you have someone in your life with food allergies--this is a must.
Some very good advice. Most helpful for people with newly diagnosed food allergies. Less helpful for families with children with food allergies.
I found her blog to be more compelling.
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I have had food allergies my entire life and live a full life; I am committed to helping other people with food allergies do the same.
Whether through Worry-Free Dinners events, my award-winning blog Please Don't Pass the Nuts or one-on-one counseling with adults and families dealing with food allergies, I offer experienced insights and guidance on how to get more out of a life lived with food alle...more
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Whether through Worry-Free Dinners events, my award-winning blog Please Don't Pass the Nuts or one-on-one counseling with adults and families dealing with food allergies, I offer experienced insights and guidance on how to get more out of a life lived with food alle...more
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