"Everyone's Gone Nuts"
Meredith Broussard wrote an article in this months Harper’s Magazine about food allergies as an exaggerated threat.
You can check out the article through the site CanadianParents.com [Page 1 -- Page 2] or listen to her talk to Leonard Lopate on WNYC.org.
I was distressed by the article and confused by her statements. So I asked a colleague, pediatric allergist Dr. Mike Pistiner, to help me sort through her assertions.
You can find the Q&A on MyAllergyNetwork.com.
I’d love to hear what you all think though.
You can check out the article through the site CanadianParents.com [Page 1 -- Page 2] or listen to her talk to Leonard Lopate on WNYC.org.
I was distressed by the article and confused by her statements. So I asked a colleague, pediatric allergist Dr. Mike Pistiner, to help me sort through her assertions.
You can find the Q&A on MyAllergyNetwork.com.
I’d love to hear what you all think though.
Comments
interview about food allergies. Leonard will speak with Dr. Hugh Sampson of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; he's Chief of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology and Director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute."
To an extent, the media is guilty in promoting pieces like this. Articles of this kind have a dramatic, yellow press-like quality that grabs attention in a way that a measured discussion of allergies just doesn't seem to.
I've been reading your blog for a while (we made the unpleasant discovery in the spring that my daughter has a nut allergy); you have been incredibly informative to me, particularly in learning how to cope in restaurants. Thank you.